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Georges St-Pierre admits MMA would be boring if every fighter were like him, hails charismatic 'bad guy' Tito Ortiz as a 'legend'

Georges St-Pierre is without a doubt one of the "good guys" to ever compete in mixed martial arts (MMA).

Throughout his extended run as Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight champion, "Rush" was never involved in any serious drama in or out of the Octagon (like this) to tarnish his image or bring shame to the sport. He did attempt to trash-talk Matt Hughes once ... and it backfired terribly (albeit humorously).

And "Grease Gate" appeared to be much ado about nothing but sour Hawaiian grapes.

So it's surprising to learn that St-Pierre's favorite fighters are bad guys (a.