Congratulations to George St. Pierre for his crushing victory over Matt Serra last night in Montreal at UFC 83!
Months in the waiting, this welterweight championship bought was nothing less than spectacular. I have to admit that I’m a big St. Pierre fan, but even if I was a Serra fan I’d have to say that the demonstration that was put on in the octagon by the Montreal born St. Pierre was nothing less than outstanding.
When the fight was called at the end of the second round my initial impression was that of shock that the ref cut this beautiful display short, but then after watching the replays of the relentless knees that a defenseless Serra was taking to the ribs, I agreed that the fight had to be stopped, and cheered as GSP grabbed a hold of the belt.
In a post fight interview GSP stated that he knew it would have been tough for Serra to come into Montreal, so he stated that he would return the favor and have a rematch in New York if Serra and the rest of the UFC league desired. All class… what a beauty!
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:24 am
While I am not a big fan of UFC in general, it is hard not to get hyped for St-Pierre. I saw the fight and he kicked ass. He deserves the belt, and is badass, but he also seems like a really great guy to hang out with. He asked his fans to come party with him at the Cage-au-Sports afterwards, and I`m sure many had a great time with him.
What I find ironic is that while the Bell Center was packed with testosterone-filled fans, there was no riot after he won the match. How come fans of ultimate fighting can leave the arena peacefully, while fans of hockey need to “stir the shit”. Ok, it was probably not real hockey fans causing the problems, but they took advantage of the fanfare which they could have also done after GSP won his match. Nonetheless, it was a great week in Montreal!