GSP out 6-9 months according to Doctor

In the height of Georges St. Pierre's devastating ACL injury, in which many have already ruled out the welterweight champ's return in 2012. His doctor has said that he would be out only 6-9 months for a full recovery. I know it is still quite a long time table and with training in addition to the healing time frame, it would be a while until we see GSP back in the Octagon. But, at least the wait isn't as long as many suspected.

In other news, UFC President Dana White believes that the welterweight champ will be back better than ever in spite of the injury. In a tweet, Dana White said that GSP takes good care of his world class physique and that such injuries happen even to the very best in any sport.

In the mean time Nick Diaz will face off against Carlos Condit for an interim welterweight championship at UFC 143 on February 4 in a bout of the two front runners for GSP's title.

They will will eventually meet the injured champion down the road.

The End of an Era?

In the blight of the announcement of Georges St. Pierre's ACL blow-out, there is now a lot of speculation that the man known as "Rush" will never be the same and that it is now an end of an era.

As is it GSP has been criticized as of late for not being able to finish fights. Touted as a knock-out artist and a submission specialist during the early part of his career, GSP was finishing opponents left and right be in on the feet standing or on the ground. That's until he ran into Matt Serra which saw him losing his UFC Welterweight title and losing the exciting fighter which had the killer instinct of finishing opponents.

I have to say that I have been a GSP fan from the start and I really hope that he bounces back. With that said, it is hard to image him coming back in the same from the ACL injury, however an injury like such does not only affect you physically it will also affect your psyche. And for a fighter who relies on explosiveness in the way he fights, if anything is certain it's that he will surely never be the same fighter when he comes back, but for MMA pundits to declare an end of an era, I'd like to think that is a little bit too premature.

UFC 143: Georges St-Pierre Injured: Nick Diaz & Carlos Condit for Interim Title

According to Dana White's Twitter, Georges St-Pierre has once again gone down with an injury, and he will be out for 10 months.

According to the tweet, GSP blew out his ACL, and Carlos Condit will now face Nick Diaz for the interim UFC welterweight title.

This just continues the jumble in the welterweight division recently, as there have been numerous switches as of late.

First it was to be GSP-Diaz. Then it was GSP-Condit.

Then that fight was scrapped due to a St-Pierre injury, and Condit decided to wait for a title shot, which he ended up losing his chance at.

Then GSP-Diaz was scheduled once again, which is now off due to a St-Pierre injury once more.

The Condit-Diaz winner will, in all likelihood, face off against St-Pierre when he is due back from injury.

Originally on this card, St-Pierre was going to fight Diaz for the welterweight title, and Condit was going to fight Josh Koscheck for a likely No. 1 contender position.

It is unclear if Koscheck will remain on the card.

Carlos Condit vs. Nick Diaz will go down at UFC 143 in Las Vegas on February 4th.

This is truly just to bad.

More updates on this as it develops.