In a recent interview with Sherdog.com, Georges St-Pierre discussed his recent fight with Matt Hughes, his upcoming match against Matt Serra and his ultimate goals in the sport.

Referring to Matt Hughes, St-Pierre still has a lot of respect for the person he once considered his idol:

“Hughes is an amazing fighter,” he said. “I just had a good night that night, and he had a bad night.”

“If we fight again, I don’t think he’s going to beat me, but he will probably come closer,” St. Pierre said. “Maybe he had a bad day — it’s a matter of circumstances as well.”

Although it’s not yet official, St-Pierre talked about fighting Serra in Montreal and how he will have a different approach in the rematch:

“Fighting in front of my people would be a dream for me,” St. Pierre exclaimed. “The most fans I’ve ever fought in front of in Montreal was 5,000, maybe 6,000 at UCC/TKO. My people are very hot blooded, and they’re going to give the UFC a show like they’ve never seen before.”

“I am going to come with a specific strategy, and it’s going to be a different story,” he said emphatically. “They’re going to see my eyes when I step into the Octagon. I’m going to have a different look. I’m going to look like a totally different guy, and people will understand when they see that fight.”

St-Pierre also revealed that he has used the services of a sports psychologist:

“I used to think that people who needed to see a psychologist were crazy or weak,” he said. “But at a certain level you need it. Visualization and positive imagery are very important. People underestimate the power of the mental aspect; it helped me a lot.”

St-Pierre’s manager, Shari Spenser told Sherdog about the long-term strategy she helped devise with Georges:

“Right around the time we started working together, Bjorn Borg was putting his Wimbledon trophies up for sale on eBay,” Spenser said. “And that’s not where we want to be. We don’t want to see the UFC belts for sale.”

“He wants to leave a legacy,” Spenser said. “He wants to be the most dominant fighter the UFC and MMA has ever seen, and he intends to accomplish that by dominating the 170-pound weight class, moving up to the 185 weight class and then eventually the light heavyweight class.”That’s a pretty daunting goal, but Spenser thinks if anyone can do it, Georges has shown that he’s the one. “If he does that,” she said, “I don’t think there’s a doubt that he will be the best fighter to ever have graced the sport.”

Welterweight champion. Middleweight champion. Light heavyweight champion.  If that doesn’t make him the best fighter of all time, it certainly makes him a nominee.