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UFC 83: Serra vs. St-Pierre 2

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The poster for UFC 83: Serra vs. St-Pierre 2.

Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date April 19, 2008
Venue Bell Centre
City
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Attendance 21,390
Total gate $5,100,000
Buyrate 530,000
Event chronology







UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon
UFC 83: Serra vs. St-Pierre 2

UFC 84: Ill Will


UFC 83: Serra vs. St-Pierre 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event was held on April 19, 2008, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.




Contents






  • 1 Background


  • 2 Results


  • 3 Bonus awards


  • 4 Fighter payouts


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Background[edit]


The event on this date was originally scheduled to be called UFC 84,[1] but following the cancellation of a tentatively scheduled March 8, 2008 event in England,[2] the event's title was changed to UFC 83 instead.


The card was headlined by UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Serra and UFC Interim Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre in a match to unify the championship. It was a rematch from their fight at UFC 69, which Serra had won. The two fighters exchanged harsh words through the media following that fight, which led to the circumstances that surrounded the rematch. St-Pierre cited personal issues for the loss. He said that his father was seriously ill, and that his 17-year-old cousin had died in a car accident around the time of the first fight.[3] St-Pierre then claimed that he only accepted the fight with Serra because he thought he could "easily beat this guy."[4] Serra took exception to these comments and responded in a subsequent radio interview by calling St-Pierre a "Frenchy", telling him to "go drink some red wine and go watch a hockey game." [5]


This event was the company's first event in Canada.[6] Several prominent Canadian MMA fighters competed on this card, including Kalib Starnes, Mark Bocek, Jason MacDonald, Sam Stout, and Jonathan Goulet. Patrick Côté was originally scheduled to fight on this card as well against Alan Belcher, but was forced to pull out after sustaining a non-fighting related injury and replaced by Jason Day.[7]


At the time, UFC 83 officially broke two UFC records.[8] The first record broken was the fastest sellout ever. The UFC sold most of the tickets to UFC Fight Club members in the first 24 hours of the fightclub presale. The rest of the tickets were sold within one minute of the public sale. The second record broken was the UFC attendance record. The 21,390 people who packed the Bell Centre officially broke the former attendance record of 19,049 set at UFC 68 in Columbus, Ohio back in March 2007.



Results[edit]






























































































































Main card (PPV)
Weight class



Method
Round
Time
Notes
Welterweight

Georges St-Pierre (ic)
def.

Matt Serra (c)
TKO (knees to the body)
2
4:45
[a]
Middleweight

Rich Franklin
def.

Travis Lutter
TKO (punches)
2
3:01

Middleweight

Nate Quarry
def.

Kalib Starnes
Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–24)
3
5:00

Middleweight

Michael Bisping
def.

Charles McCarthy
TKO (arm injury)
1
5:00

Lightweight

Mac Danzig
def.

Mark Bocek
Submission (rear-naked choke)
3
3:48


Preliminary card
Middleweight

Jason Day
def.

Alan Belcher
TKO (punches)
1
3:58

Middleweight

Jason MacDonald
def.

Joe Doerksen
TKO (elbows)
2
0:56

Middleweight

Demian Maia
def.

Ed Herman
Technical Submission (mounted triangle choke)
2
2:27

Lightweight

Rich Clementi
def.

Sam Stout
Decision (split) (29–27, 28–29, 29–28)
3
5:00

Heavyweight

Cain Velasquez
def.
Brad Morris
TKO (punches)
1
2:10

Welterweight

Jonathan Goulet
def.

Kuniyoshi Hironaka
TKO (punches)
2
2:07





  1. ^ UFC Welterweight Championship unification bout






Bonus awards[edit]


At the end of this event, $75,000 was awarded to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards.[9]



  • Fight of the Night: Jonathan Goulet vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka

  • Knockout of the Night: Jason MacDonald

  • Submission of the Night: Demian Maia



Fighter payouts[edit]


The Quebec Boxing Council refused to disclose payout details, as is not uncommon for non-US held pay-per-view events.[10]



See also[edit]




  • Ultimate Fighting Championship

  • List of UFC champions

  • List of UFC events

  • 2008 in UFC



References[edit]





  1. ^ Stupp, Dann (January 13, 2008). "MMA Executive: Jason MacDonald vs. Joe Doerksen at UFC 84". MMAJunkie.com. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved 2008-01-15..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Stupp, Dann (January 29, 2008). "Houston Alexander vs. James Irvin, Clay Guida vs. Samy Schiavo Added to UFC Fight Night 13". MMAJunkie.com. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved 2008-01-31.


  3. ^ http://bakal.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/georges-st-pierre-looks-for-redemption-article-tungkol-kay-idol/


  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-12. Retrieved 2008-12-17.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)


  5. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/mma/news/story?id=3346125


  6. ^ Stupp, Dann (January 4, 2008). "Matt Serra Is Willing to Fight Georges St-Pierre in Canada". MMAJunkie.com. Retrieved 2008-01-31.


  7. ^ "Report: Jason Day in, Patrick Cote out at UFC 83". mmajunkie.com. February 11, 2008. Retrieved 2014-11-21.


  8. ^ Stupp, Dan (February 8, 2008). "UFC 83 Creates Record Sellout". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved February 22, 2009.


  9. ^ Stupp, Dann (April 20, 2008). "Goulet, Hironaka, MacDonald and Maia earn UFC 83 bonuses". mmajunkie.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved 2008-04-30.


  10. ^ http://www.mmamania.com/2008/04/28/ufc-83-payouts-and-salaries-for-serra-vs-st-pierre-2/




External links[edit]



  • Official UFC 83 Fight Card

  • Official UFC 83 site


  • UFC 83 on IMDb











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