GSP Rocks UFC 83

Last night was one hell of a good fight night. Aside from Surrey, BC's Kalib Starnes running away from his opponent, Nate Quarry -- who did his best to press the action -- almost the entire fight, the night was packed with solid bouts. Of course, the highlight of the night was my boy from Montreal, George "Rush" St-Pierre absolutely dominating UFC Welterweight belt-holder Matt Serra, Regaining his much deserved spot as the UFC Welterweight champion! GSP solidified his victory by continually taking down the Brazilian Jui Jitsu blackbelt in Matt Serra, and a stop was call to the fight mere seconds before the bell in the second round, due to an absolutely vicious and unrelenting barrage of knees to ribcage of the turtling Matt Serra.

The fight between Rich Franklin and Travis Lutter was impressive and rather high-energy, but I have question what Franklin's strategy and interest in ending a fight since Lutter looked to be a dead man walk for the last minute or more of the before, before finally getting KO'd by Franklin. Franklin could have very easily came at Lutter hard with a few good combos (which I know he's more than capable of) and knocked Lutter out much earlier, but instead he played it safe, I just went in with one-twos, creating distance again, and setting up for another small shot or two, even though Lutter could hardly hold his hands to his face and had no chance defending himself. I'm not sure Franklin was scared to go in too fast and get caught, or if he just wanted to postponed the inevitable of a KO win over Lutter, but either way it was a little bit of a lack-luster and anti-climactic way to end an otherwise really good fight.

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