Georges St-Pierre responds to Dana White: ‘He doesn’t know anything about me’

Over two months have passed since Georges St-Pierre announced his desire to return to the UFC, yet still the welterweight legend not only remains without a fight booked, but UFC president Dana White also continues to insist that St-Pierre doesn’t actually have the desire to fight at all. And according to St-Pierre, White’s claims are far from the truth.

“I want to come back. They know the terms that I want, and trust me, I’m very reasonable. So it’s up to them,” St-Pierre said Wednesday on UFC Tonight. “We tried. My agent tried to reach them and they’re hard to reach, but I guess they’re going to come back soon. Hopefully, we’ll see.

When asked to elaborate on the terms that have held up his return, St-Pierre pointed to the UFC contract he last fought on in late-2013. St-Pierre defended his welterweight title against Johny Hendricks in that final fight before vacating his long-held championship belt, however the UFC was in a far different place back then, before the Reebok partnership effectively nuked the sponsorship landscape.

“If you see it from my perspective, I’m making a lot of money now even though I’m not fighting. And my contract is old,” St-Pierre said. “My contract was made before the Reebok deal, and when we asked, basically, it’s now …

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