GSP DESTROYS MATT SERRA @ UFC 83!

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St-Pierre stops Serra for win at UFC 83by STEVE COFIELD, Special to FOXSports.com
 - Don't make Georges St-Pierre angry.

The pre-fight for St-Pierre vs. UFC welterweight champ Matt Serra was filled with lots of entertaining trash talk eminating from East Meadow, N.Y.
St-Pierre, considered the world's model mixed martial artist, didn't find it very funny. He charged across the ring and put Serra on his back six seconds into the fight. The massacre lasted 1˝ rounds, and it seemed like Serra never got off the mat.

 
Georges St-Pierre claimed the welterweight belt he lost to Matt Serra. (The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz / Associated Press)

St-Pierre finished the fight with a series of punches and huge knees to Serra's body at 4:44 of the second round in front of a North American MMA record crowd of 21,390 at the Bell Centre.

A Montreal native, St-Pierre (15-2, 10-2 UFC) won back the UFC welterweight title belt he lost to Serra last year at UFC 69 in Houston. Serra left the ring with his face chopped up and swollen below his right eye.

It was clear St-Pierre was fighting with a little angst. He referenced Serra's trash talk several times during the week leading up to the fight. The fighters got into a war of words on the radio, with Serra calling St-Pierre "frenchy."

Pete Sell, a member of Serra's camp, also annoyed St-Pierre by calling him a "mental midget" and saying, "GSP is the type of guy that would back down from a fight in a bar."

It was all water under the bridge once St-Pierre won the fight.

"Thanks to Matt Serra, he took the fight in my town. It means a lot to me," said St-Pierre, who is just 26 years old. "If we have to fight again in New York. I will do it. If I have to fight in your town, I will "

After this one, a third fight would be a tough sell. Serra did score a first round knockout in the first meeting against St-Pierre, but Saturday's performance made that look like a fluke.

"I wanted to work submissions," said Serra, who runs several jiu-jitsu schools in New York. "He was just too slippery. Georges was great, explosive and strong. He kicked my ass. He's phenomenal. He's the best in the world."

St-Pierre is a jack of all trades. He began his career with spectacular displays on his feet with kicks and punches. Since then, he has worked hard on his ground game, specifically his wrestling. He was so effective with his takedowns and maintaining top control that Serra looked amateurish. The New Yorker flipped, spun and scrambled, but could never improve his position.

Add Serra to the list that includes Frank Trigg, Matt Hughes, Sean Sherk and Josh Koscheck — all outstanding wrestlers that St-Pierre has manhandled.

"My strategy was to make it a physical fight, make him tired," said St-Pierre, who despite losing by KO last time around was a 5˝-to-1 favorite in Las Vegas. "I know my athleticism would help me win. I wanted mix it up as much as possible. I tired him out and took the fight."

St-Pierre's game plan was perfect. As the much taller fighter (6-foot vs. 5-foot-6), St-Pierre stayed at a distance when standing with Serra.

"The worst thing for me was to get into an exchange with Matt. If I do that, then I'm punching down and opening myself up to him. It's like flipping a coin — whoever connects first, wins. I didn't want to be in the middle range, where both of us could connect."

UFC president Dana White was really impressed by St-Pierre.

"He looked like the real Georges St-Pierre tonight. He came out on a mission and implemented his game plan. Serra said you've never seen anyone beat me up in 8˝ years — he got beat up tonight. I'd call Georges pound-for-pound No. 2 in the world (behind UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva)."


this was a crazy fight!  Serra got destroyed!  who else watched it?

[eS El Duque]

and he took 100 dollars from me....good fight though

[Don Jacob]

fuck GSP!

[NiCc_FrUm_ThA_nO]

beautiful fuckin fight.

I dont knoe why people thought Serra would win again..got lucky the first time..

[Hatesrats™]

Serra Pre-injury still loses in a rematch with GSP.
GSP is the man @ his weightclass.

[NiCc_FrUm_ThA_nO]

Starnes got cut by UFC today for all the running he did on saturday night..

[Fuck Your Existence]

good...fuck that guy