EVENT - UFC 83: Serra vs. St. Pierre II

On April 19th, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will invade Montreal, Quebec's Bell Centre for UFC 83 "Serra vs. St. Pierre." This will be the first time the UFC has ever raised the octagon on Canadian soil.

It all began back at UFC 69, the odds seemed insurmountable for the challenger, his goal seemed unattainable to most MMA fans. The challenge, defeat the current UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre and capture the belt, this is what the challenger Matt "The Terror" Serra was facing.

At the time St. Pierre was at the top of the 170-pound division, and among the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world. He had taken out Matt Hughes, - the most dominant welterweight fighter ever - BJ Penn, Sean Sherk, and Frank Trigg just to name a few. St. Pierre was the overwhelming favorite to win against Serra.

Serra had other ideas however, he didn't just show up to be an easy mandatory title defense for St. Pierre. Serra came to win, and that's precisely what he did, beating the champ by TKO at 3:25 of the very first round. Creating by far the biggest upset of 2007.

One year later and the pair are set to dance again, this time from St. Pierre's home turf of Canada at UFC 83. St. Pierre is coming off two back to back wins over Matt Hughes and Josh Koscheck and has regained his status of being the top welterweight, belt or no belt. Serra holds the title but has spent the last year on the sidelines due to injury. Once again Serra is looked at by most as just the fall-guy for St. Pierre's return to championship standing.

Can Matt Serra shock the world once again, or will it play out as most expect it too, with Georges St. Pierre regaining the belt?

- UFC 83 FIGHT CARD -

Matt Serra vs. Georges St. Pierre

Rich Franklin vs. Travis Lutter

Nate Quarry vs. Kalib Starnes

Charles McCarthy vs. Michael Bisping

Mac Danzig vs. Mark Bocek

Joe Doerksen vs. Jason MacDonald

Jason Day vs. Alan Belcher

Ed Herman vs. Demian Maia

Rich Clementi vs. Sam Stout

Brad Morris vs. Cain Velasquez

Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Jonathan Goulet