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If you missed the premiere episode of UFC Primetime: St-Pierre vs. Shields last night, don’t be scared, homies, we got you.

The show was as good as it predecessors, giving us a glimpse inside the camps of the main event fighters from UFC 129 April 30.

Not surprisingly, the the producers played up the respectful sportsmanship of St-Pierre who gave props to Shields’ ground game and politely pointed out that he chooses to test himself against opponents by beating them at their own games.

“Ee ‘as one area that ee is vary, vary good at and it’s ‘is grapping. All da guy dat he has fought in da past were afraid to go on the floor wit ‘im and dat is something dat I am not afraid to do. I always wanted to test myself wit the best fighter at ‘der best game. I like Jake Shield. He’s just at da wrong place at da wrong time. I train harder den I ever train,” GSP asserted throwing in a tired cliche for good measure. “I’m de best Georges St-Pierre dat I ever been. The fight dat I been waiting for four years is gonna happen in front of fifty thousand people. It’s gonna be incredible.”

Part 2

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At first, it seemed like GSP’s jiu-jitsu coach John Danaher was wary of his charge trying taking the fight to the ground and engaging Shields in a grappling match.

“I don’t see Jake Shields in any sense as an underdog going into this fight. Jake Shields is an outstanding practitioner of jiu-jitsu. He’s shown a remarkeable ability against all odds to pull people into his area of specialty and win fights. This is the guy who has the grappler’s equivalent of a knockout punch,” Danaher said. “He just keeps winning. He can get a guillotine choke and finish everything. People often say, ‘Well, they’re both black belts. You must understand that there are black belts and then there are black belts. Just because they’re of equal rank doesn’t mean that they’re the same level on the ground.”

Then Danaher punked us all by giving St-Pierre props for his knack for surprising his opponents by beating them at their own games.

“One thing that’s notable about Georges’ career is that he’s faced many great submission specialists in the past, and what’s really remarkable is that he beat many of those specialists within their domain, within their area of specialty.”

Shields didn’t pull any punches or give any PC answers when talking about the fight.

“I just want to dethrone him. He’s considered the best in the world and I’m the person to beat him. I’m going to show everyone he is human. I’m gonna go out there and take the belt from him.I like Georges, but if I get his arm and he doesn’t tap, I’ll snap it. I’ll bash his head in,” he said matter-of-factly. It’s what it is. It’s a competition, but if I have to hurt someone, I’ll do it. I’m more motivated than ever. I want to go out there and just smash him. I thrive in these situations. I’ve been winning a lot longer than he has, so it’s something that I’m used to doing. It drives me harder to want to go out there and beat him.”