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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