Georges St-Pierre tells Conor McGregor how to reignite stagnating career

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UFC Hall-of-Famer Georges St-Pierre has given his thoughts on Conor McGregor’s recent defeat to fellow lightweight contender Dustin Poirier.

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McGregor, 32, and Poirier also 32, headlined UFC 257 last weekend, the promotion’s first PPV card of the year.

Despite the hype surrounding the Irish superstar as well as being the bookies’ overwhelming favourite to get his hand raised, it wasn’t to be.

McGregor’s American opponent put on a striking masterclass which also included a barrage of vicious calf-kicks.

It didn’t take Poirier’s brilliant decision to take advantage of the Irishman’s ultra wide stance and target his leading leg long to pay-off.

The now number-one ranked lightweight eventually finished McGregor off during the second round after unleashing some devastating ground n’ pound.

In light of Sunday morning’s mouth-watering main-event, legend GSP has broken his silence on where McGregor should go from here.

“I thought Conor was going to win,” the Canadian said on Michael Bisping’s podcast, as quoted by Give Me Sport. “But I was wrong. I was very surprised. Will he keep his composure under pressure? I think one of Conor’s biggest strengths is that he overwhelms his opponents with his pressure, his presence.

“All the information he gives his opponent’s brain and the talking and all of that, a lot of his opponents fold under pressure, but Poirier stayed sharp, and it was a real testament of how good he is.”

“I think he needs to be reborn. He needs to change things in his training and in his life that he believes were the causes for his failure. It doesn’t matter if its true or not as long as he believes.

“He needs to find what he thinks he did wrong in his previous preparation leading up to the fight, whether it’s training leading up to his fight or whatever, and not make the same mistake twice”.

GSP went on offer McGregor some invaluable advice when facing leg kicks in any potential fights, he said: “If your legs are wide open and you’re going to try to shield it like Muay-Thai style, you won’t have the time to do it because your legs are too wide.

“Unless you fight with a stance that your legs are closer, but if you do, your vulnerability will be compromised standing up. So, there’s no perfect way, there’s always a counter to the counter.”

McGregor is rumoured to be medically suspended for six-months (as per TalkSport), however, should his legs recover from injury ahead of schedule, then the 32-year-old will be granted permission to compete sooner.

Despite the ongoing speculation surrounding what’s next for McGregor, one thing is for sure, if he is to make one final charge for the 155lb belt, he will need to seriously right his wrongs.

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