Georges St-Pierre recovers stolen Range Rover, gets new one

Rumors aside, it’s clear UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre needs a break from fighting and deserves the vacation he’s on right now.

A lot may be on his mind after beating Johny Hendricks at UFC 167. But when he returns to Montreal, at least he won’t have to worry about his wheels.

Prior to his ninth title defense, St-Pierre told MMAjunkie that city cops found the Range Rover stolen from him in June.

“Believe it or not, they found it parked on the street next to where it got stolen,” he said. “When they found it, there were many tickets on the windshield, and they found out it was my car.”

Did St-Pierre ditch the rental he was driving and hop back into his old ride? As he told it, he wasn’t exactly anxious to do that.

“They took a ride with it and they messed it up a little bit,” he said.

Fortunately, he was consoled with a new toy.

“My insurance covered me, and I got a 2013 Range Rover,” he said.

In the end, the champ lost a winter coat but recovered some gym equipment that was still in the vehicle. But he missed out on the thing he wanted most: To catch the thief (or thieves) in the act.

Following UFC 167, St-Pierre (25-2 MMA, 19-2 UFC) said he would step away from the sport to deal with personal issues, though UFC President Dana White later said he was confident that a rematch with Hendricks (15-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) would take place.

On Wednesday, St-Pierre’s manager, Rodolphe Beaulieu, told “UFC Tonight” that retirement is an option for the welterweight champ. In a separate interview, White insisted that St-Pierre isn’t retiring and will return to the octagon in the near future.

Since UFC 167, speculation has run rampant on St-Pierre’s personal issues. He recently shot down a TMZ report that said they stemmed from an unplanned pregnancy and a gravely ill father.