French Canadian fighter and UFC welterweight champion, Georges St. Pierre is in Manchester, England this weekend to see if his next opponent will be either Dan Hardy or Mike Swick. Both men will face each other as part of the Spike TV broadcast of UFC 105, headlined by UFC heavyweights Randy Couture and Brandon Vera.

St. Pierre spoke recently about losing the welterweight title to Matt Serra the hard way in April of 2007 and how he had become “a victim of the fame.”

“When I beat Matt Hughes (in 2006 to win the UFC 170-pound crown), I didn’t realize what I had in my hand,” said St-Pierre. “I was champion and I became a victim of the fame a little bit. I was pretty young, and I was too young to have that kind of fame and power. So what happened was, everybody was telling me how great I am, so there was this delusional box around me that made me think I was different than the other fighters and that nobody could touch me. But the thing I had forgot was that no matter how great you do, or how great of a fighter you are, you make one mistake and you can lose the title. That’s what I learned when I lost to Serra.”

After suffering a groin injury against Thiago Alves at UFC 100, GSP has been on a long lay-off recuperating and preparing for his next fight. When it comes to who he might face, the champ felt both Hardy and Quick had equal chances of earning the title shot.

“It can be very short or a very long fight,” said St-Pierre to media members as he broke down the bout. “I think if Hardy charges very fast on Swick, Swick can knock him out because he’s a good counterpuncher. But Hardy has the power to knock out Swick too, so it can go either way. Swick also has a good guillotine choke and could submit Hardy, so there are different scenarios I can see in my mind, but it’s hard to tell.”

Check out the rest of St. Pierre’s comments on his goal of becoming the greatest mixed martial artist of all time by visiting UFC.com.