| treal's Georges St. Pierre celebrated after defeating | | | | for St. Pierre overwhelmed everything, even the |
| Long Island's Matt Serra with a 2nd round TKO at | | | | post fight Octagon interviews. |
| the Bell Centre. That crowd set an all-time | | | | When Serra was asked if the crowd favoring his |
| attendance record for UFC in its first show in Canada. | | | | opponent got to him. "No, not at all," Serra replied. |
| St. Pierre stayed mostly on top of Serra for 2 rounds | | | | "I'm actually pretty cool with that. My head is pretty |
| and earned the welterweight championship with a | | | | good with that stuff. I was hoping he'd get tired of |
| referee stoppage win at 4:43 of the 2nd round. | | | | hitting me. Every time I rolled, he'd answer with a |
| "It was amazing, the most beautiful day of my life, I | | | | strike. He was the better man tonight." |
| can't believe it," said St. Pierre after becoming a 2 | | | | St. Pierre learning from his last fight with Serra, and |
| time champion. "It was for me a chance to win the | | | | started quickly. During their last fight, Serra knocked |
| title in front of my people. I can't wish for a better | | | | out St. Pierre and took him down early. Serra was |
| scenario." | | | | able to stay guarded and survive the first round but |
| St. Pierre displayed his impressive combination of | | | | was unable to hold St. Pierre back during the second |
| technique, power and speed that makes him one of | | | | round. Serra did his best to spin out of bad positions. |
| the top fighters in the world. The end came when St. | | | | However, St. Pierre landed devastating knees to |
| Pierre had Serra on his knees against the fence. Serra | | | | Serra's ribs near the end of the 2nd round when the |
| continued rolling into different positions but was | | | | referee stepped in and stopped the fight. All Serra |
| unable to get free from his opponent. St. Pierre | | | | could do was curl up like a turtle. |
| threw a series of punches and hard knees to the | | | | Serra was originally supposed to have the rematch |
| Serra's body, causing the referee to call an end to | | | | with St. Pierre last December. However, during a |
| the fight. | | | | training session in November, Serra herniated two |
| "It's never a good feeling," Serra said. "This game has | | | | discs in his back and the fight postponing the fight. |
| such extreme highs and lows. I haven't had a fight | | | | St. Pierre fought Matt Hughes instead that December |
| stopped since Shonie Carter in 2001. So obviously I'm | | | | for the interim welterweight title. When St. Pierre |
| not happy." | | | | won that fight, he put it in his closet, believing it |
| Serra is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor on Long Island, | | | | meant nothing until he defeated Serra. Now, he can |
| NY. Fighting in Canada put him in hostile territory from | | | | add another belt to his collection as he holds the title |
| the beginning. Besides having family, friends and | | | | of undisputed champion. |
| nearly 20 of his students at the event, the cheers | | | | |