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"He took one move and turned it into a hundred different possibilities, instead of learning a hundred moves and only having a hundred possibilities," said Firas Zahabi, a trainer who worked with him early in his UFC career.
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Regarding Abd-ul-Hamíd, Zahabi writes that Abu Hátim said he is not quoted as an authority, and Sofián said he was a weak authority.
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Zohak Ibn Muzahim (in _Tabrani_), also a Tábaee and of impeached authority, narrates it from Ibn Abbás, but he never heard any tradition from him, nor had he even seen him (_vide Mzàn-ul-Etedal_, by Zahabi, and _Ansáb_, by Sam-áni).
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"When you're going with guys who are as good or better than your opponent you create a confidence in yourself that you can handle whatever your opponent is going to throw at you," Zahabi said.
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"His nutrition was perfect, his conditioning was perfect, his martial arts training was perfect and the sparring partners he had were perfect to mimic his opponent," Zahabi said during a promotional event at a downtown Toronto gym.
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Firas Zahabi, who has been St-Pierre's head trainer since an April, 2007, loss to Matt Serra at UFC 69, continually used the word "perfect" Tuesday to describe the training camp to prepare for St-Pierre's welterweight title defence against Jake Shields Saturday at Rogers Centre.
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St-Pierre is in the spotlight more than most as the defending champion in the main event, but Zahabi said he takes it all in stride.
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Zahabi, a two-time Canadian Muay Thai champion who trains professional MMA fighters from all over the world out of the TriStar Gym in Montreal, admits St-Pierre has heard the criticism.
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"If you underestimate Shields you must not have been following his career," Zahabi said.
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He's on a 15-fight winning streak dating back to 2004 and is a former Strikeforce middleweight champion and EliteXC welterweight titlist who Zahabi considers the biggest challenge of St-Pierre's career.
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