Georges St-Pierre reflects over Matt Serra loss; Says, “It was the most humiliating thing”


Georges St-Pierre reflects over Matt Serra loss; Says, “It was the most humiliating thing”

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Georges St-Pierre, the former UFC Welterweight king has only lost twice in his professional career. But according to him, the one he lost to Matt Serra was the “most humiliating” for him in his entire MMA career.

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GSP holds a record of 26-2 and is widely deemed as one of the greatest MMA fighters. Before his resignation as Welterweight champion, he had dominated all the great fighters in the division. These include Carlos Condit, B.J Penn, and Matt Hughes, often winning every round of his fights.

After St-Pierre won his first Welterweight title against Hughes in 2006, he was scheduled to face Matt Serra for his first title defense. Serra was considered a big underdog then and many considered it to just be a stepping stone for St-Pierre. Serra defied the odds and stopped “Rush” by first-round TKO.

St-Pierre over Matt Serra loss

“There is a saying that nothing can make you weaker than a victory, and it’s true. That’s what happened when I beat Matt Hughes,” St-Pierre told BT Sport. “My loss [against Serra] made me much stronger because I learned from it, but my victory weakened me. I was the new face of the UFC, I was young and I was the guy who just beat Matt Hughes. Everyone saw in me an aura of invincibility, and I started to believe in it.”

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“Nobody gave him a chance, including myself. I went there and he clipped me with a very good punch and I was never able to come back into the fight. I learned a big lesson again, it’s not always the best fighter that wins the fight, it’s the fighter that fights the best the night of the fight.”

However, as GSP said he learnt a lot from that fight, he recaptured and defended it nine times before leaving the division in 2013. He returned four years later but as a middleweight and defeated Michael Bisping to become the middleweight champion also.

Pierre believes that, the loss has made him what he is today. “It was the most humiliating thing in my career,” St-Pierre said. “I felt I let down everybody, even though it turned out to be a positive experience because it made me who I am today, a much better fighter and martial artist.”

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