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The tale of a GSP-less welterweight division

2,064 days is the amount of time Georges St-Pierre held the UFC welterweight championship around his waist. He captured the gold at UFC 83 in 2008 and went on to defend it nine times.

Since St-Pierre vacated his belt on December 13, 2013, the 170-pound title has seen three different men wear the belt and only one of which defend it.

From 2008 to 2013, the Montreal native was considered one of the pound-for-pound best fighters in the world and was considered ‘Fighter of the Year’ in 2009 by many publications.

St-Pierre was the poster boy for the UFC and helped the company push their product to the masses north of the border.