There's no doubt that Georges St-Pierre is a UFC legend. 

Between 2006 and 2013, he dominated the welterweight division, losing only one fight in that time.  

In 2013, he took a hiatus from MMA but has since returned and took on Michael Bisping to try and regain his title just last year. 

RECENT RECORD

GSP was successful in winning the belt at UFC 217 - defeating his opponent via technical submission in the third round.   

His return was one of the most watched MMA fights of recent years and UFC fans were very excited to see St-Pierre back in the Octagon.

However, just 34 days after winning the welterweight title, he was forced to vacate through injury - and hasn't returned since. 

TRAINING WHILST AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME

Of course, no one lasts forever at the top. Especially not in a sport as competitive as UFC.

Recently, Firas Zahabi, who trained GSP while he was at the very top of his game, revealed what it was like when the Canadian was in his prime. 

In fact, he's told a brilliant story, about how he used to reward other fighters for sparring with GSP and pushing the then-champ to his limit.

"I brought the guys in a room, and I was watching them spar with Georges, and they don’t want to touch his face," Zahabi said in an interview with Joe Rogan, per Bloody Elbow.

"This is when he was like a mega-star, when he was the champ. Nobody wants to try to double leg him; nobody wants to try to hurt him.

"They’re like, 'I'm not going to come here in his house and try to show him.''

WHAT ZAHABI OFFERED GSP'S TRAINING PARTNERS

Understandably, no one wanted to come into the gym and get on the wrong side of GSP - but that doesn't make for the best training or fight preparation. 

But GSP's trainer had a very good way to get around that.   

"I would bring in these young kids, and I would be like, 'Listen, guys.' I would give them a speech: 'The first guy to double leg him, the first guy to put him out, I’ll give a $5,000 reward'," he said. 

"If you knock Georges out, I’ll give you 5,000 bucks.

"If you put Georges on his back, if you take him down, put him on his back, I’ll stop the whole practice and praise you for 20 minutes in front of everybody in the gym."

It's a great training tactic - and to be fair, it worked too. 

"Students don’t get praised by me very often,” Zahabi added.

"Georges would be like, 'Oh my God, these guys are coming after me!' So he would get riled up. I would do this periodically. We’re talking about world title fights, stuff’s on the line."

Wow. Talk about pushing your fighters to the limit. But as Zahabi explains, when something is on the line, it's well worth putting the extra work in. And it really paid off for GSP.