“People love GSP, but you can’t deny what I have done. You have Matt Hughes saying it was a lucky punch, but he’s a retard. Georges was supposed to be the new MMA god; the guy on the Wheaties box. As far as everyone was concerned, I was just a little Italian guy that got lucky. It wasn’t one punch. I got the better of every exchange. I had a gameplan and it was my night. People will say what they want to say. I haven’t lost any sleep over it. What can they say anyway? That I didn’t dominate that fight? It doesn’t matter. Critics can’t get into the cage with you unless they are in your head. Look, when I get (to Montreal’s Bell Centre), I know (the fans) are going to be against me. That’s Ok. I already have my family and friends, I could use a few enemies. So boo me. Boo me you drunks!”
– UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Serra tells MMA Madness that he’s prepared to silence the critics once again when he takes on Georges St. Pierre during the main event at UFC 83 next weekend at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec.
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haha. cant wait to see gsp pound his face in
hell ya he is gonna get killed.
Great headline Jesse. Geesus.
your 15 minutes are up serra.
I hope GSP breaks his jaw so he can’t talk and we don’t have to hear his annoying ass voice
i think it will be the other way around!
For Real!
GSP is getting knocked out again. Or if GSP decides to go the wrestling route (which he has in last 2 fights) Serra will submit him so fast on the ground.
Serra has heavier hands and better ground game. You cant deny that.
Yeah, with his one KO and 1 submission in the UFC GSP should be worried…Are you serious dude?
LoL. I love this guy. His friends are Joe Scarola and Pete Sell and the guy who just got KTFO on TUF. I am really glad I am not his friend. Let the drunks roar!!!
Goddamn it! you said it 1st. I really liked and respected Serra for a lot of what he did on TUF. I think he’s a great coach and pretty fair guy. However, I’m finally at my wit’s end with the concrete block that he carries on his shoulders. GSP should and most likely beat the living crap out of him. The punch he landed that really took control over the fight was the punch that GSP ducked and heavily grazed the back of his head/neck. It was very lucky, Serra did all the right things by taking advantage of it.
Thorazine: I too think GSP is the better fighter can you really blame serra for that chip on his shoulder? He has been disrespected in every way possible. I didn’t like the outcome of the 1st GSP/Serra fight, but truth be told, he beat GSP fair and square. He fought the perfect fight and he is right, that was “his night”, no 1` can ever take that away from Serra. He is the true welterweight chapion of the UFC and has been getting disrespected by everyone from the UFC to us fans. I dont blame him fopr that chip on his shoulder. The UFC even handed out a Bogus interim title….That was a slpa in the face to serra. Interim titles should only be reserved for contractual situations (like the Couture mess).
I dont think interim titles should be awarded because of injury’s. Fighters are going to get hurt training and have to back out of fights from time to time, that should not mean that they arent the champion.
I also dont think interim title should be given to other fighters when the champ test positive for roids (the sherk mess). IMO, Sherk disgraced the title of being UFC champion by testing positive…He should be completely stripped of the title…Bj Penn is the true champion at lightweight!
Serra does have a point though! He has been bashed by everyone saying that he got a lucky punch in, but in reality he did dominate every single exchange in that fight. Instead of praising him for he performance of a life time and biggest upset in UFC history, we bash him every chance we get.
How can you not expect him to have that chip on his shoulder? If you were Serra, could you really say that you would act different? I for one, would be pissed if I was matt!
I agree with you john that S erra is the true WW cahmp. Interim titles should be fought for if a champion doesn’t defend his belt within a year.’
Gsp will be getting dominated again next sat. Serra is entering his TIME!! He has fought top talent to decisions, where no one else could.
What do you mean he has fought top talent to decisions, where no one else could?
Do you mean karo parysian? that went to a decision
Do you mean Bj Penn? that went to a decision
The difference is Serra lost both of those decisions…BADLY and GSP won both of those decisions
i agree with everything but i have to play devils advocate w/sherk. what if he really didn’t use steroids (i can’t say i believe it) but it happens. that wouldn’t seem too fair. but as far as i am concerned bj is the champ, he will take care of business and get back to teaching j-lau how to avoid takedowns, work on his hand skills and finish submissions.
JOHN, in part I agree you’re correct, he’s entitled to have that chip on his shoulder, just as he chooses to be publicly bitter about it, I for one think he would be better off without it. GSP has always been a class act. The few times he has stepped out of line he has always reconsidered his actions and tried to make amends, a pretty humble guy if you ask me. I hate what Pete Sell had to say about GSP, the tone Serra carries on about when talking about GSP. I hate that Joey Scarola was Serra’s best friend (lol).
Also the reason for the interm title IMAO, because the UFC needed to make the fight between GSP n Hughes a 5 rounder and promote it full throttle. These 2 very worthy guys could go 5 rounds if needed, we as fans deserve that for the $$$ we pay. Interm title really means nothing to GSP or anyone else.
I don’t like this side of Serra much, I liked it when he bashed Hughes because he deserved it, but GSP??? C’mon… Serra once said GSP is the nicest guy… know what?… he still is.
lol yeah the retard being pete sell and the drunk being serra and joe scorola is just a pussy…i may not have the experience lor cage time he has…but i would never walk out on an opportuniy like that and waste someone else dream. i have more respect for jason thacker from season 1 than i do for joe scorola
Hey if he beats him again we will have to give him due… And he is right he did get the better of every exchange if you go back and watch the fight….That being said GSP by TKO rd 2 haha
So is Serra saying all the UFC fans are drunks and raging on us? Or the French people in Montreal or just GSP fans? I hope this guy doesn’t turn into another Tito where everyone loves or hates (most likely) so they keep him around for the emotion…I hope he just disappears.
Why do you want to see the best submission grappler in the welterweight division to disappear from the UFC?
I for one, appreciate world class grapplers and I find technical grappling very exciting. Hey if you dont like grappling, you can always go watch a KIMBO fight!
BJ Penn has as many subs at WW (1), than Serra has had in his whole career in both divisions he competed in. And Serra did it against a can.
thats cuz nobody wants to go to the mat with him. Serra’s strategy his whole career is to take guys down and tap them out. Everybody who fought him has been trying to avoid that at all cost.
Best welterweight submission grappler?? This guy has 1 submission in his career! GOD i can’t wait for GSP to smoke Serra; then all you serra lovers can go crawl back under the rock you came out from
Or better yet, you can all pretend like you never liked him in the first place and jump on another new bandwagon of whoever is hot.
The guy is 6-4 in the UFC. He has gone to a decision 7 times out of 10. He got KTFO by shonie carter for god sakes; who has this guy beat that is top 20 besides GSP??
I think he means the people that boo at events. Watching the crowd at UFC events though, I’d say a fine number of the rowdy ones look suaced up to me.
Serra seems like he was joking with the last comment though. “Boo me you drunks”? I doubt he was dead serious. If anything, it was probably lost in translation to the printed word.
st pierre wont know what hit him part II. keep doubtin him kids
Poor Matt. I don’t mind his shit talking too much. Everybody thinks he got lucky (as I do) and that he’ll be destroyed by GSP.
GSP round one. He is going to come out wanting to make a point.
Matt Serra is so desperate for attention its crazy. Hes so jealous of GSP and he just needs to shut the hell up and focus on his upcoming fight.
I think he knows exactly what he’s doing.Someone made a Tito comparison above, and I think that’s exactly what Serra is doing. He’s setting himself up for future fights win or lose, by being a character. Tito made most of his money AFTER he was champ. There are two ways to draw PPV’s: make ppl want to see you win, or make ppl want to see you lose. Serra’s doing the latter. Sure he’s got loyal fans, but he’s creating a “bad boy” image to draw fan’s ire.
Interesting comment. That could be very true
you have to give serra his due i personally think he’s a cool guy that just goes on silly rambles about shit. honestly its funny. I want this fight to be a back and forth brawl that we can remember for years!
even though i REALLY want&hope to see gsp pound his face in the ground, i think serra might be gsp’s kryptonite.
Hes from New York… dont take it so seriously a lot of them will go off on just about anything.
No need for Serra to talk like that. Hes gonna get booed whether people are drunk or not. Were Canadians, we can handle our beer. The extreme loud booing hes gonna get is because GSP is our boy, and we wanna see him get his belt back, which he will via brutal GnP midway through rd2.
he was a nobody before he beat gsp..he still is a nobody after he pulled the upset..and will be a nobody after this fight..
GSP by rd 2 TKO
Interesting…
A COMPLETE NOBODY (You!) calling a WORLD CHAMPION a nobody
Wait…HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA funny as
Buster Douglas + Matt Serra = 30 minutes of fame
i have no idea why he wants gto keep talking. why give GSP anymore motivation to pound his head in??
Im getting sick of this tone he takes expecting pity from everyone. “Oh I’m just the little italian fighting in montreal” “oh its like rocky 4 and im going to russia to fight the experiment.” bullshit, the reason that fight pissed gsp fans off is because gsp had to roll through the best of the best to get his title shot, serra barely gets through a few ‘never-was’ and got his shot at the belt. that whole comeback show was a joke.
And yet he somehow managed to kick the crap out of your boy in less than a round.
I really am getting tired of Serra playing the innocent under dog card. He is a typical Guido jerk off from Long Island.
-Your favorite Irish kid from Queens Kevin Kelly
P.S. I cannot stand Karo “candy ass cry baby / Do you know what I can do to these punks ?” Parysian …. But Serra is certainly making Karo look like a choir boy in terms of obnoxious rants.
Can’t wait until Dana gives the following B- level fighters the ax
1. Serra
2. Karo
3. Tito
And finally Tim “bich tits” Sylvia is gone 2008 looks great
I completely disagree. Karo is a pompous ass and thinks everyone should fear him and bow to him as he passes on the sidewalk. Serra just has a case of small man syndrome, trying to get the respect that noone seems to give for his greatest accomplishment ever.
Serra has had to give endless interviews in the build-up for this fight & in every one he is probably asked about his ‘fluke win’ and ‘how he can hope to repeat the impossible’. You would be getting a little frustrated by this point also.
P.S. I cannot stand Karo “candy a$$ cry baby / Do you know what I can do to these punks ?” Parysian …. But Serra is certainly making Karo look like a choir boy in terms of obnoxious rants.
Can’t wait until Dana gives the following B- level fighters the ax
1. Serra
2. Karo
3. Tito
And finally Tim “bich its” Sylvia is gone 2008 looks great
Where have you been?
Tito IS gone, regardless of the outcome of his fight with Machida
What a peoples Champ…”So boo me you drunks”…Your a Tard SERRA, I hope GSP ripps your Jaw off ur face.
Why should he be a people’s champ? The people mostly think he’s a fluke, even though he beat GSP in every phase of the game in their fight.
You want a loveable champ, go hug John Cena.
Enough talking and let’s get it on, Once St Pierre DOMINATES him Serra will go back to undercards fighting against top 10 - 15 range where he belongs.
Anyone notice how GSP hasn’t said a word in quite a while, other than “I’m going to let my fist do the talking” (obviously in his Quebequer accent
).
Serra really needs to STFU
Matt Serra is F*cking crazy. I think he got beat up or teased a lot when he was kid cause the slightest little remark or comment directed even remotely close his way, he sets off like a nuclear missle.
Yeah! Lol. I can’t beleive serra felt SOOOO disrespected after GSP said “I wasn’t focused for the fight. It was my fault.”
Serra then blows up and says GSP is a canadian bitch, a drunk, and a ‘fuckin frenchie’. Serra tells everyone (watch the preview on 83.ufc.com) that GSP is talking so much smack and making excuses; all GSP did was admit he was unfocused and it was his fault!
I’ll be at a bar….watching UFC 83….drunk…..booing Serra and then cheering when he gets knocked the F$#% out
lol you guys take it easy….imagine being hated by everyone and getting no respect for actually beating, and not just beating, but dominating THE MAN…Serra’s time is probably up, but I’ll just say that if he pulls of the upset again, I WILL NOT BE SURPRISED….I expect GSP to come out looking for a FAST PACE fight…He will RUSH Serra and he will either win by KO/TKO or He will lose agin by KO/TKO. Cant wait to see it go down!
“He will RUSH Serra”
wow pun HEAVILY intended.
Agreed
At this point I don’t care who wins as long as it stops all the damn Rocky talk
f*ck yeahhhhh serra, the fans bein against him will only help him that much more cuz he will feed off that and knock out gsp one more time!!!
Strong Islandddddddd
GSP is a mental midget.
I am one of the biggest GSP fans out there. I like his style, the way he respects his opponents, and the way he finishes fights. But compared to the other division champions Penn, Silva, Rampage, Couture/Nog; GSP doesn’t have his mental game together . Rate these guys in mental toughness, and I bet most would rank GSP dead last.
With that point, GSP didn’t get knocked out by one punch and Big John was forced tp stop the fight. GSP tapped out! He tapped out to punches! He quit! He didn’t even have the mental toughness to hang in until the ref saw he wasn’t intellegently defending. I can’t see any other of the Champs tapping to punches. Rampage would rather get KTFO than tap to punches.
GSP fighting in Canada..in front of his country men, fans, family…the pressure maybe too much for his mentality. I could see GSP making excuses if he were to lose again - ‘the crowd pressure got to me..all the fans got to me…Matt Serra was lucky again’.
Matt Serra better have his hands up that first round, because GSP is gonna go ape sh*t that first round.
Can’t wait!
Another guy jumping on the “mental midget” bandwagon. Do you even know what that means? That’s someone who is dumb, not someone who succumbs to pressure. GSP is far from dumb. He’s well-read, plays chess, and is articulate (in French, and his English, like his fighting, is getting better).
At the time of the fight, GSP had family members who died in a car accident, and his dad was extremely sick. Try going through that and then going through your everyday routine. That’s hard enough, let alone defending a UFC belt. The “didn’t train hard enough” excuse was complete bullshit on GSP’s part, he just didn’t want to air out his personal life. Give the guy and his family a break.
I think you are the only sheep left bleeting out, “GSP is a mental midget”. Even the haters could see that the way GSP handled Kos and Hughes after that devistanting loss. GSP has Mentally broke most of his opponents. Kos was congradulating him with over a minute left in the fight. Hughes first words were about retirement after that beatdown. By your lodgic, Couture must be a mental midget too. He was going through a rough time also (divorce) and he got his ass kick twice by Liddell. Hughes must be a mental midget, because he TAPPED instead of letting GSP rip his arm off. Only an idiot wouldn’t tap if they knew they were going out and couldn’t defend themselves. You should rewatch the fight. Big John was already stopping the fight BEFORE GSP tapped. How could a mental midget come back and DESTROY Hughes after losing to him, or be so dominant to only lose TWO fights out of 17? Are these the 2 fights that make GSP a mental midget? That’s about as stupid as saying someone had 2 beer in their life and they are an alcoholic. Bottom line is , no way a guy as young as GSP ,runs through the division and wins 2 belts (3 next week) if he was mentally weak, PERIOD. Next week when GSP RAPES Serra worse than he beat Hughes,it will be a mute point to say he is a mental midget, because he will have avenged his only 2 losses in devastating fashion and if that is a mental midget, than EVERY fighter should be one. How one bounces back from adversary determines ones mental strength. That makes GSP is a mental GIANT.
Do you even know what that means? That’s someone who is dumb, not someone who succumbs to pressure. GSP is far from dumb. He’s well-read, plays chess, and is articulate (in French, and his English, like his fighting, is getting better).
At the time of the fight, GSP had family members who died in a car accident, and his dad was extremely sick. Try going through that and then going through your everyday routine. That’s hard enough, let alone defending a UFC belt. The “didn’t train hard enough” excuse was complete bullshit on GSP’s part, he just didn’t want to air out his personal life. Give the guy and his family a break.
Sounds like you’re on GSP’s jock strap. Get off it. Tabasco spoke facts and you all blast him with judgements. We’ll see what happens after the fight. We’ll see how many people change their minds about Serra. I’m a big GSP fan, but I hope Serra wins (again)… Just to shut you all up.
Styles make fights and GSP is great, but he’s not as great as you all make him out to be. He has a few more years to build and then he’ll become great.
You must be illiterate. I clearly and correctly pointed out that
a) He didn’t know what a mental midget was
b) GSP’s had real family issues.
These are facts, jack.
You jockstrap comeback is lame especially since there is no substance to your post.
Next.
…hey TABASCO, i hav some cream for your freshly torn @$$. you can share it with Serra once GSP makes him his b-tch.
TABASCO! ay you’re absolutely right dude! thats what I’ve been saying all along! People here are getting it twisted by thinking we’re calling GSP a dumb fighter (which he’s not). 2 minutes into the fight, he was tapping to punches, admitting defeat FOR THE TITLE. The punishment was just too much for him.
Pretty interesting how he basically calls MMA fans that has paid a premium to attend the event “DRUNKS”. Just shows that all the remarks are getting to Serra and you may question his professionalism and respect for fans that ultimately pay his wage.
Who is showing a weakness now?
He is saying the people that boo are drunk, and they generally are. And have you ever thought maybe its helping him. The “us against the world” mentality has proven to be effective with some people in athletic compentitions.
GSP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Serra
War SERRA!!! I really liked GSP in his fights against Koscheck and Hughes, but man why can’t GSP just stop being so boring in all his interwiews and stuff the kid needs to let loose…
He does his talking in the cage and Serra is going to get a ear full. Being the cocky bad boy isn’t him, so why should he pretend to be something he’s not.
For something that doesn’t bother Serra, he sure mentions it A LOT.
“I haven’t lost any sleep over it.”
Yeah thats why you have to make a public speech about it every 1-2 months to say that you aren’t bothered by it.
LOL… so true.
Poor Serra…He so obviously is dying for the respect that, to be fair, he does deserve.
Serra’s just giving people something to talk about… playin up the fight hype so maybe he’ll get enough fanship that Dana will give him fights even when people realize he sucks shitass.
Serra has the little people syndrome. Its an illness that causes little people to be defensive no matter what.
what the hell r u guys saying this guy pulled off the biggest upset in mma history when no one gave him a chance and it wasnt no lucky punch he DOMINATED that fight and i for one am a gsp fan but hes right he wa sthe better man that night and he might just do it again if gsp decides to stand with him he prob is gonna use his sup wrestling and btw what he says about hughes its true read his book and about the fans he says it like that cuz if any of u guys been to an ufc event a lot of ppl are drunk and theyre usually the ones who boo thats who hes referring to smart guys i like serra cuz he tells it like it is why does no one give gsp shit for saying what he said be4 bout matt give the guy a break i hope he wins in dominating fashion and then ur faces will be pricelles
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LMAO!!! Now that is hilarious!!!!
That is the longest sentence I have ever seen.
maybe calm it down oscar. or get the ritalyn out.
170 word sentence ftw. Twenty-two of which are misspelled.
Serra is gonna lose to GSP, then Matt Hughes then loses his contract. After comments like that he wont even be able to sit cage side with the drunken retards he despises so much.
He has overtaken Tim Sylvia as the fighter I most want to see demolished in the ring.
Is ANYONE from Serra camp actually any good at MMA?? Not BJJ, MMA? All the guys I have ever seen get their asses handed to them.
I am so over all the hype for this fight…just get it on already! Honestly I have a weird feeling that GSP might choke on this one. There is a TON of pressure on him and we all know about his mental game…people can say that he doesnt have a mentality problem…then why see a therapist? Im not knocking GSP, I like the guy but honestly I think the previous fight is going to be taking him off his game because we all know he doesnt want to get KO’d in front of his hometown crowd.
Im Italian so I kinda want Serra to win but mostly I just want a good fight.
I’m not denying he’s never had mental issues. But I’ll say he’s worked on it, and it’s paid off so far with 2 wins where he barely got touched. How is GSP seeing a therapist any different than Serra going to Ray Longo to work on his striking? Fighters work on their weaknesses and get better at it.
GSP THRIVES on pressure and we will see the best GSP ever, in front of his people. Ahh, most of us know his mental game is fine. MANY smart athletes see a sports psychologist. It doesn’t mean you have mental problems. There is a lot of stress and pressure being at an elite level (ecpecialy at GSP’s age) and the psychologist just shows you how to deal with it. It can’t hurt him, although he seemed to do just fine on his own. Anyone who can’t see that his performance drop was due to family isues,is an idiot and the only cure for that is TIME. The time has past and he’s better than he has ever been. I said it before and I will say it again, GSP will utterly RAPE Serra.
I like GSP n all but i have to say ill be goin for Serra in this fight, it seems like GSP thinks he’s too hot for Serra but in reality he got owned in their last fight and i dont see him walking through Serra at all…i wouldnt be shocked to see serra win by submission at some point in that fight.
I’ll be one of those drunk Canadian retards. But I’ll be booing him from home. lol
does anyone know when and were the weight in’s are?
I think Serra might win the fight again.
I cant figure out GSP’s mental state. It will be on over drive at in his home town.
Either way I love the way it can play out.
Serra wins then he holds the title for a bit while Fitch and Hughs fight. Karo would fight GSP.
If Gsp wins he fights fitch right off the bat. Hughs fights Serra and Karo gets Koscheck.
what about Thiago Alves KO, forget about Karo in that picture for a while.
Matt Serra, author of “How To Win Friends and Influence People.”