Ultimate Fighting Championship legend Georges St. Pierre could not avoid scratching his competitive itch forever.
Prior to the UFC 290 press conference on Thursday, the promotion held a special event where they announced that St. Pierre would be fighting again. While not in MMA, he will be grappling for a UFC-helmed event in December. “GSP” will be competing at the UFC Fight Pass Invitational 6 show on Dec. 14 as its headliner, which will likely be at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The opponent has not yet been announced, and the rules will be submission-only with special overtime provisions.
This will be the first time that St. Pierre has engaged in any pro combat sport since his 2017 retirement after UFC 217, when he choked out Michael Bisping to become a two-division champ. That concluded an outstanding MMA career, hanging up his gloves a second time while riding a 13-fight win streak over some of the most notable names in the sport. The Sherdog staff recently cast ballots for a revival of the Sherdog Top 10 series, ultimately selecting St. Pierre as the second-greatest male fighter of all time, across pound-for-pound metrics.
In addition to the grappling contest, the UFC Hall of Famer will also join the commentary team for the UFC Fight Pass Invitational 5 event in September. He will call the action along with longtime play-by-play staple T.J. DeSantis, and color commentators Eddie Bravo and Michael Chiesa. The lineup of that grappling card has not yet been announced, or its exact date.
“I’m very excited to be a part of UFC Fight Pass Invitational,” he said in a statement on the press release provided by the UFC. “I can’t wait to test my skills and compete on the same card as the best grapplers on the planet. It’s an amazing time to be a fan of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and it’s only going to get bigger with UFC Fight Pass.”
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