What do you think Georges St-Pierre thought about all this?
In February of this year, St-Pierre retired from pro MMA. After a record nine title defenses over more than six total years as champ, GSP rode into the sunset as easily the greatest welterweight in history.
So the main event Saturday at UFC 245 was a fitting bookend to the year. With champ Kamaru Usman in his first title defense and with Colby Covington wearing interim gold earlier this year until he was stripped for inactivity—and with identical 15-1 pro records heading into Las Vegas—this was the crowning of a new kingpin at 170 pounds, one who could prowl the top of the division for years to come.