Mike Winkeljohn Says Georges St-Pierre's Injury Gives Condit More Time to Train

Carlos Condit is very disappointed that he will be unable to compete this weekend at UFC 137. 

Condit was scheduled to face Georges St-Pierre in the main event, but the champion suffered a knee injury that will postpone their title bout until early next year.

Despite the setback, Condit's head trainer, Mike Winklejohn, believes the extended layoff may benefit "The Natural Born Killer."

"In a way, now we can come up with a couple of more things to put us in a couple of better positions for this fight,” Winklejohn said while appearing on Sherdog's Radio Network "Beatdown" show. "Maybe it’s a blessing in disguise.”

Winklejohn, alongside Greg Jackson, who has trained both Condit and St-Pierre in the past, said he is enjoying his role in assisting Condit and formulating a game plan to defeat the UFC welterweight champion. While Jackson has remained neutral, and refrained from getting involved with either competitor's training camp, Winklejohn sees it differently. 

"It’s an honor to have worked with him a little bit, but I definitely wasn’t one of his coaches. Heck, I’m excited about having Carlos fight him," he said. "It’s kind of neat to have to game plan against his other coaches up there in Canada. It’s kind of an honor, and we’re excited about doing it.” 

However, until St-Pierre is medically cleared to continue training, Condit must wait patiently. 

"He’s disappointed, but he understands the fight game," he said. "He wants to beat Georges at Georges’ best, so he’s going to wait, and, assuming it doesn’t take too long, Carlos wants to fight him for the title soon.”