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Georges St-Pierre
b. 1981
Canadian mixed martial arts fighter
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Biography
Georges St-Pierre, also known by his initials GSP, is a Canadian former professional mixed martial artist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in mixed martial arts (MMA) history. St-Pierre was a two-division champion in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), having won titles in the welterweight and middleweight divisions.
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Won the UFC Welterweight Championship at 23 by stopping Matt Hughes. Lost it in his first defense. The loss made him rebuild everything from scratch.
Recaptured the welterweight title and held it for six years. Nine consecutive title defenses. He was so dominant that people complained his fights were boring.
Returned after four years away to win the UFC Middleweight Championship. Beat Michael Bisping by submission. Moved up a weight class and won anyway.
Retired with a 26-2 record. Never tested positive for banned substances. He campaigned publicly for better drug testing in the sport.
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eived the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960, and in 1961 was named poet laureate of Vermont. Randall Jarrell wrote: "Robert Frost, along with Stevens and Eliot, seems to me the greatest of the American...
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who had accused Frost of being too "traditional" and out of touch with Modern or Modernist poetry. Jarrell wrote "the regular ways of looking at Frost's poetry are grotesque simplifications,...
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South Miami, Florida, naming it Pencil Pines; he spent his winters there for the rest of his life. In her memoir about Frost's time in Florida, Helen Muir writes, "Frost had called his five acres...
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