The 28-year-old, rated as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC, was training for the Beijing Olympic trials in 2007 when he was summoned as an injury replacement for Matt Serra to fight Matt Hughes at UFC 79.

 

He put his wrestling plans on hold to fight Hughes.
 

He was planning to compete in the 84-kilogram class.
 

St. Pierre routinely trains with some of Canada's top amateurs at the Montreal Wrestling Club.
 

He said: "It's something in my mind but the thing is I'm on contract with the UFC.

 

"So I have to be very careful in what I'm saying, but we'll see.

"There is a big difference between saying I want to go to the Olympic Games and actually going to the Olympic Games.

 

"It's very hard.

 

"To do the tryouts and everything it's very hard.

 

"You have to pass through a bunch of obstacles before you get there."
 

UFC president Dana White seemed supportive when told of St. Pierre's Olympic dream.
 

He said: "It would be great if he won a medal.

 

“Guys that are under contract, they come to us and we sit down and we figure things out.

 

"Listen, the thing is if you’re under contract with me, [it] doesn’t mean I don’t want you doing anything else in your life."