Upsets are a natural part of any sport and they seem to happen all the time, but they never fail to shock when they actually happen. On Saturday night in Houston, Texas former 155-pound competitor, Matt The Terror Serra pulled off one of the biggest upsets in mixed martial arts history winning the UFC welterweight championship when he defeated former champion, Georges Rush St. Pierre by TKO in the first round.





Just about everyone said that Serra had little to no shot in this fight with St. Pierre, but that never phased the New York native as he came out strong in the opening of the fight and showed that he would not back down in the face of the #1 welterweight fighter in the world. Serra looked to work his stand-up against the champion early on. St. Pierre in turn threw multiple high kicks against his much shorter opponent, but landed few.





Serra bobbed and weaved showing his much improved boxing. After a few exchanges, the winner of the Ultimate Fighter Season 4 landed a shot that staggered St. Pierre, sending him backwards against the cage. As the crowd in the Toyota Center stood up in disbelief, Serra shot in and unloaded punch after punch as he refused to let St. Pierre have any time to recover.





Eventually, Serra put St. Pierre on his back where he continued to reign down punches and elbows until referee Big John McCarthy stepped in to stop the fight.









With the stoppage, Matt Serra becomes the new UFC welterweight champion by defeating a fighter widely seen as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the sport in Georges St. Pierre. (On an interesting side note, former champion Matt Hughes was seen in the crowd, smiling and cheering Serras win, most likely a happy man that he wont have to face St. Pierre again right away.)

Article By: Primetyme