UFC 83, also known as “Serra vs. St. Pierre 2,” presents us with not only a clear sign that the creative minds at Zuffa took the month off, but also that rare occasion where roughly every opinion espoused online by fans of the sport sounds absolutely retarded.
On the one hand, you have the sure-fire infallibility of Serra in this clash. Everybody saw the way he knocked the Canadian around the octagon like, I don’t know, whatever an American would play with instead of a hockey puck. Based on that performance, this fight is a no-brainer — Serra by whatever-the-hell-he-pleases, clearly, and if you don’t agree with the people shouting this claim (in CAPS, that is,) you can be sure they will inform you that you are clearly a “goddamn faggot” or “stoopid fuck.” Possibly both.
Then there’s the pro-GSP camp who apparently are unique in having seen more than that one fight by GSP, and as such are aware that he has a tendency to step into the Octagon and do terrible things to whomever he fights in more-or-less any facet of the fight game. In fact, when you look at his other performances, you really start to see how thoroughly outclassed Matt Serra is. I mean, really, what are those idiots that are picking Serra to win even seeing that makes them think he has a chance of making it out of the first minute, let alone winning. You know, besides that time he TKO’ed GSP in their first meeting.
In reality, this is a deceptively good match-up between, potentially, the best fighter in the world and the most underrated fighter in the UFC, who, by the way, just happens to still hold the UFC belt after beating said best fighter. Is it really that unreasonable that Serra could pull off the upset again? No, not really. Will he do it?
No, not really.
Elsewhere on the card, you have the career-stalled Rich Franklin, who can likely hammer every fighter in the UFC’s Middleweight division with one notable exception, yet can’t seem to escape a fight with Anderson Silva with a win or a one-piece nose, highlighting a cast of TUF veterans and UFC also-rans. Kalib Starnes makes an appearance against Nate Quarry, best known for being knocked stiff by Franklin, which of course begs the important question “how the hell is Kalib Starnes still in the UFC?”
Also of note, Michael Bisping makes his 185 debut against Charles McCarthy, taking his popularity on the road now that the UFC has finally realized it looks really bad when a guy they want to promote as a future star still gets booed by a home-town British crowd, even when he’s one of the few across-the-pond fighters they have in the big show.
One Ounce of News’ Picks:
George St. Pierre def. Matt Serra by TKO (Round 2)
Rich Franklin def. Travis Lutter by TKO (Round 2)
Nate Quarry def. Kalib Starnes by KO (Round 1)
Charles McCarthy def. Michael Bisping by Decision
Mac Danzig def. Mark Bocek by TKO (Round 1)
Jason MacDonald def. Joe Doerkson by Submission (Round 2)
Rich Clementi def. Sam Stout by Submission (Round 3)
Kuniyoshi Hironaka def. Jonathan Goulet by Decision
Alan Belcher def. Jason Day by Decision
Ed Herman def. Demian Maia by Decision
Cain Valesquez def. Brad Morris by TKO (Round 1)
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