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SPX
05-22-2013, 05:19 PM
As per MMA Junkie:

Ex-UFC champ Matt Serra is retired – barring fight in Madison Square Garden (http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/2013/05/ex-ufc-champ-matt-serra-is-retired-barring-fight-in-madison-square-garden)


Matt Serra. Yes, THE Matt Serra. That is, my ex-welterweight belt winning, GSP crushing, pasta eating, 7-7 in the UFC, 5'6" brother . . . has retired, so long as he can never get a fight at Madison Square Garden.

Whether by submission, decision or (T)KO, Matt Serra is, by all accounts, the man. He has been called many things: Legendary fighter. Unspeakably awesome coach. Enemy of Canada. But one could simply call him The Terror--his long-held nickname--for the gut-wrenching fear that opponents feel when they stand across from him in the cage.

Let us all take the day to honor Matt Serra for all he had given us -- for the highs, for the lows, for making GSP tap to strikes.

War Matt Serra. The man, the myth, the legend.


http://chicagosmma.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/matt_serra.jpg



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnCaqpoRhn0
Vandelay
05-22-2013, 11:20 PM
Go ahead and delete this thread. That was uncomfortable to read and I only made it two sentences in. X, for your own safety, let this obsession die.
SPX
05-23-2013, 12:10 AM
Go ahead and delete this thread. That was uncomfortable to read and I only made it two sentences in. X, for your own safety, let this obsession die.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfH9EXtIseo
Luke
05-23-2013, 12:26 AM
How does a highlight reel not include the GSP fight?
SPX
05-23-2013, 12:28 AM
Maybe it was made beforehand. All that footage is pretty old, but cool, I thought. I really haven't seen a lot of Serra's early stuff.
zY|
05-23-2013, 12:34 AM
Why would he have had a highlight reel before the GSP fight?
SPX
05-23-2013, 12:39 AM
Because he was awesome.

The GSP fight was really the beginning of the end of his career. He had fought plenty of guys who were highly ranked at the time early on. Even in the fights he lost he was thought to acquit himself quite well (such as the BJ Penn fight).
Luke
05-23-2013, 01:13 AM
Why would he have had a highlight reel before the GSP fight?


This is all kinds of fucked up. It would be like having a Tom Brady highlight reel before he ever won a Super Bowl
Mr. IWS
05-23-2013, 09:17 AM
Why would he have had a highlight reel before the GSP fight?

LOL, his biggest highlight back then, was Shonie Cartler tilt-a-whirl power smacking the guido out this nigga.
Luke
05-23-2013, 03:56 PM
Matt Serra said he won't return to the UFC unless MMA is at The Garden. The Olive Garden.

.......
SPX
05-23-2013, 05:54 PM
Dumb joke.
zY|
05-23-2013, 08:49 PM
you follow MMARoasted, eh?