Georges St-Pierre is cool with his statue looking like Barack Obama
In case you missed it last month, former UFC two-division champion Georges St-Pierre was immortalized last month with a statue in his hometown of St-Isidore, Quebec, Canada. To be certain, it’s a well deserved honor for whom this writer considers the greatest MMA fighter of all time.
There was just one thing about the statue: As pointed out by assistant managing editor Matthew Wells in the MMA Junkie Slack channel, it bared a striking resemblance to former U.S. President Barack Obama. Wells went on to highlight that oddity in this space with a blog post headlined, Georges St-Pierre immortalized with a statue that looks more like Barack Obama.
It caught on right away and from there, the internet did what it does.
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That was back on June 9. Five weeks later, word finally must’ve reached GSP about his statue as he acknowledged it on Instagram with a laugh.
Wait, what? No! My bronze statue looks like me I swear! Man, I love the Internet
You’ve got to love the fact that the GOAT has a sense of humor about this.
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Georges St-Pierre is cool with his statue looking like Barack Obama