UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and former Montreal Canadiens forward Georges Laraque appeared on Off the Record with Michael Landsberg on Wednesday, and the two friends accepted a mutual challenge to face off in grappling match.
The bout will take place at St-Pierre's Tristar gym in Montreal, and will be shown on Friday's edition of Off The Record, at 6pm et/3pm pt on TSN.
"First we will do a wrestling match, because he believes that he is going to be able to put me down at will, and I believe that I am going to be able to put him down at will," explained St-Pierre.
"On the ice I would never go against him, he's going to beat me and I agree with that 100 percent, but on the floor I have no problem," GSP added.
St-Pierre currently weighs 190 pounds, while Laraque tips the scales at 270 pounds, something the former NHL tough guy thinks will work in his favour.
"I think because of the weight difference he's going to have a hard time," said Laraque. "I want to pick him up and body slam him."
"The problem is Georges believes I am like a tomato can you can grab at the supermarket and you can lift it and do what you want," remarked St-Pierre "He's going to find out that it's not that easy."
Lol, Laraque gets canned from his job beating up hockey players and decides to pick on a UFC champion instead.
Laraque stands absolutely no chance.
If his theory held any water I'd be beating up Jackie Chan at will.
And I thought Laraque was bad at hockey... Turns out he is worse at thinking.
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4 months to the day. Not exactly a ton of time away from the game.
How many games did he play in the last 6-7 months? I don't think he lifted a muscle since the Haiti earthquake and actually I don't think he played much the last 2 years.
Point is professional athletes "fall" out of shape much faster than the average joe when they stop being active.
Despite the size difference I bet they push similar weights in training. GSP is such a freak, I mean the guy could probably beat a decent number of UFC heavyweights just with his takedown and ground control ability.
ehh I didn't know that he had to be a stud athlete to beat the holy tar out of other hockey players.
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Damn, they do that stupid Olay song at a gym too? good lord.
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Thank you for everything CP. Good memories and thankful for everything that has been done to help me out. I will no longer take part on these boards. Take care, Go Flames Go.
reminds me of Al Iafrate racing (and badly losing to) a tiny female shorttrack speedskater; great hockey skills, toughness or hockey speed, as the case may be, doesn't translate against the corresponding purer discipline like wrestling or speedskating.
Analgously, former track stars rarely make it as NFL wide receivers (unless they try out for the Raiders)
St.Pierre vs. Laraque, battle of the Georges
