{"id":304232,"date":"2025-11-23T21:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/304232\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T21:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:16:09","slug":"georges-st-pierre-they-dont-know-the-art-of-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/304232\/","title":{"rendered":"Georges St-Pierre: &#8220;They don\u2019t know the art of fighting&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Islam Makhachev might have become the new UFC welterweight champion, but that wasn\u2019t enough to impress some quarters of the MMA world.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian dominated Jack Della Maddalena after moving up a weight class at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/go\/ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">UFC<\/a> 322. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/islam-makhachev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Makhachev<\/a> nullified Maddalena\u2019s game plan and secured a unanimous decision win after five rounds.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian also became the latest UFC double champion after dominating the lightweight division. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/mma\/news-the-p4p-best-world-ariel-helwani-makes-huge-khabib-nurmagomedov-statement-islam-makhachev-s-ufc-322-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Some MMA analysts and stars have praised Makhachev<\/a> for his feats, and the latest one is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/georges-st-pierre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Georges St-Pierre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Rush\u2019 is widely considered one of the greatest MMA stars and also held two UFC titles. St-Pierre was speaking on Adin Ross\u2019 podcast and didn\u2019t agree with the criticism aimed at Makhachev:<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest updates on One Championship <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/mma\/one-championship-rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\" class=\"bottom_tagline_link\" data-tab=\"top\">Rankings<\/a> at Sportskeeda and more<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was there. I witnessed his performance last Saturday. It was freaking brilliant. Unbelievable. I don\u2019t think he even took a punch. It\u2019s unbelievable. A lot of people that were there [said] \u2018oh, it was a decision\u2019 people who say that, I am sorry, because they don\u2019t know the art of fighting. They have no idea, they don\u2019t understand the art of fighting.\u201d                            <\/p>\n<p>Check out Georges St-Pierre&#8217;s comments on Islam Makhachev below:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Rush\u2019 also claimed that Makhachev was the No.1 pound-for-pound fighter and lauded him for beating Maddalena.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis performance was freaking amazing. Yeah the fight was not a flawless victory with a crazy submission or a knockout but going up in a weight class and beating Jack Della Maddalena like he did is freaking hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jon Anik believes Islam Makhachev could become bigger than Georges St-Pierre<\/p>\n<p>UFC commentator Jon Anik was witness to Islam Makhachev\u2019s dominance at UFC 322. The commentator also lauded the Russian\u2019s performance and believed he could be on the way to unseating Georges St-Pierre as the greatest MMA fighter.<\/p>\n<p>Anik was on The Anik &amp; Florian podcast and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/mma\/news-jon-anik-names-islam-makhachev-one-ufc-champion-unseat-georges-st-pierre-greatest-ever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">added that current UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili <\/a>could also be on the same path as Makhachev towards greatness:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Y&#8217;all must&#8217;ve forgot. We all must&#8217;ve forgot&#8230; I&#8217;m glad that he&#8217;s [Makhachev] not making the weight cut. This man should be celebrated. We talk about Merab Dvalishvili being on a trajectory to be the greatest male mixed martial artist of all time, and he\u2019s very much on a trajectory to unseat Georges St-Pierre and anybody else you want to mention. So is Islam Makhachev. You saw how comfortable he was at 170 [pounds]? 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