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Wow … talk about a reception for UFC Welterweight Champion, Matt Serra, during the official weigh-in for UFC 83: “Serra vs. St. Pierre 2″ this afternoon.
It was a downright hostile crowd at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which is not surprising considering Serra’s opponent — and hometown star — Georges St. Pierre, as well as his “disparaging” remarks heading into this event.
I just can’t fathom what it’s going to be like tomorrow night when the fight actually takes place.
“If you’re pissed right now, wait until Saturday night,” Serra shouted over the crowd. Something tells me the Mounties should crack out the riot gear just in case that prediction is accurate.
Meanwhile, Michael Bisping and Charles McCarthy head a head-bumping, obscenity-swapping staredown. And there’s clearly no love lost between Jason MacDonald and Joe Doerksen.
Amazing stuff.
At any rate, here are the complete UFC 83 weigh-in results:
170 lbs.: Matt Serra (169.5) vs. Georges St. Pierre (169.5)
185 lbs.: Rich Franklin (185.5) vs. Travis Lutter (185)
185 lbs.: Michael Bisping (185.5) vs. Charles McCarthy (186)
155 lbs.: Mac Danzig (154.5) vs. Mark Bocek (154.5)
185 lbs.: Kalib Starnes (186) vs. Nate Quarry (185.5) — swing bout
185 lbs.: Jason MacDonald (185) vs. Joe Doerksen (184.5)
185 lbs.: Alan Belcher (185) vs. Jason Day (183.5)
185 lbs.: Ed Herman (185.5) vs. Demian Maia (184.5)
155 lbs.: Sam Stout (155.5) vs. Rich Clementi (155)
265 lbs.: Cain Velasquez (235.5) vs. Brad Morris (225.5)
170 lbs.: Jonathan Goulet (169.5) vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka (170)
*Note: Fighters are allowed to weigh one pound more than the division limit in non-title fights.
The televised portion of the pay-per-view (PPV) event begins tomorrow (Saturday, April 19) at 10 p.m. ET. We will provide LIVE blow-by-blow, round-by-round coverage of the main card action at this time.
UFC 83 quick results, however, will begin to flow earlier than that here at MMAmania.com at about 8:00 p.m. ET with the prelim fights.
Tomorrow is going to be insane — it’s going to be absolute pandemonium inside the Bell Centre. Remember to hit us up for all the latest results coverage before, during and after the action.
April 18th, 2008
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serra looks like a midget. haha
pierre is shredded
that pic is from last year’s fight.
Here is a link to a video where Kimbo talks about Chuck Liddell:
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=769204
thanks john, I posted this a while ago, but couldn’t get the link up. I’d actually pay to see it…kimbo is kinda soft spoken, and chuck is talking shit about everyone
go gsp !!!
GSP and Rich seem pretty focused I like Lutter but, I think Rich will get the best of him and ware him out on the feet, im also pretty interested in seeing how much Stout has improved im a fan of his that guys got some mad standup skills.
my pics are (and theyre free i wont charge you guys)
GSP TKO rd1
Franklin TKO rd2
Quarry KO rd3 or UD
McCarthy Sub rd1/rd2 (yep im picking the upset on this one)
Mac KO rd1
Macdonald UD rd3
Belcher TKO rd1
Herman TKO (gnp) rd2
Stout TKO rd1 or 2
and dont care about the other 2 but guess Morris and Hironaka get the W’s
thank god you don’t charge (just kidding man) Only 2 fights worth picking and betting on are Serra and Lutter. Bisping and the rest are too big of favorites to risk losing, but you picked the upset, so if you bet won’t lose much, but could make money
i’ll be expecting a great payout tomorrow night. (:
(matt serra vs. GSP) winner: matt serra
(kalib starnes vs. nate quarry) winner: kalib starnes
(rich franklin vs. travis lutter) winner: travis lutter
…mo’money MO’MONEY MO’MONEY!!!!!!…
how much are you betting of SERRA?
i’ll be betting two dollars, so i’ll be cashin’ out approximately seven dollars, if you know what i mean. >;)
as for starnes and lutter, i’ve put down fifty cents on each.
me too man, bet 250 on serra and 250 on lutter. good risks for great reward!! I won 500 playing cards this week, so either way I don’t loose a dime!!
so you will be out $500. Great bets my man.
i agree. either i way, we win! lol.
While we wait anybody here have any predictions who will be fighting the main event for this upcoming new years? I know this completly off topic but heard some interesting rumours.
Chuck Vs. Rampage
Fedor Vs. Couture (Dana will let down his contract guard with Fedor, Randy isn’t going to stick around anyways so Dana doesn’t feel bad about Randy possibly leaving for another org if he wins)
Shogun Vs. Wandy
Tank Abott vs. Cecil Fielder……sorry made that one up
These come from completly unreliable sources (blogs and other fighters) but one can dream!
lol
Silva Bisping
Tito / Rampage
fedor/couture (not in UFC)
Bj destroying GSP
Silva/ Bisping?…lol..he would last like 2 seconds..he couldn’t even beat Rashad..or Hamill for that matter (yeah i know the judges said he won but that’s a load of sh*t)Silva would rearange his face and leave him choking on his teeth, or with a broken nose. I’m not even gonna comment on bj destroying gsp cuz you can’t speak reason to nuthuggers.
lol I agree, Bisping will get killed, It’s a prediction on fight, not outcome. And BJ is 10x the fighter than GSP. #2 P4P (after silva). You just like to disagree with every one of my posts…I can’t blame you, disagree with someone who is usually right, be right one time and you look good!! lol, love ya patty
Do you ever stop trolling? BJ is 10x the fighter than a guy he lost to the only time they fought, who also happens to have a better resume of wins than Mr. Penn?
GSP better resume then Penn? haha. Penn has fought all over the world, fightin only the best at every weight. HE beat the longtime number 1 LW in the world in Gomi. beat an undefeated Renzo Gracie. Went to a decision with a still undefeated LHW in Machida.
How many championship belts does GSP have? one? Wow, thats only half as many as Penn has hahaha
BJ penn is a force anywhere from 155-185, hands down. His BJJ is the best, his hands are heavy and he gets knocked around like a pin ball yet never looks phased. He had training issues (just fighting off pure raw talent, but if those issues are solved, I can’t see anyone beating him. Did you actually watch the BJ/GSP fight or are you going by what some told you??
gsp and b.j. are my 2 favorite fighters right now. tied for 1rst actually. i know this sounds like a cop-out but when they do actually fight again i probably wont know who to root for until the fight starts. i watched the 1rst fight several times and thought gsp deserved the close dec. yeah i know b.j. had him bloodied and bruised in the 1rst, but didn’t do anything in the next 2. gsp only did a little more w/ the takedowns, but what do you expect w/ fighters so evenly matched? as far as cuts and bruises b.j. just has one of those faces that never cut or bruise easily. he just has that tough, thick hawaiian skin. if they fight again i say its 50/50. but i think once b.j. destroys sherk, he’s gonna call out a.silva first. i think now i know why there has been so much unusual gsp bashing against serra. most are just b.j. fans who are pissed that gsp got the nod over him. no reason to hate a fighter imo.
If Rampage and Liddell win their next fight, they WILL fight in December, that’s a given. Machida and Wandy can also be on that card against each other if they win their next fight. So I think the new years card coud be..
Quinton Rampage Jackson vs Chuck Liddell (Main Event)
Huerta or Florian Vs Penn or Sherk (Co-Main Event)
Lyoto Machida Vs Wanderlei Silva
Brock Lesnar Vs TBA
I dunno could be..
What do you guys think?
the herman maia fight should be a great one i am picking maia by sub in rd 3
Off topic, anyone see the youtube video of kimbo telling chuck that he’d fight him on the DL “bare knuckle style” if Dana wants to set it up. I don’t know why, but I’d pay to watch that. Kimbo doesn’t talk, and readily admits he’s not an mma god, and Chuck has been talking shit about everyone.
I diddn’t realize how many fights dorkson has…”that Athlete” may be in trouble??? at least he got plenty of exposure for this fight on this site
McDonald is going to LOOSE!
the ring girl on the left (edith??) is ugly…
She doesn’t look real, does she? Too much botox and collagen injections or something. Do what I do and just stare at her boobs.
Kevin, her name isn’t “Horseface” just to be clever, its the truth.
starnes v quarry - swing bout?
wow, tupperware looks fat and almost didn’t make weight, and bisping is ripped!!!!
Bisping 1st round TKO
there are 3 great undercard bouts herman-maia, stot-clementi, and macdonald-doerksen
I’m a huge GSP fan, and even Canadian, but Serra cracked me up when he said “Two times motherfuckers!” lol Too bad Serra.
Lol just watched the weigh-ins, did you all here that guy yelling ‘make the weight, make the weight!’ when Travis was walking up to the scale?
Damn…that’s just wrong! LOL
He shoulda went up there with weights in his pockets just to mess around and make people think he was way overweight again. That was an awesome chant though.
That was pretty funny. I was laughing when I heard it, that guy got in loud and clear.
GSP looks ready, has openly said he’s in shape and ready…how long after saturday does he flip and start making excuses again???
How can you be so sure that gsp’s gonna lose?
not sure, just my opinion…like I said before, GSP better win decisively or I’ll still have questions after all his axcuses and talk
Opinions are like assholes everyone has one
why does everyone judge the mind set of st.pierre when he loses for the first time in a long time when other big fighters loose all the time. he lost once he looks like hes back on track, so why the hell are people still judging him. even if he loses again, it’ll be gay if people judge him for that. anything can happen.
gsp to win my submission round 1
Your in dream land, GSP will win first round. Matt Serra who? Get off the crack!
WOW its going to be loud, that place wasn’t even at half compacity.
Good Show My Fellow French Candians!!!
Serra is hilarious. “Keeping the car running.” I am so ready for tomorrow. What hospitality those canadians were showing, booing every american (even when fighting the brit). Finally, it’s time.
Serra looked pretty intense. He’s pretty confident too. I honestly don’t really care who wins the fight. I just hope it’s a good fight. I want to see Serra perform well.
Was anyone able to make out what was being said between either Chainsaw-Bisping or McDonald-Doerkson? Who knew that there would be any anticipation for the Bisping fight and I am almost looking forward to that one the most now.
Gsp by donkey punch in the 1st.
Hilarious
Back of the head is illegal.
Anyone know where I can see the weigh ins? I missed the live show.
They will eventually have it on UFC.com under the Multimedia. Not immediately but pretty soon afterwards generally.
Bisping better not underestimate McCarthy. The guy seems like a puss, but he almost had Loiseau. Although he saying otherwise, I can see Bisping acting a bit like Jardine before the Alexander fight… I wouldn’t be too suprised if McCarthy won.
How do people work out that Bj would beat Gsp? Gsp Already beat him! Bj is a great fighter, but GSP improves at a rapid rate between fghts
Cause B.J. looked like he trained for about 2 weeks before that fight with GSP, and he still worked GSP pretty good in the 1st round, and then lost by a controversial split decision.
A determined and in shape BJ Penn, you never know. I would love to see GSP v BJ 2.
Thumb in the eye, right off the hop doesn’t make it much a fair first round. But I think BJ is definately in line for WW title shot if he can defend the LW title a few times. BJ’s always going to be in the title picture until he retires.
What I would rather see: GSP get some crazzy dominating wins over Fitch, BJ and potentialy Alves (if he can get a few wins against guy’s like Kos, and diego or maybee even Serra). Then GSP could move up to Middle Weight and we get one Hell of a Dream Fight. GSP VS SILVA.
we will have to wait and see what happens.
BJ will beat GSP. GSP is just a wrestler compared to BJ.
You all say how much gsp has improved, well good, he better have, do you realize he didnt even pass Penn’s guard? And even in the minute and a half before Penn polked GSP in the eye, he was backing GSP up and dominating the stand up.
If Penn hadnt been gassing he probably would have gotten GSP down in that second round, did you see how close Penn was to getting him down? Penn on top equals a bad time for GSP.
Even the minute and a half before the eye poke, Penn was dominating the stand up, GSP was running backwards.
Everybody says GSP has gotten so much better, well he better have!! Cuz he didnt even pass Penn’s guard last time!!!
If Penn wasnt gassing he would have gotten GSP down in that second round, he was so close to putting GSP on his back, and at that point im confident Pen would have taken over.
GSP has gotten better but so has everybody else.
Look at GSP’s last three fights. Loss 1 to serra. Descision over Kos, with no significant damage, and dominated Hugehs for the second time, no suprise, Hugehs lost that fight before the bell rang. GSP is not this crazy improving fighter that every body makes him out to be, he’s alwasy been really good, and Penn showed he can handle him, even with minimal training.
it all comes down to dicipline and since you’re judging the future with the past. Don’t forget BJ pen has come short more often than GSP has, even in his wins he’d look great first rounds and brutal sloppy third rounds (for the most part). GSP’s wins were all definate wins even in the BJ fight. He Stole 2 rounds from Penn, after being out classed in strikes and dealing with sub-par vision from the pokes.
Look pen is good but GSP is Better and STILL has lots of years to learn more.
Joe stevenson, Jens Pulver, Renzo Gracie, Rodrigo Gracie and Duane Ludwig -NOt bad
Matt Hughes (greatest WW of all time) (2), Josh Koshckeck (Refered to as the best wrestler in ufc, You’re eye pokin’ Bro BJ Penn (”prodegie”, and he made a mess of BJ’s next challenge Sean Sherk.
So where do you get off?
how do even know penn had only 2 weeks of training. that doesn’t count for anything. Georges st.pierre out played him on top. and thats BJ’s world of brazilian jui jit su, he wants to be on his back. and georges controlled the fight on the ground.
i agree with ro-J
i say georges to win by submission round 2
does anybody know where you can watch the video of the weigh-ins?!! Help!!
http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=VideoPlayer.home&gid=11395
Also, give it up to Goldy. I thought he did a great job. He announced better than Rogan (and it isn’t like Rogan does it poorly.)
Thanks PJJ!
I agree Goldy was great!, people are to hard on him.
Every one has a role.
Goldy’s role IS the guy that everybody’s hard on.
Hheheheh.. He doesn’t really much to the fight commentaries but it wouldn’t be the same without him. He’s alright by me.
Nice
KIMBO SLICE RESPOND TO CHUCK LIDDELL VIDEO - CLICK HERE
http://www.cagetoday.com/
Thanks 4 The Link
Weigh ins now on UFC’s web site
Can someone translate what GSP said in French?
lol repeating what he just said in english
The same thing he said in engligh… repeat word by word! lol
Mania do comments still moderate sometimes without saying it?
I posted a reply and when I hit “add comment” it puts me back up to the top of the page, I scroll down and my comment it not there.
This new format he’s using is really confusing..
DAMMIT.. ufc or lakers game round 1.. WHY SATURDAY!!!
Lakers game in round 1 of the playoffs over the UFC? Are you serious? NBA has got 21 more games till the finals, seriously, why would you even post that?
anybody that thinks fat bj could beat gsp get a grip fat bj is gonna get beat by sherk
The only fat one fatmac. Get your @$$ of this website you scum bag.
He is entitled to his opinion. Who says he has to swing from BJ’s sack like so many others?
Finally We Wont Have To Hear The U-S-A Chants This time And Mabye Less Booing During Fights. Damn Americans Are So Spoiled .
One more sleep. Most of the fighters are staying here at the Merriott. You can pretty much just stay in the lobby and get pics with anyone. Bisping, Henderson, Lutter. They have the work out/training centre in the basement of the hotel.
Tomorrow is going to be a blast!
WAR GSP>>>>>
wow bisping on the weigh ins looked like a starving kid…his abs and pecs r totally out of place lol
Did anyone see Goldberg nodding along when GSP was speaking in French!
Ha ha, yeah i’m sure you understood Goldy.
It seems that every discussion about GSP somehow brings about B.J Penn. I admit B.J is good at the standup and BJJ, but why didn’t he use it much against GSP the first time. There’s no point in them fighting again unless it’s for B.J to showcase his BJJ against a newly crowned welterweight champion (yes, Serra will lose). It’s not how the fight progresses that determines if a fighter beat you or not, it’s the end result. Look at Nog and Big Tim.
my upset pick of the night is fatty lutter. i dont know why i just think he will find a way to get rich down and win a close dec. its only a 3rndr so rich’s conditioning edge probably wont be a factor. plus lutter has so far given a.silva his toughest fight to date in the ufc. he actually had him mounted and in the scariest place to losing ive seen yet. lutter by upset! sorry rich franklin fans.
plus lutter made weight!
Who said,”GSP would RAAAAAAAPE Serra” and why did I?
Who said, “GSP would gas Serra early with his relentless pace” and why did I.
Who said, “GSP was only 50% when he fought Serra 1″ and why was I wrong ( The way he spanked Serra, I think 40% would be more accurate)?
Who said, “GSP is mentally weak”, OH I think that was (mostly)Kevin.LOL
Who said, “GSP would submit Serra”, That would be me ,O well, you can’t win them all (although I still think that was his plan, to SOFTEN Serra up and then submit him, but GSP ripped his heart out and Serra just quit before he got a chance to)
Last but not least, who said ,”GSP is the BEST IN THE WORLD” AND WHY DID SERRA?