Nursing Georges St. Pierre

As Georges St. Pierre’s Muay Thai coach, Kru Phil Nurse has kind of slipped under the radar a little bit. GSP has become better known for his wrestling than his striking of late and when his stand-up is discussed his kyokushin karate background is usually mentioned before his Thai boxing. In fact, most of the attention Nurse has received is a result of the BJ Penn “greasegate” incident. Which is too bad considering Nurse, a former British and European Muay Thai champion and boxer, is in the same league as Mark DellaGrotte, Kenny Florian’s MT instructor.

All this by way of introducing this interview with Nurse, which is a really good piece despite Fox Sports‘ Mike Straka’s best efforts to be a bad interviewer. I had no idea Nurse was 46. He doesn’t look more than 36 or 37. Anyway, this is definitely worth checking out to hear him talk about how he trains GSP and Rashad Evans, how he works with GSP’s other coaches, including Greg Jackson, his thoughts on the Thiago Alves and BJ Penn fights, etc.