Georges St-Pierre revealed that prior to retiring, his team tried to negotiate for a bout with Khabib Nurmagomedov. He says at that stage of his career, there were very few bouts that piqued his interest, but a fight with the undefeated lightweight champion was one of them.
According to St-Pierre, he started thinking about a match with Khabib even prior to his bout with Conor McGregor, and tasked his team to negotiate with the UFC and try to make it happen after. Despite both fighters seemingly interested in the match up, St-Pierre said it takes three parties to book a fight, and the UFC just didn’t like the idea.