Since suffering an injury in his win over Thiago Alves at UFC 100, UFC Welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre has been relatively unheard of as he rehabilitates his body in anticipation of his next bout, which should come early in the new year.
Canada's most famous mixed martial artist returned from his vacation in France and stepped back into the spotlight Thursday when he appeared Up Front with Michael Landsberg on TSN's Off the Record.
"As people know I had a little injury to my adductor muscle. I had a tear, so I did a lot of rehab, I had a lot of treatment," explained St-Pierre. "I'm close to getting back to 110 percent in October."
Next month, St-Pierre will be able to resume full training despite not knowing who his next opponent will be.
"I can't work from the guard now, from the bottom, because of my abductor muscle. It's not that it hurts me, I feel a little discomfort and as long as I have this little discomfort, I should not try to [train on the ground]," said the Montreal-native. "It's an [injury] that I've had for a long time and never really took the time to heal it. Now I'm going to be better than ever."
While there has been plenty of speculation over a possible super-fight between St-Pierre and middleweight champion Anderson Silva, it seems as though the dream matchup remains merely a pay-per-view dream.
"Everybody talks about this fight, but the thing is, I think Anderson Silva now wants to go into the Heavyweight [division]," suggested St-Pierre. "I walk around 185 pounds and he's walking around at 230 pounds. I think he's [focused on] heavyweight now. If one day we fight each other it would probably be at a catch-weight, but I don't think it's in the near future now, maybe next year we'll see what's going to happen."
In the meantime, St-Pierre is seeking out new ways to improve upon his MMA record of 19-2, including his current a six-fight win streak.
The 28-year-old has incorporated yoga into his routine, only to find out he isn't the only professional athlete in La Belle Province looking to add a new element to his training. St-Pierre ran into Montreal Canadiens' enforcer Georges Laraque, who he described as "The last human being I thought I would have met there."
Never one to be complacent, St-Pierre is continuing to raise the bar for welterweights, a division he is reigning over relatively unchallenged for the time being.
"Next week I'm starting a diet, I've never eaten really healthy in my life. I always have junk food and I didn't really pay attention to what I was eating," he remarked. "I never get fat because I have good genetics, but next week I'm starting something new and it will probably help me to reach a new level."