Georges St Pierre gets his Black Belt

Posted on October 20th, 2008 in MMA News, UFC News by admin


Georges St Pierre can now add another accomplishment to his career and one than many of us can attain and hope to attain. GSP is no among the ranks of very few and is now the proud owner of a black belt in Brazilian Jui Jitsu.

At the Tristar martial arts academy, in Montreal, Canada UFC 170 welterweight champion and top ten pound for pound fighter in the world Gerogre St Pierre received his prestigious black belt in front of his  Jiu-Jitsu class, with around 50 participants. The UFC welterweight champion, Georges St. Pierre, suspected nothing as he was surprised with the honor in a class that was bigger than usual for obvious reasons.

  
Bruno Fernandes promoted him to the status of black belt in Jiu-Jitsu under the Gracie Barra association. Fernandes, who has been living in Canada for the last few years, where he earned his PhD and researches cancer treatments, and thus has been teaching GSP for years, it was a great honor to fasten the black belt and say: “Welcome to the club!” “He more than deserves it. This was excellent new for the fight world,” said Fernandes.

“This was the high point in my career,” an emotional Saint-Pierre confessed, when laying out the three happiest moments of his life:

 “When I received my black belt in karate, when I conquered the UFC belt, and today.”

The promotion echoed in New York and, Renzo Gracie, who has taught Jiu-Jitsu to the Canadian star in the past before his collision course with Renzo student Matt Serra, approved:

There is little doubt that St Pierre deserves a black belt. If you look at his no gi game he has beaten some great fighters with submission victories over the likes of Matt Hughes.


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