Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre will soon have final a decision on whether or not he will make a comeback.
According to famed boxing trainer Freddie Roach, whom St-Pierre has trained with frequently over the years at Wild Card Gym in California, the Canadian MMA superstar is planning on starting a six-week fight camp to see how he feels.
“He’s going to train for a fight,” Roach told Fight Hub TV. “He’s going to have a six-week training camp and at the end of the six weeks if he feels like he’s ready to fight and he’s hungry for it like he always has been, he’s going to do it. He’s going to fight one more time.”
St-Pierre, 34, hasn’t competed since announcing he was taking an indefinite leave of absence from the sport shortly after a split decision win over Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 in November 2013.
“If he doesn’t feel it and he feels like it’s just not there, he’s going to let it go and he’s going to [officially] retire,” Roach added. “I think it’s a really good idea. I think it’s really, really smart to do that, to see where he’s at in his mind.”
Roach didn’t specify when exactly St-Pierre would be beginning this test fight camp.
In April, St-Pierre was a guest on former UFC star Chael Sonnen’s podcast where he said: “I believe if ever I want to come back and fight I could be the best in mixed martial arts if I find the fun and I have the feel for it again. If I train hard and I have the pleasure to do it, I believe I can still be on top.”
