Georges St. Pierre successfully defended his UFC welterweight championship with a five round unanimous decision over Jake Shields at UFC 129. In the third round St. Pierre suffered an eye poke and immediately began pawing at his eye. Between rounds he told his corner that he could not see out of the eye but still managed to finish the fight. After the bout, St. Pierre confirmed that he could not see anything but a blur out of his eye and was taken to a specialist in the wake of the bout.
MMA Weekly has the latest update on the eye:
“The doctors were very worried it was a detached retina because they couldn’t see inside his eye. They flashed the light inside his eye and normally they’re supposed to be able to see inside the eye, but the eye was filled with obstructions. The doctor was saying he couldn’t see inside, so he needed to go to a specialist,” St-Pierre’s lead trainer Firas Zahabi told MMAWeekly Radio.
“Luckily it was just blood in the eye and not the detached retina. This occurred after the swipe to the face.”
GSP will just need to take medication and rest the eye for a little over a week and everything should be fine. Very good news for one of the sport’s best.
After the jump, more UFC 129 news, analysis and results from Bloody Elbow.
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- The Case for Georges St. Pierre vs. Nick Diaz – Leland Roling
- Lyoto Machida, Ivan Menjivar Walk the Come Back Trail – Leland Roling
- UFC 129 Results: Sickness Slowed Jose Aldo During His Bout Against Mark Hominick
- GSP Tried to Force the KO Against Jake Shields – Kid Nate
- Jose Aldo Continues Fight for Mainstream Recognition – David St. Martin
- Georges St. Pierre vs. Anderson Silva Loses Steam – Brent Brookhouse
- Great Judging Should Be Applauded Sometimes – Tim Burke
- UFC 129 Recap and Analysis – Mike Fagan
- UFC Hits Home Run With UFC 129 Live Experience – Matt Bishop
- Zuffa and the UFC Finally Hit It Big – Matthew Roth
- Hours After, GSP Still Can’t See With His Left Eye – Anton Tabuena
- UFC 129 Play by Play and Live Commentary – Brent Brookhouse
- Is Steven Seagal Secretly a Martial Arts Genius? – Jonathan Snowden
- Georges St. Pierre Holds Back UFC’s Canadian Coming Out Party at UFC 129 – Jonathan Snowden
- UFC 129 Post-Fight Press Conference Video
- Georges St. Pierre Slips Past Jake Shields
- Jose Aldo Holds Off Mark Hominick
- Lyoto Machida Clouts Randy Couture
- Vladimir Matyushenko Mops the Floor With Jason Brilz
- Ben Henderson Whips Up On Mark Bocek
- Rory MacDonald Ragdolls Nate Diaz
- Jake Ellenberger Brutalizes Sean Pierson
- Claude Patrick Edges Daniel Roberts
- Pablo Garza Submits Yves Jabouin
- John Makdessi KO’s Kyle Watson With Spinning Back Fist
- Jason MacDonald Triangles Ryan Jensen
- Ivan Menjivar Clocks Charlie Valencia