Georges St. Pierre, UFC(R) Welterweight Champion, Takes Winter Break to Train in Miami and Meet Fans at the Affliction Store

SEAL BEACH, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Known as one of the best pound for pound fighters of all time, Georges St. Pierre, the UFC® Welterweight Champion, will take a break from the Canadian winter and train in Miami for his next fight on March 27th, 2010 versus Dan Hardy in Newark, New Jersey. While in Miami, he will meet fans and sign autographs at Affliction's South Beach Miami store.

Georges "Rush" St. Pierre, commonly referred to as GSP, is a Canadian MMA world champion and holds black belts in Kyokushin Karate and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. After taking up Karate to defend himself from a grade school bully at age 7, GSP competed in and won his first amateur bout at age 16. He became the UFC Welterweight Champion in 2006 and reclaimed the title in 2008 to a jubilant crowd in his hometown of Montreal, Quebec.

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