UFC: 5 longest layoffs between UFC title defences

2: Georges St Pierre - 567 days

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GSP, a three-time welterweight champion and also a former middleweight champion is one of the sport's true legends. He held the record for most wins in title bouts and second longest combined title streak, defending nine times.

GSP first won the welterweight title defeating Matt Hughes at UFC 65. He then lost in his next match to The Ultimate Fighter winner Matt Serra.

GSP would go on to defeat Hughes again to win the interim title, this set up a rematch against Serra which he won and unified the welterweight belts in front of his home city, Montreal.

He then went on a run of defending the belt, culminating in a victory over Jake Shields at UFC 129, April 30th 2011.

GSP wouldn't fight again until UFC 154, November 17th 2012 when he defeated Carlos Condit by unanimous decision.

During this long lay off, GSP was due to meet Nick Diaz at UFC 137, however, Diaz decided to do a no-show at a press conference leading the UFC to demote him to a co-main event bout against GSP.

Carlos Condit then had the opportunity for the title shot only for GSP to suffer an injury, Condit would elect to wait for his title bout rather than face a new opponent. The UFC had other ideas though and booked the GSP-Diaz fight again for February 2012. GSP would suffer an ACL injury which would rule him out for almost a year. Condit faced Diaz for an interim title, winning to then get his shot against GSP.