Georges St-Pierre injured and pulls out of UFC 137
Published: October 18, 2011 7:20 PM
By MARK LA MONICA
mark.lamonica@newsday.com
Georges St-Pierre, the reigning welterweight champion, suffered a knee injury in training Tuesday and had to pull out his title defense against Carlos Condit at UFC 137 in Las Vegas
UFC president Dana White announced the news on his verified Twitter account Tuesday evening.
Condit is now off the Oct. 29 card and will get his title shot when St-Pierre is healthy enough to defend it.
"Went straight from Tristar to the doctor this afternoon, very frustrated. Can't wait to get back at it. Tks for all the support, means a lot," St-Pierre tweeted on his verified account.
White later tweeted that the injury was a sprained knee. GSP is expected to be sidelined for at least one month and likely won't start training again until after that.
The main event will now be BJ Penn vs. Nick Diaz, in a somewhat interesting twist. Diaz was originally scheduled to fight St-Pierre at UFC 137 but was pulled from the card entirely after missing two press conferences in as many days to help promote the fight. Several days later, he was put back in the card in a fight against Penn, the former UFC lightweight and middleweight champion.