[bears9]

The UFC will make it's debut north of the border when they head to Montreal, Canada next Saturday April 19. for UFC 83: Serra vs. St. Pierre 2

The main event is battle for the UFC Welterweight Title. When UFC Welterweight Champion Matt "The Terror" Serra (16-4-0) faces off with UFC Interim Welterweight Champion Georges "Rush" St. Pierre (15-2-0). Matt Serra is fighting for the first time since he shocked the MMA world with his upset over St. Pierre at 69 and claimed the welterweight belt. St. Pierre has rebounded well since the lost to Matt Serra, beating Josh Koscheck at UFC 74 and Matt Hughes to claim the UFC Interim Welterweight Title at UFC 79. Now they will face off again in Montreal. Matt Serra is Brazilian Jiu-Jistu Black Belt and who has great submissions, but as we saw in his first fight with St. Pierre his striking is much improved. St. Pierre is probably the best overall athlete in the UFC, he can knock you out as we saw in his fight with Matt Hughes at UFC 65 or he can submit you as we saw in his fight with Matt Hughes at UFC 79. Not mention that Georges St. Pierre is a Montreal native and will have a home octagon advantage if you will. I'll Georges St. Pierre to win a great fight via TKO in Round 3.

Then the other bid fight of the night is a middleweight between former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich "Ace" Franklin (24-3-0) and Ultimate Fighter 4 winner Travis "The Serial Killer" Lutter (12-4-0). Rich Franklin is probably the greatest UFC Middleweight of all-time. He is coming off a lost to Anderson Silva when tried to reclaim his title at UFC 77. Lutter is fighting for the first time since he lost in his title shot against Anderson Silva at UFC 67. Rich Franklin is a great striker, who will knock Lutter out is he gets the chance. Lutter is a submission specialist, who has a BJJ Black Belt. If this fight stays standing Franklin will have the advantage, if it hits the mat, then Lutter has the advantage. I think Franklin will be able to not get submitted long enough to earn a victory via TKO in Round 2.

Here is the Full Card:

Main Card
Matt Serra Vs. Georges St-Pierre (For Welterweight Title)
Travis Lutter Vs. Rich Franklin
Nate Quarry Vs. Kalib Starnes
Charles McCarthy Vs. Michael Bisping
Mark Bocek Vs. Mac Danzig

Preliminary Card
Joe Doerksen Vs. Jason MacDonald
Jason Day Vs. Alan Belcher
Ed Herman Vs. Demian Maia
Rich Clementi Vs. Sam Stout
Brad Morris Vs. Cain Velasquez
Kuniyoshi Hironaka Vs. Jonathan Goulet

UFC 83: Serra vs. St. Pierre 2 is on Saturday April 19 at 10 PM Eastern on PPV live. Call your local cable provider.

[EmpireWF]

This is shaping up to be one heck of a card. Montreal is stoked to host the show and everybody is picking St. Pierre to take back the championship (just like everyone picked him to retain against Serra last year).

I too am picking St. Pierre. He has all the tools...as long as his head stays grounded.

Hopefully, Franklin can get a win and back on track.

Bisping and Danzig should be able to win and continue on their rise.

[mervinout]

my picks are GSP(tho im rooting for Serra), Lutter, i just don't think franklin is really that good. Quarry, then Bisbing for obvious reasons, then Danzig i just like to watch his fights

[EmpireWF]

Franklin has to feel like he can't do much to Silva. How he responds to the losses to the champ will be key to the future of his career. IMO, Franklin has the skills to get back on top.

[bears9]

This is a good match-up Franklin, him and Lutter are both basically at the point where, if the lose they could be gone. Franklin has never been submitted in UFC career, and I don't think that will happen on Saturday. Without submissions Lutter has no other way to win.

[bears9]

Here are the results:
Georges St. Pierre def. Matt Serra by TKO (Strikes) at 4:45, R2
-Rich Franklin def. Travis Lutter by TKO (Strikes) at 3:01, R2
-Nate Quarry def. Kalib Starnes by Unanimous Decision, R3
-Michael Bisping def. Charles McCarthy by TKO at 5:00, R1
-Mac Danzig def. Mark Bocek by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 3:48, R3
-Jason MacDonald def. Joe Doerksen by TKO (Strikes) at 0:56, R2
-Jason Day def. Alan Belcher by TKO (Strikes) at 3:58, R1
-Demian Maia def. Ed Herman by Submission (Triangle Choke) at 2:27, R2
-Rich Clementi def. Sam Stout by Split Decision (29-27, 29-28, 28-29), R3
-Cain Velasquez def. Brad Morris by TKO (Strikes) at 2:10, R1
-Jonathan Goulet def. Kuniyoshi Hironaka by TKO (Strikes) at 2:07, R1

Georges St. Pierre is now the undisputed UFC Welterweight Champion and possibly the best Mixed Martial Artist in the world. Congrats GSP!

[EmpireWF]

St. Pierre dominated Serra who looked like he didn't belong in the same cage as the new champ. Don't know what it was but Serra was not on his game during the fight.

St. Pierre avenged another loss. I wonder how long he can stay on top.