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Georges St. Pierre was days, if not hours away, from scaling back in his preparation for UFC 137 next weekend. Training for a fight is always a risky proposition and GSP failed to escape these final moments of training without injuring a knee.
At 1:51 p.m. ET, GSP tweeted this photo of him working his kicks. A little over four hours later, he spoke of visiting the doctor.
His trainer Firas Zahabi gave his account of the afternoon incident to Sherdog:
"He was sparring today and he hurt his knee. I had a feeling it was bad, but then, once he cooled down, he started limping. There's no way he would be able to fight. It was a weird thing. I can't really explain it. Of course, everybody is disappointed," Zahabi said. "[...] We made a lot of sacrifices. We had a lot of people come in to help us train. We put a lot of man hours into getting ready for this fight. But it's not going to waste, it's just being put on hold."
We could get a clearer picture of GSP's recovery timetable tomorrow. There's a UFC 137 media teleconference scheduled for 2 p.m. ET.