Takedown: The DNA of GSP Page #5

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go on matted surfaces.

I'm not worried about

the patella fracturing,

but he's gotta feel

comfortable when he lands on it,

that he's not expecting pain.

- When Georges was

out for 9 months,

he had to slowly

start back again.

And I was there for day one,

and let me tell you,

it's one slow process.

(BOTH GRUNTING)

(ZAHABI):
I brought in

amateurs smaller than him.

He was too tired

to do 3 rounds of 3 minutes.

(GRUNTING AND PANTING)

He wasn't coordinated.

He wasn't able to take them down.

He couldn't stop their takedowns.

He couldn't jab them.

He wasn't able to do

his Superman punch.

He had forgotten everything.

(PANTING)

- I'm always afraid

to be humiliated.

I'm afraid to be knocked out.

I'm afraid to be "submissed."

I'm afraid to

not be able to deliver

as much as I think I should deliver

or be able to deliver

as much as people expected.

(WIND BLOWING)

(SQUAWKING)

(CROW SQUAWKING)

(BRAKES SQUEALING)

- When GSP takes to the Octagon

Saturday night,

nearly 19 months will have passed

since he last defended

his UFC welterweight championship.

Last fall, as many of you are aware,

St-Pierre suffered a knee injury.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

(FERRARO):
Did you have

any doubt in your ability

to overcome this and get back

to being the best in the world?

- I always have doubts.

I always... I'm always scared.

You can be in shape,

but being in fighting shape

is something very different.

- The ACL is a career killer.

Not many people have

ever come back from ACL.

What do you say to the fans

that are concerned about your safety

stepping in there on Saturday?

- I would not have been here

if I would not feel 100%,

so I feel very good right now.

I'm ready to go.

- Guys that have ACL surgery, within

a few months, they feel like 100%.

Boom! They're back in the gym,

they're training,

but a couple weeks later...

(CLICKS TONGUE)

Gone, pops again,

and that makes things way worse.

(MAN):
GSP!

(CARS HONKING)

- Let's go, GSP!

- Whoo!

- Whoa!

- All right! GSP is back!

- Whoa!

- Whoa! GSP!

- GSP!

(LAUGHING)

(TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

- I almost told him

not to take the Condit fight.

I TOLD HIM:
"If today's

a good day, we don't look bad.

"If today's a bad day, it's over."

(ZAHABI):
Was his instinct there?

Were the jitters gonna be under control?

Was he gonna hesitate to pull the trigger?

These were all

questions nobody knows.

(CROWD CHEERING AND WHISTLING)

(MAN):
We gotta go! Camera's on!

- Putting the belt on!

(TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

- Boom!

(ROARING)

(CROWD CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)

(TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

- You'll do a good job.

- Yeah. Yeah.

(CROWD):

GSP! GSP! GSP!

- And now,

it is...

time!

Five rounds for the undisputed.

UFC welterweight championship

of the world,

brought to you

by the United States Marine Corps.

"The few, the proud, the marines!"

(CROWD):
GSP! GSP!

GSP! GSP! GSP!

(REFEREE):

Step back, please. Thank you.

Are you ready, Mr. Condit?

You ready? Fight!

(CROWD CHEERING)

(HORN BLOWING) Break!

(CROWD CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)

- Breathe, Carlos, breathe,

all right? Big breaths!

(TALKING, INDISTINCT)

Fight!

- Let's go!

(HORN BLOWING)

- Break!

(CROWD CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)

(ZAHABI):
I really felt

that we were able

to formulate a game plan

that would not allow Condit

even to come close

to win a round.

Give your life on it!

- Fight!

(CROWD CHEERING)

(CROWD GROANING)

(FERRARO):
I remember

the Bell Center, the silence!

If you were a Georges St-Pierre fan,

you were scared.

The face of mixed martial arts

was about to change.

(BOTH GROWLING)

(ZAHABI):
I just locked

my eyes on Georges.

I wanted to see

if his eyes were still there.

- Carlos Condit was just trying

to beat the crap out of him,

and Georges was covering up,

covering up, covering up.

And then he got back up.

(CROWD CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)

Wow!

(CROWD CHEERING)

- His instincts just took over.

- It was a great comeback.

- You've kicked me. So what?

- I don't have an explanation for it.

- "Now, I'm gonna get up and carry on."

- Unbelievable!

- Break!

(CROWD):
GSP! GSP!

(NO DIALOGUE)

GSP! GSP! GSP!

GSP! GSP!

(ANNOUNCER ON MIKE): Ladies

and gentlemen, after 5 rounds,

we go to the judges'

scorecards for a decision.

The judges scored this contest

49-46, 50-45 and 50-45.

Declaring the winner,

by unanimous decision,

le gagnant and still

the undisputed.

UFC welterweight

champion of the world,

Georges "Rush" St-Pierre!

(CROWD CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)

(TALKING, INDISTINCT)

- Bonjour, Kristof!

- Oh!

(ZAHABI):
After the fight,

it was just smiles everywhere.

Everywhere you looked,

there was a smile.

- This is the greatest comeback

I've ever witnessed.

And I think, in sports,

it's really up there.

Oh, my God!

- The gate was $3.143 million.

Attendance was 17,249.

The Fight of the Night

goes to GSP and Condit.

- And Nick Diaz says

on Twitter, apparently,

he's not impressed

by my performance.

(LAUGHING)

(WHITE):
Who said that?

- Nick Diaz. Uh...

(LAUGHING)

I said I did better than

Nick did against Carlos,

but it was a tough fight.

(SENSEI SHOUTING IN JAPANESE)

(CHILDREN SHOUTING IN JAPANESE)

(SENSEI AND CHILDREN

SHOUTING IN JAPANESE)

(LAUGHING)

Hey! Go!

(MAN):
Stop, stop, stop, stop it!

No! Stop it!

(CAMERA CLICKING)

Domo arigato.

(LAUGHING)

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

- That was fun!

- They're cute!

(CHUCKLING)

(SPEAKING JAPANESE)

(ALL LAUGHING)

Thank you, thank you.

- 20 million yen?

(DIAZ):
I pull up to

a stoplight the other day,

and some f***ing 40-year-old lady,

some soccer mom,

sticks her head out

the window, and she's, like:

I'M, LIKE:
"Are you serious?"

I'm living in

a f***ing small town

full of people that hate me,

and now I'm the most

disrespectful person

that walks the Earth

and I deserve

to have the sh*t beat out of me.

'Cause you know what?

When you say something,

everybody believes it.

Everybody wants to know

what Georges thinks,

what he says and wants

to look like him and:

(GEORGES):
Have you

listened to yourself, Nick?

- I can do a greatjob

of explaining

and making things real for

what they are, motherf***er.

(GEORGES):

He was saying that I had sex

with my own mother, you know?

Like, the M-word, MF-word.

- Why is Nick Diaz so personal?

I think it has a lot

to do with the fact that

Nick called him out while he was

sidelined, while he was injured.

- I don't think Georges is hurt!

I think he's scared

to fight right now!

What's up?

Where you at, Georges?

- Georges St-Pierre said:

"I really feel like I have

unfinished business with Diaz,

"and I'd like to fight him."

You know, the guy's never

asked us for anything.

He's an awesome champion.

He does anything we ask of him.

He wants to fight Diaz?

It's not like people don't wanna see it.

(DIAZ):
I hope so, motherf***er!

If I had that much money,

I'd be f***ing pampering

myself the f*** up!

- If I would go and

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