The 5 worst title reigns in UFC history

#4 Georges St-Pierre – UFC Middleweight title – 11/04/2017 to 12/07/2017

GSP relinquished his Middleweight title after just 33 days

Georges St-Pierre’s UFC Welterweight title reign, to me at least, is the greatest title reign in UFC history. The less said about his odd Middleweight title reign though, the better. St-Pierre had relinquished his Welterweight title back in 2013 and had been in retirement since, but rumours of his return persisted from mid-2016 onwards.

In early 2017 his return to action was officially announced, but in an odd move from the beginning, rather than return to his old stomping ground of 170lbs, GSP was granted a title shot at Middleweight champ Michael Bisping – at 185lbs, where he’d never fought before.

The leapfrogging of more deserving contenders annoyed some fans, but GSP made good on his return and defeated Bisping by submission in the 4th round of the fight. Fans immediately started salivating over the thought of GSP fighting Robert Whittaker, Luke Rockhold or Yoel Romero, but literally days after his victory rumours began to surface that GSP had no interest in defending his title.

Sure enough, just 33 days later, GSP relinquished the Middleweight title, blaming health issues, namely a bout of ulcerative colitis that he blamed on the move up to 185lbs. Realistically though, whether the Canadian legend ever intended to defend the title is a question mark, as he’d stated prior to the Bisping fight that he was only interested in his legacy at that stage of his career.

Unfortunately then, while his Welterweight title reign was historic for all the right reasons, his brief run as Middleweight champion was historic for all the wrong reasons instead.