St. Pierre to return in January

UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre looks set to make a return to the octagon in January 2010, according to his manager.

The 28-year-old suffered a groin injury in the third round of the UFC 100 fight against Thiago Alves.

St. Pierre is hoping to get back to full-contact sparring within the next two weeks.

“He’s feeling well and just waiting for clearance to resume his full-contact training,” St. Pierre’s manager Shari Spencer told MMA FanHouse.

Spencer admits that it is likely that St. Pierre will be on either the UFC’s Jan. 2 or Jan. 30 event next year.

“We have nothing firm, but it seems logical to me that he’d be on one of those two cards as they like to use Georges for their bigger events because of his draw,” Spencer said.

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