What happens in Vegas...
by StPierre 
...won't stay in Vegas! We're giving my fans a souvenir rally bandana to wear to the fight - Shari has details on her blog on how to pick yours up. See you in the stands Saturday night!
by StPierre
...won't stay in Vegas! We're giving my fans a souvenir rally bandana to wear to the fight - Shari has details on her blog on how to pick yours up. See you in the stands Saturday night!
by StPierre
Thanks everybody for your patience ? I've been crazy busy because of my training camp and the shooting of the Primetime. It took a lot from me to do that. I had the best training camp I ever had before ? I'm in the best shape of my life. People from USA, Brazil, France & Canada have been helping me a lot to make this a success. The only disappointment during my training camp was that my good friend & training partner, Denis Kang, lost his first fight in the UFC. I think he was doing pretty well until he got caught ? he was putting an MMA clinic on his opponent ? standing up, on the ground, well everywhere. I'm sure he's going to come back stronger next time and we all learn from our mistakes (I can talk to you about this from firsthand experience). I'm glad to tell you that one of my longtime friends & training partners, David Loiseau, is back in UFC as well ? according to the rumors, he will be fighting Ed Herman in Montreal card in April at the Bell Center.
It's been a month that I've been living in a hotel right next to the gym because my apartment got flooded and I had to do some construction work after all. All that was captured during a reality show called UFC Primetime. It was a good experience for me ? I've been in reality show before, but I've never put as much time into one as this one required. I've been lucky because all the camera crew were so nice, that some times they gave me time to breathe and spend some time by myself. I remember I went out one night with them during my training camp and I was drinking water at a booth, but I ordered a bottle of vodka for them and distracted them with the alcohol. Ha! Ha! Shari tells me the show is breaking records in ratings, so I know it's worth the effort and I thank everybody for watching.
This past week I had a public training at the gym for the media ? I can tell you there have never been as many reporters at the gym as there were on Wednesday. It means the sport keeps growing up more and more time after time. Friday I had my last hard training session and I was bombarded by a ton of fresh guys on me ? 5 guys who were hunting me every round. It was my best performance in training that I have ever done before. Even though I was exhausted at the end, I felt like my training was so hard that my opponent will not be able to give me as much intensity as my training partners did.
Saturday night I went to see the NHL All-Star Skills Competition at the Montreal Bell Center ? I saw my friend George Gillett, who always make me laugh like no one does. He was making a joke to me, saying that he was trying to sign me up for one day of hockey to fight some of the guys in the league to protect the Montreal Canadien players. I told him in all honesty that on the ice, I would probably get my ass kicked, but not on the floor against any one of them.
Right now I'm writing this blog from the plane on the way to Vegas, with my manager Shari Spencer typing while I'm talking?I never seen somebody type that fast in my life, by the way. Ha! Ha! I can't be more ready than I am for my fight, and I don't know what BJ Penn have done for his training camp, but I know that I've done everything that I could have done for this, and that I am a way better fighter than I was when I fought last time. I know it's gonna be really hard, and I might have to endure more pain than I ever have before, but I haven't done all those sacrifices for nothing.
Thanks everybody for the support and I will write you next time after my fight when I will be STILL, the UFC WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD!
by StPierre
Check out my party at ROK Vegas next Saturday after the fight! My manager Shari has more details about the party on her blog.
by StPierre
Last week, Tuesday Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson came to Montreal with his father for training. We trained a little bit - he taught me a lot of new stuff for my striking skills. His father is a very good mentor for me & a very good teacher. Unfortunately, Stephen hurt his knee and will have to do surgery for it. I left Saturday a.m. for the press tour in Vegas, and he stayed in Montreal until Sunday - when he left back home he had to do surgery for his knee. I wish him the best for his rehabilitation. Saturday a.m. I took a very early flight to Vegas. When I got in Vegas, right away I had to go change in my hotel and right away after that to do a press conference to announce my next fight with BJ Penn, Saturday, January 31. So I did the press conference - I was a little bit in a rush - I get in my hotel, I throw my luggage in my room & I change really fast - I went to do the press conference. Then after I came back, took a little nap, and I got ready for the show (UFC 91). It was funny because I was sitting right next to Brock Lesnar's parents. They are very nice guys - I was expecting his parents to be very tall and very big, you know? But they're normal size - I mean they're tall, but not as tall as Brock. His dad & his mom are very nice - we had a good talk, and I really had a good time with them. They were to my right and on my left side I was with Wanderlei Silva so I had a chance to practice my Portuguese a little bit more. He's a very nice guy. I'm a big fan of Randy Couture. I think he was doing pretty well until he got caught with the punch. Unfortunately in MMA when you make a mistake you go back home, you know? Especially against a guy like Brock Lesnar - he's very big, so he's got a big weight difference between him and Randy, so he caught him with a punch right behind the ears and he didn't forgive. Sunday, I was supposed to fly in a red-eye flight to Toronto. Unfortunately my flight got canceled, so I went to eat sushi with my friend, Steven Friend, that we call the Witch Doctor, and we eat very good sushi together. Then after I went to stay over at his house. Steven Friend is my manager's boyfriend, so I stay over at my manager's house along with her three dogs. One of her dogs is barking to me all the time - I don't know - I think she might not like me. But apparently she does that to everybody. Monday very early we flew to Toronto. We get in Toronto and we had to change very fast. In the same time, one of my friends and training partners, Phillip Allaire, came to reach me at the airport. He came to train me while I was away from home, to help me train Muay Thai. He spent a lot of time in Thailand and he's a very good teacher. At night we went to the Maple Leafs game. It was very funny because they make me do an announcement on the screen in front of everybody in the Air Canada Center with a Maple Leafs jersey. I said "To the Count of Three, I want everybody to get very noisy". Then the crowd went nuts, they applaud me. When the camera went off me, I sat down and took my jersey off. And when I was taking my jersey off, the camera came back on me and the crowd started booing me because they know I'm from Montreal and I'm a Montreal Canadiens fan. I thought it was very funny. Tuesday in Toronto we did a press conference that was also open to fans. Some of them had been in line since 6a.m.... that's incredible, and I want to thank them for their support. One of the fans did a painting of me - this is an amazing picture. He's a very gifted artist and he gave me a picture that he had painted of me... what a very nice guy and a great painter as well! Wednesday morning we woke up early. All together we flew to Hawaii (me and BJ sat on opposite sides of the plane). During my flight, while I exploring my new phone (a Blackberry) from Bell Canada, a company that I'm sponsored by, I discovered a new game on my phone - it's called "Brick Breaker". I am addicted to it right now - every time I've got free time I'm playing with it. It's good because it make the time go fast, especially when I'm traveling in the plane. I'm pretty bad at it, but I'm getting better. I've made a lot of progress. Thursday a.m. I went to a radio show with BJ and they gave me a taste of Hawaiian cuisine. In the beginning when I took my bite - before I swallowed it they told me it was cat. So I right away spit it out because I thought it was true. And then after they told me it was a joke. It was pork - a piece of pork in pasta - it was pretty good. At night I went to eat in a restaurant - they stayed open late for me. It's called DK's Steakhouse, and I want to say "thanks" to John Nadina for his hospitality. Friday, I had a morning interview with many radio stations and tv channels. During my trip to Toronto and Hawaii, I tried to squeeze some training when I had time. I had only time for 1 training per day. It was very hard because all this press tour make me very tired and the only time that I had free I used it for training. So I can't wait to go back home - even though it was fun, now it's time to get serious and start training for my next fight. Friday afternoon was the last press conference on the promotional tour... like Toronto, it was open to the public because we also signed autographs & took pictures with the fans. I was very honored to learn that two fans had spent the entire night to be the first in line, and they were there to meet me, not BJ! Mahalo to Sheila & Kathy from Mililani, Oahu! Check out Shari's blog -- she will sharing some of the media coverage (www.yardbarker.com/users/GSPMgr). I'm back home now resting, for next week the real work begins...
by StPierre
Check out the trailer for my film debut. Hey guys, the producer let me know I made a mistake. This is actually not the movie trailer -- it's a teaser for the music video. Many of you had been asking about the movie, so I wanted to show you some clips. And by the way, it's supposed to be released in the spring.
