Twitter Reaction: GSP wins middleweight title in stunning fashion

Georges St-Pierre, below, of Canada, fights England's Michael Bisping during a middleweight title mixed martial arts bout at UFC 217 early Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, in New York. St-Pierre won the fight. (Frank Franklin II/AP)

Sportsnet Staff November 5, 2017, 12:59 AM

Wow.

Georges St-Pierre was bloody, and appeared to be tiring, when he knocked Michael Bisping to the canvas at UFC 217. The Canadian finished the fight with a series of punches followed by a rear naked choke, to become middleweight champion in his return to the octagon.

Here’s how Twitter reacted.

BREAKING: Georges St-Pierre wins UFC Middleweight Title & wins his 13th straight UFC match pic.twitter.com/5Myqmn5vCZ

— Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) November 5, 2017

4 years away. New weight class. GSP, who was a bloody mess, dropped Bisping and then took his back.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) November 5, 2017

The super man jab is back

— Demetrious Johnson (@MightyMouse) November 5, 2017

GSP joins Conor McGregor, B.J. Penn and Randy Couture as the only two-weight champions in UFC history. #UFC217

— Mike Johnston (@MikeyJ_MMA) November 5, 2017

CANADA!!! YOUR MMA KING HAS RETURNED!! #UFC217

— UFC (@ufc) November 5, 2017

It's possible #UFC217

— Jonny Meat (@JonnyBones) November 5, 2017

GSP vs McGregor for the middleweight title. Only fight that makes sense. #UFC217

— Tommy Toe Hold (@TommyToeHold) November 5, 2017

3 new @ufc champions in one night. Never has this happened before. Crazy night of fights. #ufc217

— Tim Kennedy (@TimKennedyMMA) November 5, 2017

GSP baby! #thechampisback

— Max Domi (@maxdomi) November 5, 2017

St Pierre welcome back brother /p>— Mr.Lawrie (@blawrie13) November 5, 2017

https://twitter.com/TravisHamonic24/status/927034852217561088

Oh my days !!!!!! That is unbelievable . The best @ufc card I’ve seen in a long long long time

— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) November 5, 2017

Wow!!! @ufc full night of upsets!!!!

— Brian Ortega (@BrianTcity) November 5, 2017

https://twitter.com/evalois/status/927033734502772737

WOW! What. A. Card!!! @ufc GSP is back!!!

— Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) (@BauerOutage) November 5, 2017

The Legend!!!!!! GSP

— Josh Donaldson (@BringerOfRain20) November 5, 2017

Your posing is fantastic, @GeorgesStPierre, but your fighting is even better. Once the greatest, always the greatest. Congrats! https://t.co/CHHlcT9XFn

— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) November 5, 2017

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