| 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
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
UFC 83 Results
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.