UFC 83 Serra VS. St. Pierre II: Preview and Discussion

da one enigma · 03-25-2008, 01:44 AM

UFC 83: Serra VS. St. Pierre II
Centre Bell. Montreal, Canada
April 19th, 2008, 7pm PT / 10pm ET
LIVE on PAY-PER-VIEW

UFC comes to Canada for the first time ever on Saturday, April 19th! One year ago, Matt "The Terror" Serra shocked the world by defeating Georges "Rush" St-Pierre for the UFC Welterweight Championship. Now, after defeating Matt Hughes in December, St-Pierre enters the Octagon as the Interim Welterweight Champion to face the man who took his title - this time, in his home province of Quebec. Can Serra beat St-Pierre for a second time? The undisputed king of the 170-pound weight class will be determined at UFC 83: SERRA VS. ST-PIERRE 2 - Saturday, April 19, live on Pay-Per-View from Montreal, Quebec.

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MAIN CARD

Main Event: Undisputed UFC Welterwight Championship Unification Bout
UFC World Welterweight Champion Matt "The Terror" Serra
VS.
UFC Interim Welterweight Champion Georges "Rush" St. Pierre

Middleweight Bout
"The Serial Killer" Travis Lutter VS. Rich "Ace" Franklin

Middleweight Bout
Nate "Rock" Quarry VS. Kalib Starnes

Middleweight Bout
"Chainsaw" Charles McCarthy Vs. Michael "The Count" Bisping

Lightweight Bout
Mark Bocek Vs. Mac Danzig

PRELIMINARY CARD

Middleweight Bout
"El Dirte" Joe Doerksen Vs. Jason "The Athlete" MacDonald

Middleweight Bout
Jason Day Vs. Alan "The Talent" Belcher

Middleweight Bout
Ed "Short Fuse" Herman Vs. Demian Maia

Lightweight Bout
Rich "No Love" Clementi Vs. Sam "Hands of Stone" Stout

Heavyweight Bout
Brad Morris Vs. Cain Velasquez

Welterweight Bout
Kuniyoshi Hironaka Vs. "The Road Warrior" Jonathan Goulet

Dmac · 04-17-2008, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by MMAFightline

UFC 83: Serra vs. St-Pierre 2 press conference

The UFC held one final press conference today to help promote the UFC’s first foray into Canada as current UFC Welterweight champion Matt Serra will defend his title against interim champion Georges St-Pierre in a rematch of their UFC 69 showdown where Serra shocked the world and outstruck the striker in St-Pierre. For those who can’t order UFC 83, don’t worry because 5thRound.com will have a LIVE Play-by-Play exclusively on 5thRound.com!

Here are our notes for today’s press conference:

Rich Franklin

- On fighting on the first UFC card in Canada.

“This is the second time I’ve fought in Montreal, I’ve actually fought for the UCC before.”
- On what type of fight the fans can expect.

“You probably know that Travis and I are not the type of fighters that have any animosity towards each other, but that’s not going to stop us from putting on a good show for everybody.” Franklin made a gesture towards Lutter as a joke, much like Tito Ortiz did to Ken Shamrock on The Ultimate Fighter.

- On not having to be in the main event.

“The difference for me is that I’m getting asked a heck of a lot less questions and I like it.”

“I’m happy where I am.”

“I would imagine that Travis is going to try to take me down.” “We’ve covered all the scenarios in training, and I feel confident in the way my training went.”

Travis Lutter

- “I’d like to thank Rich for taking the fight. It’s a great honor to fight him [Rich Franklin].”

- On Anderson Silva.

“Yes, I can beat him [Anderson Silva]. But I don’t know if I’m going to get to fight him.”

Georges St-Pierre

- On fighting in Canada.

“This is an historic event for me. A moment that I’ve been waiting for for a long, long time.”

“I truly believe that I will be the new world Welterweight champion.”

- On the difference in this fight as opposed to the first time.

“I’ve been training really hard for that fight regarding stand-up… Since that fight I’ve become a different fighter. I think that that fight was the best thing that ever happened to me.”

“I do have a strategy going into that fight, but it’s like playing cards you don’t show your cards.”

- On the crowd reaction on Saturday.

“Well I think it’s going to be a good positive vibe, but it’s going to be the same Octagon, same rules.”

“I’m going to fight the same way I normally fight, I don’t fight too much with my emotions, because when you do you make a mistake. I like to fight mathematically and fight with no emotion.”

Compared to usual, this is a pretty boring press conference, the only interesting thing in there is that Lutter said he believes he can beat Silva but I already noted that a few days ago.

neXus · 04-17-2008, 05:19 PM

I laughed when that reporter from Columbia wanted GSP and Serra to invite people in South America to watch. Never knew GSP knew some Spanish. Serra's Spanish, " I love your coffee."
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Dmac · 04-17-2008, 05:21 PM

Serra is a character, when he is not trying to get a laugh there is something wrong.

neXus · 04-17-2008, 05:28 PM

I'm thinking about ordering that ppv, but anything over $24 and they can forget it, ppv's cost too much over here.

Dmac · 04-17-2008, 05:29 PM

Lol especially seeing as we get it free over here, not Live, we get it the next day but free us free.

neXus · 04-17-2008, 05:33 PM

....lucky wankers!
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Dmac · 04-17-2008, 05:36 PM

Lol I know, I know, up until the last few years, we got all wwe ppv's for free and they were live, now we still get a few, but we have to pay for the majority, TNA ppv's we do still get completely free however.