UFC 206 Moves Cormier-Johnson to Main Event, No GSP
UFC 206 will seemingly not feature the legendary Georges St. Pierre. The main even is no longer officially “To Be Determined.”
The official UFC 206 card can be seen here. Also, Dana White outright said this week on FOX Sports 1 that Georges St. Pierre “is not fighting in Toronto.”
There has been a back-and-forth between the former champion and Dana White recently. Georges St. Pierre has expressed his desire to fight, going through mini-training camps and entering himself into the USADA testing pool four months prior to the scheduled date of UFC 206. Dana White, on the other hand, has stated that St. Pierre does not want to fight anymore, directly contradicting St. Pierre.
Current headliner Daniel Cormier has also inserted his perspective by saying the amount St. Pierre is asking for “should not be a deal-breaker.” Cormier would love to have the Canadian superstar on the card to bring as many eyeballs to his second title defense.
A breaking point in negotiations is rumored to be sponsorship pay. St. Pierre has huge sponsors, including sport apparel company Under Armour, that would push his paydays well above seven-figures after a night in the Octagon.
Under the Reebok pay-scale, St. Pierre would make just $20,000 in sponsorship pay, which pales in comparison to what he would normally make (barring an exclusive deal with Reebok). If negotiations have fallen apart, which it seems they have, it can be inferred that the promotion is not willing to make up the sponsorship gap through contracted payment.
St. Pierre did not retire from mixed martial arts on good terms with Dana White and crew. After his final successful title defense against Johny Hendricks, Dana White was fairly heated regarding the decision, and the future of Georges St. Pierre.
Nevertheless, the fights will go on with or without GSP, but a McGregor-GSP-Rousey run of pay-per-views would have been amazing. Several promising fighters are scheduled to fight in the Air Canada Centre of Toronto on December 10, including a battle between light heavyweight young guns Nikita Krylov and Misha Cirkunov, and the next step in rising star Doo Ho Choi’s career when he takes on Cub Swanson.
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