Apr 20th, 2008
Serra vs. St. Pierre, Revenge fight at UFC 83
Serra vs. St. Pierre, Revenge fight at UFC 83
UFC welterweight champion Matt “The Terror” Serra (9-4) wants respect, and he knows the only way to get it is to beat Georges “Rush” St. Pierre (15-2), April 19 in Montreal at UFC 83: Serra vs. St. Pierre 2.
Serra defeated St. Pierre last April to win the belt. Now he’s out to prove the first win was no fluke.
Currently, St. Pierre is the -500 favorite to win in the Bodog Sportsbook, while Serra is a +325 underdog.
“You know it’s funny. I’m hearing it wasn’t the real GSP that night and now he’s back,” Serra tells the Canadian Press. “I don’t know, when I fought him, it looked like him. I mean it wasn’t a stunt double. Who was that guy?”
While St. Pierre has said he has some surprises in store for the match, Serra sees only two choices: run or fight.
“If he wants to try to hurt me, he’s going to have to get close to me to hurt me,” he says. “If he wants to dance around the cage, I’m sure he’ll get booed out of the [Montreal] Bell Centre. So he’s going to have to try to come and make an example of me. You’re coming at me, I’m coming at you, man. We’re two trains on the same track, let’s rock.”
Former UFC welterweight champion Georges “Rush” St. Pierre (15-2) says he’s ready to fight 170-pound champ Matt Serra (9-4) for the second time.
And the Montreal native promises the rematch, Saturday, April 19 in his hometown, will be a lot different than their first encounter, in April of 2007 when Serra TKO’d St. Pierre to win the belt.
“I know how to fight him,” he said during a pre-fight conference call. “I’m going to fight him in a way that nobody has fought him before. I’m going to do some stuff that nobody has seen before.”
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6 Responses to “Serra vs. St. Pierre, Revenge fight at UFC 83”
Same here, but I won a lot of money on him tonight.
I rooted for Serra all season on TUF, but he just doesn’t have it for GSP.
Here is the Videohttp://digg.com/extreme_sports/UFC_Upset_George_St_Pierre_VS_Matt_Serra
Every dog has its day, Serra’s was tonight. No way around it GSP caught on the button for the first time and couldn’t recover. No worries GSP will make his way back. As for the line up of contenders it should look like thisGSP vs. Hughes winner gets title shotKos is no way deserving the title shot yet and Diego has to work his way up
Wow what a fight. This card didn’t look very promising but ended up having some great fights. Kendall Grove looked good, Diego looked awful and Matt Serra pulled off the upset. Who do you think Serra’s first title defense will be against?