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Since the ancient days of gladiators, spectators
have enjoyed the thrill of betting on combative
sporting contests. Every moment of a fight seems
much more exciting when there is money riding on the
outcome. Today is no different, as a growing number
of people are betting on modern-day gladiatorial
contests - mixed martial arts events.
UFC
83 "" Fight Odds
Matt “The Terror” Serra Vs.
Georges “Rush” St-Pierre 2
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Event name: UFC 83: Serra vs.
St. Pierre 2
Date: April 19, 2008
Location: Montreal, QC, Canada
Venue: Bell Centre
Broadcast: PPV (10pm ET)
The UFC 83 event, which will be
the first UFC event ever held in Canada, and even better with
the main eventbeing a welterweight unification bout between
interim title holder Georges St. Pierre and welterweight champ
Matt Serra.
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UFC 83 betting Odds & Information
The Georges St. Pierre/Matt Serra
rematch is set for April 19, 2008 at the Bell Centre in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has been just over a year (April 7,
2007) since the first fight, which resulted in Serra being
crowned the UFC Welterweight Champion.
Serra shocked the world with his TKO of St. Pierre just three
minutes and 25 seconds into the first round. The victory is
widely considered to be the biggest upset in UFC history.
Matt Serra originally applied to be on the Ultimate Fighter (TUF)
show in season four (the come back). he beat out guys in his
weight class giving him a title fight. Serra was definitely the
underdog in that fight, everyone was 100% sure that St.Pierre
was going to win that fight by knock out or submission. But
infact in the first round Serra rocked St.Pierre finishing him
by TKO, and becoming the NEW Welter
Weight championship.
Matt Serra has not fought since. He was scheduled to defend his
title at UFC 79 against Matt Hughes, but was forced to pull out
of the fight with a herniated disc in his lower back.
St. Pierre, on the other hand, won a unanimous decision over
Josh Koscheck and then fought and won the UFC Interim
Welterweight Championship by submitting Matt Hughes via arm bar.
Georges “Rush” St. Pierre is the current Interim UFC
Welterweight Champion. He has a professional MMA record of 15-2
and is widely considered to be one of the top pound-for-pound
MMA fighters
in the world, along with Quinton Jackson, Fedor Emelianenko, and
Anderson Silva.
UFC 83 Main Card:
Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra - UFC Welterweight Title
Rich Franklin vs. Travis Lutter
Nate Quarry vs. Kalib Starnes
Michael Bisping vs. Charles McCarthy
Mac Danzig vs. Mark Bocek
Preliminary Bouts:
Jason MacDonald vs. Joe Doerksen
Sam Stout vs. Rich Clementi
Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Jonathan Goulet
Alan Belcher vs. Jason Day
Ed Herman vs. Demian Maia
Brad Morris vs. Cain Velasquez
UFC 83 Results
| Georges St. Pierre
def. Matt Serra via TKO (knees to the body) at 4:45 of
round two Rich Franklin
def. Travis Lutter via TKO (strikes) at 3:01 of round
two
Nate Quarry def. Kalib Starnes
via unanimous decision
Michael Bisping def. Charles
McCarthy via TKO (unable to answer bell) at 5:00 of
round one
Mac Danzig def. Mark Bocek via
submission (rear naked choke) at 3:48 of round three
Undercard
Jason MacDonald def. Joe Doerksen via TKO
(strikes) at :54 of round two
Jason Day def. Alan Belcher via
TKO (strikes) at 3:58 of round one
Demian Maia def. Ed Herman via
submission (triangle choke) at 2:27 of round two
Rich Clementi def. Sam Stout
via split decision
Cain Velasquez def. Brad Morris
via TKO (strikes) at 2:10 of round one
Jonathan Goulet def. Kuniyoshi
Hironaka via TKO (strikes) at 2:07 of round two |
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The Ultimate Fighting
Championship is a test of pure gladiator fighting
skills. The fight occurs inside an octagon that is 32
feet across. The fighters are contained by a 5 foot
link fence. Most participants have martial arts
training in some discipline, however, this is by no
means a requirement. It has a no holds barred
philosophy although some rules have been added
recently.
Although there can be a
lot of blood, fights usually end with joint locks or
choke holds and it is generally the more skilled
opponent that wins. Size is an advantage, but skill in
ending the fights with a finishing move (choke out,
joint locks, etc.) are the best. |
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