The trainer of GSP told about the assessment of fight with Hendrix and about why George can not act any more in ММА.
Speaking with journalists in Toronto last week, the head coach of the Tristar hall Firas Zakhabi wasn't confident in, whether will return the champion of UFC in light-middleweight weight George Saint-Pierre in oktagon.
"I don't know. Chances of its return 50/50, and I don't think that he knows precisely, whether will return. I think if it finishes performances on this note, it will be good. It will put an end with "Fight of evening" to a pocket, after improbable fight. It showed spirit, will power, it showed that is the real fighter".
Saint-Pierre won a victory in, perhaps, heaviest duel in the career – and thus many fans consider that Johnie Hendrix won actually. The president of UFC Dana Vayt went further – he considers that Johnie won 4 rounds from 5. Zahabi, naturally, don't agree.
"I was most of all surprised that Vayt saw here such unilateral victory. I similar didn't notice anything. If you look at polls on the Internet, is 10% more than people considers that George won. There are many opinions, and Dana's opinion, at everything to it respect – only one of many. It wasn't certain such defeat what it saw".
"This opinion of one person. Important opinion, but for me absolutely comfortably to tell that George won this fight".
According to Zakhabi, he not against a revenge with Hendrix – but only in case will want it Saint-Pierre. Which, according to Firas, already offered much for the sake of career.
"It carried out 22 fights to UFC. These are many training camps. These are many years of life sacrificed. It couldn't leave. It couldn't do that and it. It couldn't bring the wife and children. It wasn't able to afford the constant girlfriend. It couldn't have anything normal in the life. He led very unbalanced life. How long he will want to continue it? To it now 32. When he will start leading normal life at last? In 40? For it it will be the difficult decision, especially taking into account that, how many all now occurs in his life. He has to decide that he wants to do. Nobody can solve it for it".
For Zakhabi Saint-Pierre's subsequent performances is a question not its abilities, and motivation.
"I told it that this business of motivation. Whether there is at you a motivation to do it again? If yes, if you are ready to postpone again the life for tomorrow and to pass one more camp – let's make it. If the motivation isn't present – to you it isn't necessary and to undertake. You simply will leave there - and to you will hurt. You should cut off corners and to feel unfortunate, and as a result you will be simply beaten".
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