UFC 69 georges st pierre vs matt serra

“I’m very focused, I’m ready to go to war. Saturday night, I win this fight or I finish in hospital.”

– Georges St. Pierre mentions during the UFC 79: “Nemesis” pre-fight press conference (via the Canadian Press) that he is prepared to give everything he has during the rubbermatch with Matt Hughes — even if it means going to the hospital. Guess that means we won’t see a tapout from “Rush” similar to Act I at UFC 50 when there was just one second remaining on the clock in the first stanza.
December 28th, 2007    

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Comment by 12121212
2007-12-28 12:31:55

nice

 
Comment by kickinthehead
2007-12-28 12:43:04

GSP looked real confident at the press confrence.. imo i think its matt hughes that dont look prepaired.(mentaly)..

 
Comment by gsp_wins
2007-12-28 12:44:09

I agree, GSP looks more confident then hughes

 
Comment by PhilQNY
2007-12-28 12:45:59

The two best products out of Canada.

GsP
Canada Dry

 
Comment by john
2007-12-28 12:46:29

Matt Hughes book - “Lee Murray KO’d Tito - then stomped on his face”
Quote:
…………”I looked over and Chuck Liddell was with his back against the wall, knocking people out that were trying to go after him.

“Then I looked over and there’s Tito directly past me, taking his coat off, going after Lee Murray, and Lee Murray’s backing up the alley taking his jacket off.

“Both their jackets come off, and Tito throws a left hook at Lee Murray and misses, and right as he missed, Lee Murray counters with, like, a five-punch combo, landed right on the chin, and knocked Tito out. OUT.

“Tito fell face-first down to the ground, and then Lee Murray stomped him on the face a couple of times with his boots.

“Then Tony Fryklund and I grabbed Lee and pushed Lee and said “Get out of here!’ And Lee said “I’m sorry, I’ll see you later,’ and took off. And Tony Fryklund helped Tito to his feet.

“Then these English Bobbies showed up and they were threatening to spray the entire crowd with huge canisters of mace. “You think you’ve got problems now?’ I said. “You spray this entire group of fighters with mace and we’ll all be in a heap of trouble.’

“So I talked the police out of doing that. And then Tony and I got a cab and we headed back here.”

“That’s insane, Pat.” I said.

“Long story short, Matt: I’m ready to get on that plane, pronto.”
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/ufc/

 
Comment by PhilQNY
2007-12-28 13:00:51

[quote comment=”247590″]Matt Hughes book - “Lee Murray KO’d Tito - then stomped on his face”
Quote:
…………”I looked over and Chuck Liddell was with his back against the wall, knocking people out that were trying to go after him.

“Then I looked over and there’s Tito directly past me, taking his coat off, going after Lee Murray, and Lee Murray’s backing up the alley taking his jacket off.

“Both their jackets come off, and Tito throws a left hook at Lee Murray and misses, and right as he missed, Lee Murray counters with, like, a five-punch combo, landed right on the chin, and knocked Tito out. OUT.

“Tito fell face-first down to the ground, and then Lee Murray stomped him on the face a couple of times with his boots.

“Then Tony Fryklund and I grabbed Lee and pushed Lee and said “Get out of here!’ And Lee said “I’m sorry, I’ll see you later,’ and took off. And Tony Fryklund helped Tito to his feet.

“Then these English Bobbies showed up and they were threatening to spray the entire crowd with huge canisters of mace. “You think you’ve got problems now?’ I said. “You spray this entire group of fighters with mace and we’ll all be in a heap of trouble.’

“So I talked the police out of doing that. And then Tony and I got a cab and we headed back here.”

“That’s insane, Pat.” I said.

“Long story short, Matt: I’m ready to get on that plane, pronto.”
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/ufc//quote

Yoooo..thx John..Ur the F’n man I was curious to know what happenned. I knew Lee had laced Tito ” Jacob ” back in the day..just didn’t know the details.

 
Comment by john
2007-12-28 13:13:51

I thought that was funny as hell.

I just heard Cro cop is putting on much needed weight. He is already up to 231 lbs, and is trying to get stronger for his next fight which will be sometime soon.

Lets hope this stuborn croation learned how to train for a fight and finds away to get his career back on track. He may be a glorified Kickboxer, but when he is GAME he is still good for some highlite reels

 
Comment by c-war
2007-12-28 13:22:24

I picked Hughes to win, but we’ll see.

 
Comment by GodDamnMike
2007-12-28 13:47:54

[quote comment=”247588″]The two best products out of Canada.

GsP
Canada Dry[/quote]
The two best products in the USA

GsP
Canada Dry

 
Comment by Spitforce
2007-12-28 13:50:31

whichever version of the story you believe, you just have to smile at tito getting ktfo’d!

 
Comment by evangelion27
2007-12-28 13:51:26

[quote comment=”247634″][quote comment=”247588″]The two best products out of Canada.

GsP
Canada Dry[/quote]
The two best products in the USA

GsP
Canada Dry[/quote]

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! STOP IT I CAN’T BREATH!

 
Comment by kickinthehead
2007-12-28 13:52:41

Thanks john

 
Comment by nathan
2007-12-28 13:56:16

[quote comment=”247611″]I picked Hughes to win, but we’ll see.[/quote]
Hope you didn’t bet much on this fight because hughes is going to lose, he didn’t look so confident in the press conference and gsp looked fired up.

 
Comment by PW
2007-12-28 14:10:07

[quote comment=”247588″]The two best products out of Canada.

GsP
Canada Dry[/quote]
What about Crown Royal and Molson, eh?

 
Comment by ventura
2007-12-28 14:24:21

I seriously think GSP is talking way out of his ass this fight. If this is what his sports therapist is telling him to talk with confindence its not going to work. He is not talking like the normal GSP and in his head I think the guy really is starting to beleive his own hype. If hughes takes the fight to him it will be a long grueling fist for gsp.

 
Comment by FightFan
2007-12-28 14:31:21

How can all you guys say he didnt look confident at the press conference are seeing something that im not i think he is as ready as ever and is going to show it tomorrow!

 
Comment by jdawg
2007-12-28 14:48:02

[quote comment=”247588″]The two best products out of Canada.

GsP
Canada Dry[/quote]
uhh wrong…crown royal and pam anderson

 
Comment by ViolentMike
2007-12-28 14:55:05

The last time nobody was giving GSP a chance at losing was against Matt Serra. Everyone thought that if that 1 in a 1000 chance of Serra winning were to happen, it would be by Serra taking GSP to the ground and submitting him, or submitting GSP from his guard. NOBODY expected Serra to win by KNOCKOUT.

Just wanted to remind everyone of that before they go dropping thousands of dollars on GSP.

However, if I had a spare G right now, I’d be signing up to bet on GSP right this minute.

 
Comment by Gord
2007-12-28 15:08:40

[quote post=”4345″]I seriously think GSP is talking way out of his ass this fight. If this is what his sports therapist is telling him to talk with confindence its not going to work. He is not talking like the normal GSP and in his head I think the guy really is starting to beleive his own hype. If hughes takes the fight to him it will be a long grueling fist for gsp. [/quote]
What are you talking about? GSP has talked like this before every fight he WON. Listen to him before the Sera fight, he lost that fight before it even started. He is more confident then ever and that spells a beating for Hughes.

 
Comment by sal costello
2007-12-28 15:24:24

Hell, you’d be crazier than a shit house rat to bet any money on any of these fights.

I want GSP to win and I expect GSP could win, but this is MMA - ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN (and usually does).

How many upsets happened last year alone?

 
Comment by RAZE
2007-12-28 15:41:20

I don’t know why Hughes doesn’t look as excited as GSP, he looks like “whatever”

 
Comment by Gord
2007-12-28 15:42:44

[quote post=”4345″]The last time nobody was giving GSP a chance at losing was against Matt Serra. Everyone thought that if that 1 in a 1000 chance of Serra winning were to happen, it would be by Serra taking GSP to the ground and submitting him, or submitting GSP from his guard. NOBODY expected Serra to win by KNOCKOUT. [/quote]
True,but this time GSP’s cousin didn’t die and his dad doesn’t have a serious brain ailment. One would have to experience the loss of a loved one to understand that you could NEVER be 100% at a time like that. Some guys who aren’t mentally strong like Belfort or Riggs don’t bounce back after a tragedy. Like GSP has said,”what doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger”. GSP is a stronger fighter now and Hughes is going to have more problems, than he did a year ago.

 
Comment by KO KING
2007-12-28 15:50:13

[quote comment=”247664″]I seriously think GSP is talking way out of his ass this fight. If this is what his sports therapist is telling him to talk with confindence its not going to work. He is not talking like the normal GSP and in his head I think the guy really is starting to beleive his own hype. If hughes takes the fight to him it will be a long grueling fist for gsp.[/quote]
I couldn’t disagree more. GSP is so ready for this. He was humiliated when he lost to lame ass Matt Serra. He wants to show everyone that it was a bull shit fight and he has everything to prove. Hughes not so much. He’s in it for the pay day and gonna get his ass kicked. Probably not as easily as last time but he wont win this fight.

 
Comment by ViolentMike
2007-12-28 16:01:32

[quote post=”4345″]Like GSP has said,”what doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger”. [/quote]

LOL, I’m pretty sure that GSP isn’t the one that coined that phrase.

But you are right, and I fully expect GSP to destroy Matt Hughes. Although, I’ll be rooting for Hughes…

 
Comment by rsg
2007-12-28 16:03:25

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3vo9j_ufc-all-access-wanderlei-silva_sport

Link to UFC All Access with Wandi if anyone missed it. I don’t know where i can watch it in England.
Not sure if this will be taken down.

 
Comment by pUniSHment
2007-12-28 16:34:11

I’d much rather see BJ PENN vs GSP 2, than HUGHES/GSP 3.

 
Comment by tripleainto
2007-12-28 17:03:03

I thought he meant finish in hospital like he was going to pull a diaz (when he went after Riggs in the hospital) and chase down Hughes in the hospital after the fight. That would be pretty kick ass, I must say. Not really his character but when a person is determined, they are determined, what can I say.

The correct meaning of what he said though makes much more sense.

 
Comment by Matt
2007-12-29 03:13:03

He could win the fight AND go to the hospital, as he did after the BJ fight.

 
Comment by Jo
2007-12-29 03:58:46

[quote comment=”247653″][quote comment=”247588″]The two best products out of Canada.

GsP
Canada Dry[/quote]
What about Crown Royal and Molson, eh?[/quote]
What about our religion……HOCKEY & GSP

Hughes can pray to that.

 
Comment by Royer
2007-12-29 11:13:36

[quote comment=”247719″]I don’t know why Hughes doesn’t look as excited as GSP, he looks like “whatever”[/quote]

Honestly, I think its because he realizes that he might lose and he doesn’t want to have his foot in his mouth if that happens..

Also another thing I would like to point out is hughes said that he didn’t know if the short notice that GSP had will affect him in this fight but that he hoped it does affect GSP performance. To me that sounds weak

 
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