UFC Quick Quote: BJ Penn surprised that Georges ‘Hamburglar’ St. Pierre isn’t using steroids
By: Jesse Holland
"It’s surprising that he’s in such good shape without the use of steroids or growth hormones, he’s eating cheeseburgers and all that. (GSP trainer) Firas [Zahabi], after the fight, he can go home, walk to his bedroom, take his shoes off, lie down in his bed, take about 20 or 30 minutes and go fuck himself."
UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn has some very unkind words for Georges St. Pierre and trainer Firas Zahabi on Sirius Satellite’s Hardcore Sports Radio following the debacle that has become the ‘reality’ behind the Spike TV production “UFC Primetime,” which is a $1.7 million three-part promotional series for his upcoming super fight against ‘Rush’ at UFC 94 on January 31. Just when you thought these two couldn’t generate any more heat prior to next Saturday’s epic battle, Mr. Penn delivers.
BJ prolly got roused up from these quotes...
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When asked during the first episode of UFC Primetime whether or not he thought St-Pierre was a great fighter, Penn replied, “Yeah, [Georges St-Pierre’s] a great fighter but he’s a quitter; he’s a frontrunner. He’s gonna fold and he’s gonna quit.” Though they both chalk BJ’s comments up to pre-fight posturing by the Hawaii native, neither man
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can help but take the remark personally.
“How can he say he’s a quitter? Here is a guy that literally came from a very poor lifestyle and clawed his way to the top. It’s a true Cinderella story. He has come back to avenge every loss he’s ever had,” Zahabi points out. “It’s not easy to beat a guy that has beaten you before because the opponent has the mental edge. He came back from losing the first round the first time they fought and regardless what BJ says, he won that fight.”
Chaimberg is less diplomatic.
“He’s trying to hype the fight. Our camp just doesn’t feel the need to use insults as warfare. Georges is like a family member. He’s one of my closest friends. I probably took more offense to his comments than Georges did. All it did was motivate him,” Chaimberg says. “BJ quit in his fight against Matt Hughes. Georges got poked in the eye and mauled by BJ in the first round of their last fight and soldiered through to win. He could have come back to his corner and quit but he sucked it up. BJ was the one who, conditioning-wise, died out and quit.”
Looking back on that first fight with Penn, Firas says they had anticipated a ground battle, and the assumption cost them the first round. Confident they have shored up all of St-Pierre’s weaknesses, Zahabi is leaving the assumptions up to Penn’s camp this time.
“No matter what BJ throws at him, Georges is going to be ready. He’s not going to have the element of surprise this time. BJ is assuming his boxing is so much better and that his jiu-jitsu is so much better than Georges'. That’s exactly what we want him to think,” he says. “Let him assume. Let him be shocked. Matt Hughes and Josh Koscheck both scoffed at the idea of Georges taking them down and he outwrestled them both.”