Georges St-Pierre might returning to Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
After months of rumors about a potential return for the French Canadian, his long-time striking coach Freddie Roach confirmed the news to FightHubTV.
The former two-time UFC Welterweight champion had apparently been waffling on whether he should make a return at the age of 34, and has apparently told Roach he's going into a training camp that will make a final decision about his career.
"So we came up with a process. He's going to train for a fight. He's going to have a six-week training camp," said Roach. "And at the end of the six weeks if he feels like he's ready to fight and he's hungry for it like he always has been he's going to do it."
"Rush" walked away from the sport nearly two years ago following a controversial split decision victory over Johny Hendricks at UFC 167, citing a need to "step away from fighting for a little bit." Although the fighter has since become reclusive from speaking about his fight career, several of his teammates and coaches have hinted at a possible comeback.
Roach said that if at the end of this training camp St-Pierre doesn't "feel it" then he's going to retire for good.
"I think it's really smart to do that to see where he's at in his mind," said Roach. "Does he really want to fight again or not?"
In previous interviews with those close to the former champion, they have suggested "GSP" would likely look to fight a "colossal name" and not necessarily try and get back the belt he vacated.
Despite his two year absence, video evidence has shown the fitness freak has remained in tremendous shape.
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