Georges St-Pierre return official, will fight champ Michael Bisping for UFC's middleweight title

We’ve known for a while that Georges St-Pierre is returning to the UFC. Now we know who he’ll fight – and it’ll be for a title.

But it won’t be at welterweight, the division “GSP” dominated for years in the UFC as one of the sport’s pound-for-pound greats. Instead, St-Pierre (25-2 MMA, 19-2 UFC) will come back after a layoff of more than three years to fight middleweight champion Michael Bisping (30-7 MMA, 20-7 UFC), for the 185-pound title.

UFC President Dana White made the announcement today on ESPN’s “SportsCenter.” White said a date and location have not yet been set by the UFC, but a news conference will be held Friday in Las Vegas, where UFC 209 takes place this week, and will be attended by both St-Pierre and Bisping.

“We haven’t set a date yet, but that’s the fight,” White said. “He has to go through USADA – he has to be tested by USADA for the next three months. There’s a lot of things that have to happen for Georges St-Pierre to come back, and then we’ll pick a date.”

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