UFC 83: welterweight title match between champion Matt Serra and interim champion Georges St. Pierre
UFC 83 Live Coverage: welterweight title match between champion Matt Serra and interim champion Georges St. Pierre
Welcome to Iflove Sports’ live coverage of UFC 83 from the Bell Centre in Montreal, where thousands of fans formed a line that stretched several blocks an hour and a half before the first preliminary match. For results from all 11 matches, including the welterweight title match between champion Matt Serra and interim champion Georges St. Pierre.
Middleweights: Demian Maia (8-0) def. Ed Herman (16-5)
How: Submission (leg triangle choke), 2:27 of the second round
Key moment/turning point: Maia spent much of the match working from the bottom, as he nearly sunk in several submissions from that spot in the first round. He finally got the opening he was waiting on in the second, when he sunk in his winning submission.
Analysis: The Brazilian Maia impressed with his jiu-jitsu skills back at his UFC debut in October, when he choked out Ryan Jensen, and his follow-up effort furthered his momentum. While Herman had his moments, Maia never appeared to be in trouble as Herman worked from the top. The finishing maneuver was textbook, as he sunk in the leg triangle from the bottom and managed to flip over into top position, tightening the choke and isolating Herman’s head for several strikes, causing “Short Fuse” to tap. -DD
Lightweights: Rich Clementi (39-12-1) def. Sam Stout (14-4-1) via split decision on judges scores of 29-27, 28-29, 29-28
Iflove score: Clementi 29-28
Key moment/turning point: Clementi dominated the first two rounds with takedowns and better stand-up to do enough to take the fight.
Analysis: A good match made even more exciting by the hot crowd. The crowd was hot for Stout, a London, Ontario native, including a gigantic reaction when he escaped from a first round choke attempt. Clementi got the fight to the ground enough, and did damage with forearms, punches and elbows. In the third round, Stout did better on the stand-up and blocked most takedown attempts and turned it on at the end. -DM
Heavyweights: Cain Velasquez (3-0) def. Brad Morris (10-3)
How: TKO (strikes), 2:10 of the first round
Key moment/turning point:Velasquez twice dropped Morris with punches in the opening seconds of the fight and never looked back.
Analysis: Former Arizona State All-American wrestler Velasquez is among a handful of young heavyweights, including Brock Lesnar and Shayne Carwin, who are the company’s handpicked next generation. Despite his wrestling background, Velasquez, who trains with the San Jose-based American Kickboxing Academy, dominated the Australian Morris with his strikes, dropping him right at the outset and controlling the rest of the fight. Morris managed to get back to his feet, but ate a kick to the body and ended up back on the ground, where Velasquez used more powerful punches to finish him off. Two hours before the main card, the building is already full. -DD
Lightweights: Jonathan Goulet (22-9, 1 no contest) def. Kuniyoshi Hironaka (11-5) via ref stoppage after a knockdown in 2:07 of the second round
Key moment/turning point: Goulet, the huge crowd favorite, lost the first round after being knocked down and was staggered early in the second with a nasty mouse growing under his right eye. During an exchange, Goulet turned the tables by knocking Hironaka down hard. Now it was Hironaka who was running for safety, and Goulet caught him with a knee and more punches, with Hironaka going down hard and ref Dan Murigliota stopped the fight.
Analysis: Goulet was controlling most of the first round until being put down late in the round. The crowd was hot with loud chants for Goulet when he was down, and even louder when he made his come back. Huge standing ovation for the Quebec native winning. Strong opening match.
UFC 83 Live Coverage:
Welcome to Iflove Sports’ live coverage of UFC 83 from the Bell Centre in Montreal, where thousands of fans formed a line that stretched several blocks an hour and a half before the first preliminary match. For results from all 11 matches, including the welterweight title match between champion Matt Serra and interim champion Georges St. Pierre.
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