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UFC 83
by Lance Strong on Apr.19, 2008, under MMA Thoughts
Been waiting for this day for a long time! The biggest event in UFC history comes to Montreal! GSP finally gets to step back in the Octagon to reclaim his title! Now that said I am certainly not looking past Matt Serra, nor am I one of the guys who calls his previous win a fluke. Quite the contrary, he is a gifted fighter with tremendous heart, who capitalized on a good move to take out the seemingly unstoppable GSP. Which was the culmination of a story that couldn’t have been scripted better if it was written for TV. Spending weeks training and fighting a group of Last Chance fighters from the Ultimate Fighter show to earn a title shot for one final shot at UFC glory. No one expected him to win but he fucking did! Convincingly.
Now with that out of the way I think the dream is about to be over for Matt Serra. He is about to step in to the Octagon with a determined, focused Georges St. Pierre who has spent last few years dismantling the most dominating Welterweight of all time, out handling the “Best Wrestler” in the UFC Josh Koscheck (Read my last MMA post for my thoughts on that garbage) the “Prodigy” BJ Penn has even fallen at the hands of GSP. If Georges has shown us anything it’s that when he loses he becomes a different fighter. I’m calling this one over in the second round by TKO/KO.
The entire card is one that is near guaranteed to be exciting, not the least of which is Rich Frankin VS Travis Lutter. While a guy like Lutter will always be dangerous I see Rich taking him out by TKO/KO in the third round.
Nate “The Rock” Quarry VS Kalib Starnes is set to be a good one as well. Nate has proven time and again that he is a heavy handed powerhouse, so expect this one to be rough. Kalib is a BC boy with a lot of potential so I’m just gonna have to call this one for the hometown kid and say 3rd Round decision for Kalib.
Normally I wouldn’t go against a fighter just out of principle; however the lack of class, unprofessional, unsportsmanlike garbage we’ve seen from Michael Bisping has me hoping he takes a few fists full of humble pie, if for no other reason than to brighten Matt Hamill’s day.
The rest of the card is highlighted by many other great fighters including some touggh fellow Canadians the likes of Joe Doerksen, Jason Macdonald, Sam Stout and Jonathan Goulet. All in all no matter what happens this will be one to remember! Hopefully my next post will be about how all my predictions came true!
Cheers and Beers






