Georges St-Pierre named the four MMA fighters who should be on the UFC ‘Mount Rushmore’ – but omitted himself from the list. And it should come as no surprise that former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was the first name on his lips.
As well as Nurmagomedov, St-Pierre also named Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, and Khabib’s longtime rival Conor McGregor.
And of course, he couldn’t go without mentioning Royce Gracie as well. The UFC Mount Rushmore is one of the most hotly-debated topics by MMA fans and pundits alike. JUST IN: Dana White: Kamaru Usman can overtake Jon Jones as the GOAT after UFC 278 It’s inspired by the iconic American National Memorial sculpture, which features the carved heads of former US presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
St-Pierre, 41, held the UFC welterweight championship from 2008 to 2013. He’s also a former middleweight champion – having famously come out of retirement to defeat Michael Bisping in November 2017.