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Georges St-Pierre's lawyer calls UFC contract ‘something out of the 1940s,' cautions UFC ‘won't get away with it forever'

The battle lines continue to be drawn in the ongoing standoff between the UFC and welterweight legend Georges St-Pierre.

St-Pierre stunned the mixed martial arts world Monday when he announced that his lawyers had terminated his old UFC contract following months of failed negotiations to reach a new deal with Zuffa. The announcement effectively made St-Pierre one of the most coveted free agents in the sport's history, and St-Pierre's lawyer, James Quinn of New York firm Weil, Gotshal and Manges, told MMA Fighting on Wednesday that he was "blown away" by the language he discovered in St-Pierre's deal.