Georges St-Pierre became the UFC middleweight champion earlier this month, and he did it in a way not many saw coming.
The long-time welterweight king scored a second-round rear-naked choke over then champ Michael Bisping at UFC 217 in New York City. Since Bipsing had only been submitted once in his entire 13-year-long MMA career and St-Pierre hadn’t tapped anyone in a fight in almost 10 years, the idea of St-Pierre dethroning the champ with a submission was not a very popular one.
However, grappling standout Garry Tonon went on record with MMA Fighting to say that there was a ‘good chance’ St-Pierre would submit Bisping days before their main event fight at MSG.