Takedown: The DNA of GSP Page #3

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"It doesn't mean that

you can't strike with him.

"Your striking is better."

(BOTH GRUNTING)

"You're gonna

have to believe that."

(BOTH GRUNTING)

- Georges is pretty honest.

I mean, I would say

he's very, very honest, in fact.

And his honesty

is one of the reasons

that he's able to get so good.

I think that Matt Serra fight

made him far more dangerous,

because he realizes

that every opponent

must be treated like

the greatest fight of your life,

like you're literally

fighting for your existence.

(GROWLING)

(CROWD CHEERING)

(CROWD CHEERING LOUDLY)

(ANNOUNCER 1):
Serra turns.

GSP doesn't stop.

St-Pierre now has his back.

@0 seconds remains.

More knees by GSP!

Georges St-Pierre

is the undisputed UFC

welterweight champion!

(CROWD CHEERING)

(ANNOUNCER 2):

Georges "Rush".

St-Pierre!

- Whoo!

(MAN):

Canada! Qubec!

(CROWD CHEERING)

- Georges St-Pierre,

what do you say

to some of those critics

who, well, still don't believe

that MMA is a real sport?

Do you think this validates it

by winning this award

that people's opinions

may have started to change?

- Well, it's a sport, but

it's a little bit complicated.

Because you can say:

"I'm gonna play hockey.

I'm gonna play football."

BUT YOU CAN'T SAY:

"I'm gonna play MMA."

(GEORGES ON TV):

It's not a game.

(MOTORCYCLE PASSES)

(GEORGES SPEAKING FRENCH)

Walking on the sidewalk,

I don't want to step into a crack.

Because if I step into a crack,

in my head, something

bad is gonna happen.

And if I do step into a crack,

and I found out I stepped

into a crack with my left foot,

I'm gonna have to

step with my right foot

to make an equal number.

I know it's completely ridiculous."

- Fights look like

they're full of drama.

And it's the dramatic elements

that bring people to watch fights.

The fights are not won on drama.

Fights are won

on small, mundane details.

And that's the difference

between an amateur and a professional.

(GEORGES):
Sometimes, in training,

the guys I train with,

they pass, like, maybe 20 techniques.

I hate doing this,

'cause me, I take one technique,

and I'm gonna repeat it.

I could repeat the same

technique for an hour.

But I'm gonna repeat it,

repeat it, repeat it.

The chemistry of your brain

and your muscle,

that when you do the movement...

YOU KNOW, YOU DO THE MOVEMENT:

Boom! Boom!

The movement will become

more efficient as you're doing it.

Almost perfect.

Almost perfection.

(GEORGES GRUNTING)

- It's actually the foot

that's the remote control

of the rest of the entire body.

Balance is supremely important.

The best martial artists,

they have a lot of grace,

and they slide across the Octagon

in a very fluid, a very efficient manner,

almost like a ballet dancer.

You know, for me as a trainer,

I only use the Olympic sports.

I prefer using the Olympic sports

to train my athletes,

because the Olympic sports

are the most refined sports.

- It's like seeing

Mickey Mantle play baseball.

It's like seeing

Muhammad Ali box.

And it really

becomes a matter of:

"Can someone come along

that can crack your style?

"Can someone come along that finds

that one hole in your armour?

"Can someone come along

that has studied you

"and has physical

attributes similar to yours

"or enough to nullify yours,

and has an added equation?"

(DIAZ):
I don't get

a lot of recognition

for, uh, you know, what I've-

what I've set out to do here.

Yeah, I'm coming

to whoop this guy's ass,

and then, you know,

before you know it...

Nobody knows who I am.

- When you become champion,

you become the target.

Everybody wants

to have what you have.

You become the target

for many, many people.

(CROWD CHEERING)

- Nick Diaz is a fantastic fighter.

He has got this insane,

elite pace of cardio

that he can put a guy into.

They can't keep up.

He also has very,

very good boxing.

He's just touching you,

constantly touching you,

touching you, smacking you.

And those little 50%,

60% shots are very effective.

...fill that hole I called it...

And all this sh*t-talking

that he does...

- I'M LIKE:
"Hey, if

these (BLEEP) did their job

and made this sport look good,

did their (BLEEP) job.

Now you can't get rid

of this (BLEEP). It's MMA.

(ROGAN):
People think he's dumb.

They think he's a street kid.

(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)

(ROGAN):

He is very clever.

- I don't know what

the f***. F***ing sh*t!

He's a little f***er!

I don't know what the f*** did that.

- And that element of

emotion and intensity and anger,

along with his insane cardio,

is terrifying.

- What are you at, Georges?

- Whoa, whoa!

(MEN AND WOMEN):
Whoa!

- I have to go with the guy

that I want to fight the most.

Now is the time

for Nick Diaz. Believe me.

- F*** it!

- Diaz deserves a fight.

(ECHOING):

- Where you at, Georges?

(CROWD CHEERING)

Where you at?

(SIGHING)

- I'm so f***ing nervous, it's crazy.

(ZAHABI):
Georges got

injured during practice.

- This is medication.

(PILLS RATTLING)

- He was warned by the doctors

not to keep training.

He had a sprained knee.

He didn't want

to hear anybody say

that there's even a possibility

that we're not doing this fight.

The way Georges was moving,

I could tell he was overcompensating.

The doctors warned us about that,

that when you have

one injury on one side,

you're risking both knees,

not the one that's injured only.

(BOTH GRUNTING)

Now we're gonna see Georges...

Right there. We found

out he had a torn ACL.

(GEORGES ON COMPUTER): F***!

- There's no way he's gonna

have 2 bad knees in a fight,

so I was very concerned.

After he cooled down,

he was in a lot of pain,

and he felt his knee unstable.

The doctor checked his knee,

and that was the end of it.

Oh, yoy yoy!

(SIGHING)

(CROWD CHEERING)

(CROWD CHEERING)

(ANNOUNCER 1):
Whoa!

Nick Diaz trying to finish him!

(HORN BLARING)

- Okay, break!

(ANNOUNCER 1):
They go the distance!

(ANNOUNCER 2):
What a fight!

(ANNOUNCER 1):

B.J. Penn, Nick Diaz!

(CROWD CHEERING)

- I won that sh*t!

(ANNOUNCER 3):
The judges'

score in this contest:

@9-@8 @9-@7 and @9-@8

,,.

Declaring the winner,

by unanimous decision:

Nick Diaz!

(ANNOUNCER 1):
Nick Diaz, the winner!

(CROWD CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)

(ANNOUNCER 3):
Give us

your thoughts on the fight

and tell me what

you're thinking right now.

- Uh...

(MAN):
Georges St-Pierre!

Call out that motherf***er!

(ANNOUNCER 3):
I see you walking around,

you've been screaming "Georges,"

even though you just beat B.J. Penn

in an outstanding fight.

What's on your mind right now?

- I don't think Georges is hurt.

He's scared.

I think he's scared

to fight everybody right now.

What's up? Where you at, Georges?

(CROWD CHEERING)

- I've known Georges St-Pierre

since 2004,

and he's one of the nicest guys

I've ever met,

and he's always,

you know, exactly the same,

no matter what the situation is,

no matter who he's fighting.

Since 2004, I've never seen him

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