When Georges St. Pierre returned from retirement last year to face Michael Bisping for the UFC middleweight championship, he felt that all the cards were in his favor.
It was a legacy-building fight, as St. Pierre was moving up a division against a long-tenured Octagon veteran with an established name and reputation. In St. Pierre’s mind, even a defeat against “The Count” wouldn’t have hurt his status in the sport. Of course, “Rush” would go on to become a two-division champion, submitting Bisping with a rear-naked choke in the third stanza at UFC 217.