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Comment by laylow
2008-03-28 15:17:36

GSP will destroy him

 
Comment by Freddy
2008-03-28 15:25:19

I like Serra, but, despite the crap he’s been spewing, GSP remains a gentleman. That is until GSP dismantles Serra and gives him the devastating loss that he claims he’s never had.

Comment by Eh
2008-04-20 08:52:19

GSP CRUSHED SERRA

 
 
Comment by kevin
2008-03-28 15:26:37

I can’t wait until Serra hits George with a few more “fluke” punches (like he was trying to hit someone else).

Comment by CMS
2008-04-18 15:47:50

After GSP kicks the shit outta Serra, he will go back to being a coach like he should be, theres know way he will be able to beat any top contenders.

 
 
Comment by Da Twin
2008-03-28 15:28:43

whats Tim Sylvia’s big anouncement?

 
Comment by kama kaze
2008-03-28 15:31:24

lol.. ol’Georges aint going to throw that spinning elbow! who is he kidding? ahahahahah

 
Comment by skoler12
2008-03-28 15:42:26

Dont be surprised with a tko or ko first round GSP. Matt serra is good but GSP wants his redemption matt better bring his A game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HOW COME NOBODY TALKS ABOUT THE DREAM MIDDLEWEIGHT GP!!!!!!!!!!!!WHY ISNT MISAKI OR MELVIN MANHOEF ON IT HES A F@CKING BEAST!!!!!!!!

 
Comment by Anonymousf*ck
2008-03-28 15:42:46

Yes[quote comment="392883"]whats Tim Sylvia’s big anouncement?[/quote]

yes..what’s Sylvia announcement, I’m interested.

Comment by CMS
2008-04-18 15:42:00

I think I heard hes fighting Fedor

 
 
Comment by Cory
2008-03-28 15:44:27

How can you dislike this guy??

 
Comment by JV
2008-03-28 15:47:56

[quote comment="392914"]Yes[quote comment="392883"]whats Tim Sylvia’s big anouncement?[/quote]

yes..what’s Sylvia announcement, I’m interested.[/quote]

I think he said it would be in the weekend now because he was going hunting.

 
Comment by anonymous
2008-03-28 15:48:38

tim sylvia’s announcement is that he is going hunting with some guy from a country band for his new hunting dvd and that for more news to watch inside mma on hdnet tonight

 
Comment by skoler12
2008-03-28 15:52:04

MAN WHO CARES ABOUT TIM I THINK HES GETTING A SEX CHANGE OPERATION!!!!!!!!!

 
Comment by Vatic
2008-03-28 15:52:23

Tims big announcement was he was going hunting with some guys from some country band and he’s coming out with his second (yeah second) hunting video. I laugh just as hard as you are now when I read it. Oh and the other big one will be on HD NET inside MMA. Sorry for getting off topic now GSP is gonna kill’em!
http://www.tim-sylvia.com/

 
Comment by Brandon
2008-03-28 15:55:06

[quote comment="392891"]lol.. ol’Georges aint going to throw that spinning elbow! who is he kidding? ahahahahah[/quote]

Haha i thought that too myself. Although, perhaps a spinning backfist might be a good tool to use (Shonie Carter KO’d Serra with it).

 
Comment by mattchupichu
2008-03-28 16:06:22

My highest hopes for this fight is that GSP just annihilates Serra standing in the first round. What will most likely happen is that GSP will take down Serra easily and then gnp him for the first round. After he gets his confidence back, he might take it to Serra in the next round standing up.
WAR GSP!

 
Comment by roy
2008-03-28 16:12:52

[quote comment="392929"]My highest hopes for this fight is that GSP just annihilates Serra standing in the first round. What will most likely happen is that GSP will take down Serra easily and then gnp him for the first round. After he gets his confidence back, he might take it to Serra in the next round standing up.
WAR GSP![/quote]

the first fight i though serra’s only chance was on the ground,if gsp does not want to stand with serra he is only going where serra is at his best on the ground,not that gsp can’t beat him there i still just think gsp would do better to stay standing with him

 
Comment by nathan
2008-03-28 16:18:12

I believe him. Serra is going to lose and badly, never lost that way before?, what a shonie carter??? He knocked his lights out a ko actually not chasing some guy with no legs around and pounding him to a t(ko.) Serra would have looked worse than gsp if the same thing happened in reverse gsp would have destroyed him much quicker. Serra landed a perfect hit, so he won, not his super talent,skill or strength won that fight, a perfectly placed punch. How did he dominate gsp before he hurt him? Which fight did he see, it looked very close to me before the big hit, serra’s delusional and I think might actually think he’s rock LOL.

 
Comment by nathan
2008-03-28 16:21:26

Anytime a fighter is hurt he’s an easy target the his opponent will look great, like shooting a fish in a barrel, I want to see serra “dominate” a healthy gsp, would never happen unless he stuns him, he’s not going to outgrapple or out strike gsp, not this time.

 
Comment by TBlades07
2008-03-28 16:25:55

Nice guy…however I don’t believe this nice guy is going to finish last.

 
Comment by GREASER57
2008-03-28 16:34:54

ok, i can agree that GSP is the favorite and is largely the better all around fighter…however, with that being said, i also agree with Matt Serra that it was bullshit that GSP said he was well trained and prepared for the first fight and a week later reversed what he said, saying that he was injured and that he took Serra lightly…maybe St.Pierre WANTS to Believe that he was injured for the first fight after he got embarrased…guess we’ll know which was the truth in less than a month.

 
Comment by Tony M
2008-03-28 16:35:13

Classy Canadian….

Sylvia is moving to M-1

 
Comment by sharpteeth
2008-03-28 16:37:35

gsp gets knocked ut again round one 39 seconds in

 
Comment by Ryan
2008-03-28 16:38:05

I am gonna track down all the peoples names on here that go on about how Serra is gonna smash GSP and then when it doesnt happen I’ll laugh…..

 
Comment by Tony M
2008-03-28 16:40:53

Tim Sylvia “I’m sorry to disappoint everybody but some of the big news is going on this weekend. I’m going hunting with Gary LaVox from Rascal Flats. Driving down to Tennessee tomorrow to start turkey hunting. My hunting DVD comes out in four weeks, but this will be on next year’s hunting DVD. Now if you guys were expecting anything else, then you might want to watch HD Net Friday night, Inside MMA. Stay tuned for more. -Tim

WHAT A TURKEY!!!!

 
Comment by kama kaze
2008-03-28 16:48:10

[quote comment="392974"]gsp gets knocked ut again round one 39 seconds in[/quote]

GSP should fight Shonie Carter after getting KO’d this time around.

 
Comment by Jo
2008-03-28 17:05:25

[quote comment="392921"]Tims big announcement was he was going hunting with some guys from some country band and he’s coming out with his second (yeah second) hunting video. I laugh just as hard as you are now when I read it. Oh and the other big one will be on HD NET inside MMA. Sorry for getting off topic now GSP is gonna kill’em!
http://www.tim-sylvia.com//quote

WoW how exciting. Almost as exiting as Serra talking trash.

 
Comment by markg
2008-03-28 17:10:15

[quote comment="392983"]Tim Sylvia “I’m sorry to disappoint everybody but some of the big news is going on this weekend. I’m going hunting with Gary LaVox from Rascal Flats. Driving down to Tennessee tomorrow to start turkey hunting. My hunting DVD comes out in four weeks, but this will be on next year’s hunting DVD. Now if you guys were expecting anything else, then you might want to watch HD Net Friday night, Inside MMA. Stay tuned for more. -Tim

WHAT A TURKEY!!!![/quote]

geese I waited for that… what a dissapointment. He better deliver some big news this weekend then

 
Comment by nathan
2008-03-28 18:52:33

[quote comment="392970"]ok, i can agree that GSP is the favorite and is largely the better all around fighter…however, with that being said, i also agree with Matt Serra that it was bullshit that GSP said he was well trained and prepared for the first fight and a week later reversed what he said, saying that he was injured and that he took Serra lightly…maybe St.Pierre WANTS to Believe that he was injured for the first fight after he got embarrased…guess we’ll know which was the truth in less than a month.[/quote]
The “truth” is he had 2 weeks to train and still had an injured knee the night of the fight, call it like you like but gsp wasn’t close to 100% a fact not an excuse. Serra did have several months to spar and was injury free, not the same. Lets see what happens this time, serra is coming of an injury, its reversed this time. Gsp looks extremely prepared and is focusing on stand up much more than usual, it very well could end like hughes/gsp 2.

 
Comment by BigRedOne
2008-03-28 19:30:57

So Mary Serra get’s dropped like a bad habit from a Shoney Carter spinning back fist, but he claims he’s never been knocked out as bad as what he did to GSP? BWWWWWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Shoney’s fist must have addled his brain.

Even if GSP loses again, Serra is still a tool…

 
Comment by T_Dog
2008-03-28 19:30:58

[quote comment="393068"][quote comment="392970"]ok, i can agree that GSP is the favorite and is largely the better all around fighter…however, with that being said, i also agree with Matt Serra that it was bullshit that GSP said he was well trained and prepared for the first fight and a week later reversed what he said, saying that he was injured and that he took Serra lightly…maybe St.Pierre WANTS to Believe that he was injured for the first fight after he got embarrased…guess we’ll know which was the truth in less than a month.[/quote]
The “truth” is he had 2 weeks to train and still had an injured knee the night of the fight, call it like you like but gsp wasn’t close to 100% a fact not an excuse. Serra did have several months to spar and was injury free, not the same. Lets see what happens this time, serra is coming of an injury, its reversed this time. Gsp looks extremely prepared and is focusing on stand up much more than usual, it very well could end like hughes/gsp 2.[/quote]
All I can say is, they are fighter, injuries shouldn’t be an excuse, if they get injured in training and only have two weeks to prepare, dont fight, if ur gonna make excuses about it after u should do a different sport. Ok a agree the fans may have not got there money worth but there are other fighter who would of stepped in to take the place like matt hughes. As much as a despise his character who has ever heard him losing a fight dew to an injury as an excuse. the man fought royce gracie with a slipped disk, i had one of those and trust me there not nice. I guess wat i trying to say, is come on serra plus who saw the amount of cheesy smiles stpierre done to the camera, bet serra got some priceless impressions of him

 
Comment by Northern Lights
2008-03-28 20:07:17

It doesnt matter what happened in the past now. If you think the last fight has GSP worried you are on crack. It has got him more jacked then anything. Look at the shape he is in now. Hes coming home to take back what is his. I would feel sorry for Matt Serra but hes such a dick I am gonna enjoy the beating hes gonna get. Looking for a 1st round KO. Bring on the shin to the chin.

 
Comment by just tired
2008-03-28 20:57:39

iam tierd of hearing matt serra has heavy hands.watch the fight again,it was alot of looping punches.yes he landed them,he hit gsp with alot of shots but in no way shape or form did he k.o.gsp.if it was a k.o not a t.k.o gsp wouldnt be able to tap,as he did.if you have k.o power it would be 1 or 2 shots.and you go to sleep.if i hit sombody that meany times as serra did and not k.o sombody as serra didnt i would go back to just rolling arround on the ground and to leave the stand up for the men…as you can guess i think serra is a circus midget fluke!!!

 
Comment by PJJ
2008-03-28 21:10:59

[quote comment="393068"][quote comment="392970"]ok, i can agree that GSP is the favorite and is largely the better all around fighter…however, with that being said, i also agree with Matt Serra that it was bullshit that GSP said he was well trained and prepared for the first fight and a week later reversed what he said, saying that he was injured and that he took Serra lightly…maybe St.Pierre WANTS to Believe that he was injured for the first fight after he got embarrased…guess we’ll know which was the truth in less than a month.[/quote]
The “truth” is he had 2 weeks to train and still had an injured knee the night of the fight, call it like you like but gsp wasn’t close to 100% a fact not an excuse. Serra did have several months to spar and was injury free, not the same. Lets see what happens this time, serra is coming of an injury, its reversed this time. Gsp looks extremely prepared and is focusing on stand up much more than usual, it very well could end like hughes/gsp 2.[/quote]

So what you are saying is Serra gets to make excuses this time if he loses. After all, I didn’t see any limping around or a lack of using either leg in the first fight that preventing him from attacking in any way. He got beat. I said he got beat! It has been a year. Stop making excuses. Since Serra had his back injury, that will mean even if GSP wins it is not legitimate and doesn’t count. St. Pierre will have only beaten him due to Serra being injured and not able to focus mentally because of it. This is a lose-lose situation for him on those accounts.

Do you see how stupid that sounds when you reverse the positions? They are completely parallel. The first fight happened, get over it. It has made GSP better and given him a different focus. Just enjoy whatever happens April 19th.

 
Comment by damaja
2008-03-28 21:24:43

[quote comment="392974"]gsp gets knocked ut again round one 39 seconds in[/quote]

Might take a little longer. But Serra will show everyone why he’s champ.

We’ll just have to wait and see GSP fans. Let’s just see what happens.

 
Comment by Pat
2008-03-28 21:41:52

[quote comment="393109"]iam tierd of hearing matt serra has heavy hands.watch the fight again,it was alot of looping punches.yes he landed them,he hit gsp with alot of shots but in no way shape or form did he k.o.gsp.if it was a k.o not a t.k.o gsp wouldnt be able to tap,as he did.if you have k.o power it would be 1 or 2 shots.and you go to sleep.if i hit sombody that meany times as serra did and not k.o sombody as serra didnt i would go back to just rolling arround on the ground and to leave the stand up for the men…as you can guess i think serra is a circus midget fluke!!![/quote]

Serra DOES have heavy hands. Even Randy Couture admitted he felt his power sparring with him in TUF.

 
Comment by Pat
2008-03-28 21:44:32

[quote post="5556"]The first fight happened, get over it. It has made GSP better and given him a different focus. Just enjoy whatever happens April 19th. [/quote]

Ditto.

And to add to my previous comment, even though Serra has heavy hands, he is still NOT a technical striker as some ppl claim. If he has such sharp technique to go with his power, why in the hell didn’t he use it in his previous fights, especially the ones he lost? That’s like saying Rashad Evans is a technical striker b/c he KTFO’d Sean Salmon.

 
Comment by frankthetank
2008-03-28 22:33:47

[quote comment="392871"]GSP will destroy him[/quote]
JUST LIKE LAST TIME…….RIGHT?

 
Comment by darlyn
2008-03-28 22:58:28

I feel bad for Serra, because I do kinda like him. All you babies who think he can win, go back and watch GSP’s two fights against Matt Hughes after losing the first one. GSP may be a gentleman, but like the Spider he enjoys hurting people who stand in front of him.

GSP in two

 
Comment by alex
2008-03-28 23:10:51

[quote comment="393140"][quote comment="393109"]iam tierd of hearing matt serra has heavy hands.watch the fight again,it was alot of looping punches.yes he landed them,he hit gsp with alot of shots but in no way shape or form did he k.o.gsp.if it was a k.o not a t.k.o gsp wouldnt be able to tap,as he did.if you have k.o power it would be 1 or 2 shots.and you go to sleep.if i hit sombody that meany times as serra did and not k.o sombody as serra didnt i would go back to just rolling arround on the ground and to leave the stand up for the men…as you can guess i think serra is a circus midget fluke!!![/quote]

Serra DOES have heavy hands. Even Randy Couture admitted he felt his power sparring with him in TUF.[/quote]
He also dropped Karo face first and hurt him bad in there fight in the first exchange.

 
Comment by Woodie_525
2008-03-28 23:24:58

Really time will work all of this out. I don’t necessarily think that serra should take it personally the way everybody doesn’t INSTANTLY think he is the best welterweight fighter in the UFC (which is what holding the belt suggests). Everyone else had to fight their way up to a title shot, we all know of GSP’s title path, and thats where the respect comes from. I won’t really respect Serra as a champion until he beats Gsp, Matt hughes, and John fitch/Karo Paryisian.

 
Comment by Northern Lights
2008-03-28 23:37:00

[quote post="5556"]Really time will work all of this out. I don’t necessarily think that serra should take it personally the way everybody doesn’t INSTANTLY think he is the best welterweight fighter in the UFC (which is what holding the belt suggests). Everyone else had to fight their way up to a title shot, we all know of GSP’s title path, and thats where the respect comes from. I won’t really respect Serra as a champion until he beats Gsp, Matt hughes, and John fitch/Karo Paryisian.[/quote]

So you are saying you will never respect him?

 
Comment by Tom McArthur
2008-03-28 23:37:17

Hey all you jokes out there who think that the first fight was NOT a fluke, I’m sorry but Serra got lucky and is about to be awakened. I know a lot of you are GSP haters because of the whole Canadian thing, but lets give the guy props, GSP is one of the best pfp fighters in the world and Serra is.. well Serra isn’t even one of the best welterweights. Let’s call a spade a spade; Serra got lucky.His luck is about to end

 
Comment by nathan
2008-03-28 23:40:06

[quote comment="393115"][quote comment="393068"][quote comment="392970"]ok, i can agree that GSP is the favorite and is largely the better all around fighter…however, with that being said, i also agree with Matt Serra that it was bullshit that GSP said he was well trained and prepared for the first fight and a week later reversed what he said, saying that he was injured and that he took Serra lightly…maybe St.Pierre WANTS to Believe that he was injured for the first fight after he got embarrased…guess we’ll know which was the truth in less than a month.[/quote]
The “truth” is he had 2 weeks to train and still had an injured knee the night of the fight, call it like you like but gsp wasn’t close to 100% a fact not an excuse. Serra did have several months to spar and was injury free, not the same. Lets see what happens this time, serra is coming of an injury, its reversed this time. Gsp looks extremely prepared and is focusing on stand up much more than usual, it very well could end like hughes/gsp 2.[/quote]

So what you are saying is Serra gets to make excuses this time if he loses. After all, I didn’t see any limping around or a lack of using either leg in the first fight that preventing him from attacking in any way. He got beat. I said he got beat! It has been a year. Stop making excuses. Since Serra had his back injury, that will mean even if GSP wins it is not legitimate and doesn’t count. St. Pierre will have only beaten him due to Serra being injured and not able to focus mentally because of it. This is a lose-lose situation for him on those accounts.

Do you see how stupid that sounds when you reverse the positions? They are completely parallel. The first fight happened, get over it. It has made GSP better and given him a different focus. Just enjoy whatever happens April 19th.[/quote]
Go ahead and use it as an excuse, I would agree with it. I really want to see a 100% healthy gsp and serra fight for the third time. 1 gsp was hurt,2 serra was hurt, 3 both healthy lets see what happens, my guess is a little longer version of 2.

 
Comment by nathan
2008-03-28 23:42:06

[quote comment="393165"][quote comment="392871"]GSP will destroy him[/quote]
JUST LIKE LAST TIME…….RIGHT?[/quote]
More like after his first fight with hughes he destroyed him in the second and third fight, I can’t wait to see the serra fans responses after the fight, priceless.

 
Comment by nathan
2008-03-28 23:43:33

[quote comment="393182"][quote comment="393140"][quote comment="393109"]iam tierd of hearing matt serra has heavy hands.watch the fight again,it was alot of looping punches.yes he landed them,he hit gsp with alot of shots but in no way shape or form did he k.o.gsp.if it was a k.o not a t.k.o gsp wouldnt be able to tap,as he did.if you have k.o power it would be 1 or 2 shots.and you go to sleep.if i hit sombody that meany times as serra did and not k.o sombody as serra didnt i would go back to just rolling arround on the ground and to leave the stand up for the men…as you can guess i think serra is a circus midget fluke!!![/quote]

Serra DOES have heavy hands. Even Randy Couture admitted he felt his power sparring with him in TUF.[/quote]
He also dropped Karo face first and hurt him bad in there fight in the first exchange.[/quote]
Wow he stunned 2 fighters in his entire career, and finished one, watch out anderson silva, the terror is on the loose.

 
Comment by nathan
2008-03-28 23:49:38

With how much gsp is preparing in the striking department it looks like he might be close to standing with anderson silva. It sounds like he’s very well prepared, nice. Round 1 t(ko) for gsp, watch for him to pick serra apart and frustrate him on there feet serra then goes for the take down and wham! see hughes/gsp 2….and no it won’t be like gsp/serra 1, how many two fights are the same…really?

 
Comment by THORAZINE
2008-03-29 00:48:42

[quote comment="392879"]I like Serra, but, despite the crap he’s been spewing, GSP remains a gentleman. That is until GSP dismantles Serra and gives him the devastating loss that he claims he’s never had.[/quote]

I like Serra as well, but he’s really yaping it up and it gets annoying

 
Comment by Kahaluu caz
2008-03-29 00:59:02

[quote comment="392976"]I am gonna track down all the peoples names on here that go on about how Serra is gonna smash GSP and then when it doesnt happen I’ll laugh…..[/quote]

yup…and when its all over those guys will then say nobody can beat Serra cause he’s just the best period. You know what im tired of the bandwangoneers on all these threads. Styles make fights and some guy just can’t beat some guys. Did’nt your papa tell you that there awlays is someone bigger and tougher than you. LOL hehehehe!

 
Comment by Gord
2008-03-29 02:06:48

[quote comment="392976"]I am gonna track down all the peoples names on here that go on about how Serra is gonna smash GSP and then when it doesnt happen I’ll laugh…..[/quote]
Me too.

 
Comment by Gord
2008-03-29 02:20:22

[quote comment="393165"][quote comment="392871"]GSP will destroy him[/quote]
JUST LIKE LAST TIME…….RIGHT?[/quote]
No,it will be more like when he DESTROYED Hughes after he lost the first fight.

 
Comment by UFCmn89
2008-03-29 02:31:54

I give Serra “a chance” but not much past that. GSP is amazing, and would end it first round 7/10(as the winner :D ) but serra is a smart fighter and i look for him to really mix things up like how hughes fought GSP southpaw the 3rd time(i hope for serra it works better than that did for hughes) if Serra beats GSP again i’ll truly feel he is the champ unlike some people that would need a wipeout of the division^^^, but i still strongly believe GSP is

I lied, i’d hop on the BJ Penn is best WW bandwagon that’ll rise quickly if GSP loses since he is one of my other favorite fighters :D

 
Comment by UFCmn89
2008-03-29 02:32:57

“than it did for hughes”*

 
Comment by Gord
2008-03-29 02:50:10

[quote comment="393184"]Really time will work all of this out. I don’t necessarily think that serra should take it personally the way everybody doesn’t INSTANTLY think he is the best welterweight fighter in the UFC (which is what holding the belt suggests). Everyone else had to fight their way up to a title shot, we all know of GSP’s title path, and thats where the respect comes from. I won’t really respect Serra as a champion until he beats Gsp, Matt hughes, and John fitch/Karo Paryisian.[/quote]
Hell, I’ll respect him if he can beat a 100% GSP. I’m just not impressed that he beat GSP when everything that could go wrong in his life,did go wrong. All one has to do is watch GSP walking to the octagon, (he was a mess) to see he wasn’t himself. Serra was the better fighter THAT NIGHT and he won that fight fair and square. It’s highly unlikely we will see that same GSP this time. I doubt his dad will have another serious brain ailment, or his cousin will die again,or he will only train for 2 weeks (he has only taken 2 weeks off from training since he fought Serra),or will be injured, or anything else that plauged him. He didn’t show up to fight Serra, some things his fault, some things unavoidable. By looking at his last 2 fights it looks like he is doing great with Greg Jacksoon. Serra is going to have to beat the best ever GSP this time and I just don’t see this happening. I wish I could see the look on all the peoples faces (in the first minute of the fight) that think this fight is going to go down like the last one. Fighting a guy at his worst and fighting him at his best is a totally different ballgame. I say Serra won’t make it out of the second round this time.

 
Comment by naturalshadow
2008-03-29 05:19:07

I am from Long Island and I don’t even like Serra. haha. He is a good fighter though, and I respect that. That being said, I don’t think he is a true top 5, and after he loses to GSP, then he will be handed another loss by Hughes.

 
Comment by GoColts
2008-03-29 07:05:43

[quote comment="393242"][quote comment="393165"][quote comment="392871"]GSP will destroy him[/quote]
JUST LIKE LAST TIME…….RIGHT?[/quote]
No,it will be more like when he DESTROYED Hughes after he lost the first fight.[/quote]

Can you teach me more MMAth?

 
Comment by GoColts
2008-03-29 07:06:52

[quote comment="393247"][quote comment="393184"]Really time will work all of this out. I don’t necessarily think that serra should take it personally the way everybody doesn’t INSTANTLY think he is the best welterweight fighter in the UFC (which is what holding the belt suggests). Everyone else had to fight their way up to a title shot, we all know of GSP’s title path, and thats where the respect comes from. I won’t really respect Serra as a champion until he beats Gsp, Matt hughes, and John fitch/Karo Paryisian.[/quote]
Hell, I’ll respect him if he can beat a 100% GSP. I’m just not impressed that he beat GSP when everything that could go wrong in his life,did go wrong. All one has to do is watch GSP walking to the octagon, (he was a mess) to see he wasn’t himself. Serra was the better fighter THAT NIGHT and he won that fight fair and square. It’s highly unlikely we will see that same GSP this time. I doubt his dad will have another serious brain ailment, or his cousin will die again,or he will only train for 2 weeks (he has only taken 2 weeks off from training since he fought Serra),or will be injured, or anything else that plauged him. He didn’t show up to fight Serra, some things his fault, some things unavoidable. By looking at his last 2 fights it looks like he is doing great with Greg Jacksoon. Serra is going to have to beat the best ever GSP this time and I just don’t see this happening. I wish I could see the look on all the peoples faces (in the first minute of the fight) that think this fight is going to go down like the last one. Fighting a guy at his worst and fighting him at his best is a totally different ballgame. I say Serra won’t make it out of the second round this time.[/quote]

GSP got his ass kicked, period.

 
Comment by chefdaddy
2008-03-29 07:25:15

[quote comment="392920"]MAN WHO CARES ABOUT TIM I THINK HES GETTING A SEX CHANGE OPERATION!!!!!!!!![/quote]
Oh God!!! Thanks a lot for the visual.

 
Comment by nathan
2008-03-29 08:09:39

[quote comment="393305"][quote comment="393242"][quote comment="393165"][quote comment="392871"]GSP will destroy him[/quote]
JUST LIKE LAST TIME…….RIGHT?[/quote]
No,it will be more like when he DESTROYED Hughes after he lost the first fight.[/quote]

Can you teach me more MMAth?[/quote]
How well did serra do with karo on top on him? He’s good on the bottom but we all know gsp could get him there and dominate or survive, see hughes/gsp 3 or penn/gsp. In serra’s last 5 fights he hasn’t showed one damn thing to me to prove he’s a real threat on his back, don’t be surprised if gsp gets the rear naked choke in the first round, set up by stunning serra.

 
Comment by nathan
2008-03-29 08:12:10

Hughes would dominate serra from a top position too, it would be similar to lytle/hughes maybe a little closer but hughes would control the action. Gsp has much more of an ability to finish this fight than hughes has.

 
Comment by just tired
2008-03-29 09:28:28

Heavy hands=knock outs.matt serra dos not have one k.o.on his record.Iam sorry he does have a k.o.I forgot shonny carter k.o. him.And all his wins are from cans that you never here about.And dont say what about chris lytle,cause we all know chris won that fight.Your first time is luck.your second time is skill.If matt,does it again to gsp.Then and only then will i give him respect.

 
Comment by Pat
2008-03-29 09:39:47

For Serra to have a real chance at winning, he’ll have to show something new. Last time, GSP was an idiot and didn’t respect Serra’s stand-up. This time, unless Serra has developed Olympic-level wrestling, or an Anderson Silva-like clinch game, GSP will dictate where the fight goes. Some people say that because of how short Matt Serra is, it throws off GSP’s timing for striking and wrestling. That doesn’t make sense, because GSP repeatedly took down Sherk and was winning the stand-up. Sherk is the same height as Serra, stronger and more explosive than Serra, and has better wrestling than Serra.

 
Comment by john
2008-03-29 09:41:26

I am tired of everyone treating Matt Serra like some second class citizen! He is the UFC welter weight champion of the world. He has paid his dues in the UFC. He has fought against some very good fighters: karo, Bj Penn, GSP.

He demolished GSP, do I think Serra will beat him again…NO! But it will be a decent fight. GSP will win but that doesnt mean Serra isnt a good fighter. He still probably has the best Ju jitsu in the division and his striking has improved.

I dont think he will beat GSP, but I do think he will give HUGHES HELL!!!!

 
Comment by just tired
2008-03-29 09:54:20

Matt serras wins.
ghram lewis 0-1
jeff telvi 0-1
greg melisi 0-1
kelly dallanty 4-1 last fight 2001
now to his tuffer fights.
jeff curran 29-9 not bad,but he lost his first fight in the I.F.L.And thats not saying there arnt tuff guys in the I.F.L.sO Il give matt a little cred.
yves edwards il give him that one too.Yves is on or off i would think he was off that night.
So tell me a guy thats not in the top 10, hell top 15 is are 170 lbs.champ if it wasnt a fluke.And tou better do your home work.
p.s I left out chris lytle,cause we all know about that one.

 
Comment by Buster Bluth
2008-03-29 10:47:24

GSP via destruction. Serra is gonna look so much uglier than he does now after the fight if that’s at all possible. I’m sick of Serra’s pathetic trash talk. GSP is on a mission and he’s going to come into the octagon and run right through him. Serra really needs to get this fight to the ground this time. I don’t think standing and trading is the right way to go about it this time. I think he needs to change strategies if he wants the element of surrpise again. Regardless…good luck getting GSP to the ground. He’s got one of the best sprawls in all of MMA and his takedowns are second to none as we’ve seen with Kos and Hughes. GSP really gets to dictate where this fight takes place.

 
Comment by Woodie_525
2008-03-29 12:10:33

[quote comment="393186"][quote post="5556"]Really time will work all of this out. I don’t necessarily think that serra should take it personally the way everybody doesn’t INSTANTLY think he is the best welterweight fighter in the UFC (which is what holding the belt suggests). Everyone else had to fight their way up to a title shot, we all know of GSP’s title path, and thats where the respect comes from. I won’t really respect Serra as a champion until he beats Gsp, Matt hughes, and John fitch/Karo Paryisian.[/quote]

So you are saying you will never respect him?[/quote]

The Oriinal Quote says: “I will never respect him AS A CHAMPION until he beats…” The examples I gave are just a few names that will prove that he deserves to be there, thats how you earn respect as a champion, you beat the best. As a fighter in the mix I already respect him.

 
Comment by nathan
2008-03-30 09:55:23

[quote comment="392882"]I can’t wait until Serra hits George with a few more “fluke” punches (like he was trying to hit someone else).[/quote]
Lets talk about this. Whats old serra’s record with T(ko)’s
In 9 wins he had 1 t(ko) to brag about 11% and he’s been ko’ed once himself so he’s 1-1.

Georges st.pierre with 15 wins has 6 t(ko)’s in his carreer which is 40% pretty good, and he’s being t(ko)ed once. His record is 6-1.

The best striker in MMA anderson silva.
With his 21 wins he has 12 t(ko)’s which is 57%
He’s never being t(ko)ed and is 12-0. No body has such a good record with t(ko) stoppages with no t(ko)’s him self, he’s the man, Gsp is on his way though. Your nuts if you think serra’s going to t(ko) gsp again, yes on paper it WAS a fluke, facts people, just the facts. For the record if gsp KOed anderson silva I would consider it flukey too, based on both there records.

 
Comment by nathan
2008-03-30 10:02:45

And for the record IF serra had anderson silva’s record I wouldn’t consider gsp/serr 1 a fluke. Why don’t serra or serra fans point out its his ONLY t(ko) of his career?, and be thankful because if history means anything it’s highly unlikely it will be repeated for him, and highly likely for gsp to be repeated. I would say a 80% chance gsp’s record will improve 7-1 in the t(ko) department april 19, most likely by ground and pound after he stuns serra, like hughes/gsp 2.

 
Comment by nathan
2008-03-30 20:19:00

I forgot serra’s t(ko)record will be 1 win-2 losses come april 19th while gsp’s tko record will be 7 wins-1 loss, nice. Tank abbotts record is 5 wins – 6 losses and will be a head of serra in the t(ko) department LOL. Ya serra’s pretty dangerous on his feet, …..ya right.

 
Comment by nathan
2008-03-30 20:23:49

And I think both gsp and serra’s first t(ko) loss’s were flukes, shonies of serra was a fluke to me as well as serra’s of gsp, but gsp’s t(ko) out serra april 19 will be no fluke, it will be similar to hughes/gsp 2 and complete outclassing beat down no some freakish punch than starts off a change reaction. Serra was dominating carter before the freak spinning back fist which I also think was fluky, fortunate, lucky whatever you want to call it, serra’s a better fighter than him.

 
Comment by Shadyone33
2008-03-31 10:01:27

I can’t wait for the fight. I think GSP will dominate for sure. Not sure how he’ll win. I don’t know if he’ll win in the first round or drag it out to Torture Serra. GSP seems angry, watching the promotion for the card is kind of funny. They show the highlights and let me tell you…There aren’t many for Serra. I think he’s an alright guy, but this title has really got to his head. I think that GSP will win by submission like another poster said. Serra must have a tough chin now because he’s been working out his mouth ever since he won the belt with his non-stop talking.

I give Serra the same chance I gave Hughes of winning. When GSP makes weight at the weigh in…It’s all over.

If GSP finds a way to lose…I’m getting the heck out of the Bell Centre because there will be a riot!!!!

 
Comment by Seamus
2008-03-31 11:36:43

“If GSP finds a way to lose…I’m getting the heck out of the Bell Centre because there will be a riot!!!!”

Amen to that…I won’t be sticking around either…

 
Comment by patrickgamil
2008-04-06 23:46:18

actually, without trying gsp has gotten into serra’s head.
in their interview together gsp seemed focussed and calm, while serra let the interviewer get on his nerves and started getting flustered. BJJ is serra’s hope submission or decision. But GSP is coming to dominate from all angles and it’ll be hard for serra to do much against gsp.

GSP 10:1

 
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