St. Pierre vs Hendricks takes place on November 16th in Las Vegas

GSP (left) will seek his ninth consecutive title defense against J.Hendricks (right). Photo: MMA Press Production (Disclosure/UFC)

As expected, the confrontation between the Canadian Georges St Pierre and the North American John hendricks will happen in the last quarter of this year. The Ultimate organization confirmed to journalist Ariel Helwany, on the “UFC Tonight” program this Tuesday (18), that the fight for the welterweight title will take place on November 16, at Mandalay Bay, in Las Vegas (USA). ). Possibly, the event to host the fight will be UFC 167.

Since, on the same night last March, Hendricks knocked Carlos Condit and St. Pierre defended his belt against Nick Diaz it was already defined that the duel between the two would take place. The official date, however, took almost three months to be confirmed. Furthermore, the announcement eliminates the possibility of a superfight between Anderson Silva and GSP takes place in 2013, there was a lot of speculation about the confrontation being held on Ultimate's 20th anniversary. Spider's other likely opponent, Jon Jones, also another defined combat, against Alexander Gustafson.

Georges St Pierre has an impressive record of 24 wins and just two defeats. The 32-year-old Canadian is the second fighter with the most consecutive title defenses in the UFC, with eight in total. Your opponent, John hendricks, has a no less impressive track record. “Bigg Rigg”, as he is known, has 15 wins and only one defeat in his career.