During a fan Q&A at UFC Fight Night 209 ahead of Friday’s ceremonial weigh-ins in Paris, former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion St-Pierre was asked which fighters he thinks had the biggest impact on the sport.
Of course, the ever-humble French-Canadian didn’t include himself, but mentioned seven fighters on his list – a couple which may come as a surprise.
Check out GSP’s list below:
Royce Gracie
“Royce Gracie, because he did stuff in the beginning that nobody had ever done,” St-Pierre said.
Amanda Nunes
“Amanda Nunes already, even though she has not retired yet, because she is the best female fighter that has ever lived, I believe.”
Khabib Nurmagomedov
“Khabib, because he had a perfect career, undefeated – an incredible career.”
Conor McGregor
“I would put Conor McGregor, also, because he brought the sport to a different level.”
Jon Jones
Anderson Silva
Demetrious Johnson
Lol at MMA’s Mount Rushmore when he only named current and ex UFC fighters
Pretty good list.
Awful list. Mount Rushmore is not about greatness. It’s about who built the foundation. And it can only be 4 lol
Royce Gracie
Ken shamrock
Chuck Liddell
Tito Ortiz
Who would you have added that never fought in the UFC? Fedor?
He’s not American, he doesn’t know there’s only four. Lol.
Yes sir
My mount Rushmore was just UFC. Not that a guy who went 1-3 in Strikeforce would have made the cut anyway though
Your list was trash. #UFCSchill
Pretty funny that your holding the end of Fedor’s career against him while simultaneously having Shamrock, Tito, and Chuck on your list. How was the end of their careers?
Conor sucks though, adding him because he’s popular is changing the criteria to be on the MMA mount Rushmore.
Fedor should be in Conor’s place and no DJ.
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Tito and Ken built the ufc and made it what it was today
UFC never woulda began with Ken and Royce. And it never woulda survived without Tito and Chuck
Nunes shouldn’t be in there. If you have to include a WMMA representative, it should be Ronda. There wouldn’t be WMMA without her.
Seriously no one gives a fuck about Amanda.
How many Ed Hardy shirts do you still wear to this day?
Royce Gracie
Ken Shamrock
Lorenzo Fertitta,
Dana White