Georges St-Pierre will announce his retirement from MMA on Thursday morning at a press conference in Montreal, as first reported by RDS' Benoit Beaudoin and confirmed by ESPN's Ariel Helwani.
Accoridng to Helwani, St-Pierre was hoping to secure a fight Khabib Nurmagomedov. But once that didn't happen, St-Pierre decided it was time to retire.
The 37-year-old from Canada won UFC’s welterweight belt in 2008 and defended it nine times. He was named the Canadian Athlete of the Year by Rogers Sportsnet in 2008, 2009 and 2010. But after a violent fight in 2013, St-Pierre walked away from the sport.