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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Georges St-Pierre took part in a fan Q&A in Montreal today ahead of UFC 186, and answered questions about a number of different subjects.
One of the key things he talked about was how unhappy he was with several of his performances down the stretch, despite the fact that he'd picked up wins in each of them.
"If I had to do it again, of course, there is some stuff I would change," he said (transcribed by FoxSports.com). "You are never 100 percent happy with what you do. I am very critical of myself. There are some fights I didn't like. There were training camps [that were not perfect], there were times where I wished I would have prepared myself more adequately. But, that's how you gain experience. You can't change the past, you can only change the future.
"All of my losses [upset me]. My loss to Hughes, my loss to Serra. My first fight with B.J. Penn, I hated. My fight with Jake Shields, I hated. My fight with Diaz, I despised it, completely. My last fight with Hendricks - I was not happy with it, at all."
St-Pierre remains officially undecided on a return to the Octagon, but it seems he may have unfinished business for himself.
Penick's Analysis: It's interesting to hear St-Pierre be so candid about those fights, because he still won the Shields, Diaz, and Hendricks fights. Of course, that last one was close and many felt should have gone the other way, the Diaz fight had a lot of hype and wasn't the most thrilling affair, and the Shields fight, in front of 55,000 fans, also wasn't his best. So it's understandable he doesn't hold them up to be his best. Now, does that mean he thinks he could come back and have a better exit no his terms? Maybe, maybe not. He may also feel that those fights tell him he should be done. I suppose we'll get a better sense of that later on this year.
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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