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Georges St-Pierre was born on May 19, 1981, regularly referred to as GSP, is a French Canadian professional
mixed martial artist. He is fluent in French and English. He is currently the Welterweight
Champion of the UFC, and is ranked as one of the top "pound for pound" fighters by multiple MMA
sources. St-Pierre has been praised by numerous media outlets for his skill, and he is currently
ranked by multiple MMA publications as the number one welterweight in the world. In 2008, he was named
the Canadian Athlete of the Year by Rogers Sportsnet, as well as the Most Outstanding Fighter by
the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. St-Pierre had dreamed of becoming a UFC champion since watching
Royce Gracie fight in 1993 at UFC 1.St-Pierre had his first amateur bout when he was
only 16 years old. He said, "When I won my first amateur (MMA) fight, I was 16 years old and I beat a
guy that was 25. I was only a Kyokushin karate fighter and the guy I fought was a boxer. At the time
my ground skills were very poor, I didn't know anything on the ground." St-Pierre won his fight
by knockout, going low with several leg kicks and then going high with a kick to the head.
