Serra rips GSP for his remarks. - Fight Forum - MMA - UFC - Boxing - K1

Gygax · 05-16-2007, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Last week we (UFCMania.com) posted an audio clip from an interview featuring former UFC welterweight champion Georges “Rush” St. Pierre as he weighed in on his upset loss to Matt “The Terror” Serra at UFC 69 last month.

Usually the picture of class, GSP was uncharacteristically shallow in explaining his defeat. Not only did he claim to have still been injured, he also revealed that he trained for a paltry two weeks and was uncomfortable with his training camp. The pièce de résistance however, was St. Pierre’s claim that had the fight been against Matt Hughes, he would have pulled out because he was unprepared.

So it’s okay to fight Serra but not Hughes? You don’t have to be a Windtalker to decipher his real message, which I interpret as “A bad GSP is still better than a good Serra.” Not surprisingly, current UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra was not amused. I caught up with Matt earlier this morning to get his feedback on the GSP interview.

Here’s a snip from Matt Serra:

“Georges St. Pierre is a pathetic liar. He stood up after the fight like a man and admitted he got beat. Now this bull****? How do you do a total 180? It’s so disheartening. I earned this. I worked my friggin’ ass off for this fight. All I did was give him respect and now he wants to save face by ****ting on me? All I heard before the fight was how he was going to train like he never trained before and that he had to be absolutely perfect, and now he says he didn’t train. So which is it? Are you a liar now or a liar then? Everything is a cliché with this guy. Stop reading from the script for once and speak from the heart.

Don’t get me wrong, he’s a good, talented fighter but he got beat. I know it’s hard for his camp to believe that Superman lost, but he did. Now they want to say it’s because he wasn’t in shape? If he wasn’t in shape he wouldn’t have been able to go five rounds but he didn’t even last three minutes so I don’t want to hear it. Maybe it’s his entourage — he’s led around by a bunch of morons, well except for his kickboxing coach that guy gets it. But the rest of them they got him convinced he’s a God. He must be a mental midget, which makes us about even since I’m a physical midget. Hey what can I say, I wasn’t blessed with height.

Anyway, for a guy who preaches honor and character, he sure isn’t showing any. I miss the old GSP. I was just as big a fan of his as everyone else. Where is he? You know, that guy who was everything Matt Hughes wasn’t. That makes it even worse. We already knew Matt Hughes was an ******* but Georges was supposed to be one of the good guys. Now we see what he’s really made of. He was calling me his friend before the fight and now all of the sudden I was never anything more than an acquaintance. Well **** you, I don’t want to be your friend. Hit the road Frenchy.”

Harms · 05-16-2007, 01:30 PM

Serra is great. I become a fan of his more and more after every interview.

daveyxx · 05-16-2007, 01:30 PM

wow, i never really thought about what georges said that way. yeah he said he was gonna train and he'd be ready for any opponent, and after he said that he wasnt ready. give me a break.

GSPALLTHEWAY · 05-16-2007, 01:31 PM

lol oh boy.... tempers flare...
between serra, hughes and GSP now, they all hate each other... SOOOOOOOO many fights at 170 to see... nevermind kos, diego, or even BJ coming up later on

FightingIrish · 05-16-2007, 01:31 PM

wow......gsp did deserve it though he should not have said all that crap about serra and definitely should not have compared hughes to serra.

he has definitely changed the way most people are going to look at him, but i still hope that he comes back better and maybe gets that title back in the future.

Mutant · 05-16-2007, 01:34 PM

This is the first I have heard of GSP's comments. That really bums me out, I wonder why GSP is backpeddling now?

Anyways, props to Matt Serra, always full of colorful commentary!

Rush · 05-16-2007, 01:34 PM

Hmm... that is out of character for GSP. This is the first time I have seen this. He's probably just as surprised as everyone else was that he lost. Saying that he would have pulled out if it was Hughes and not Serra proves he underestimated him, bet he won't make that mistake again.

twigz · 05-16-2007, 01:36 PM

Quote:

He must be a mental midget, which makes us about even since I’m a physical midget. Hey what can I say, I wasn’t blessed with height.

Hahahaha! Thats some funny ****!!

yaiir · 05-16-2007, 01:36 PM

I totally agree with everything he said. Maybe GSP will face a bit of a backlash and wont talk like that again. Especially after how respectful Serra was to him.

Pitbull · 05-16-2007, 01:38 PM

I agree with Matt Serra.

GSP just should've said 'Hey I got beat.' Then, go home train harder, and put on a good show in your next fight. People will then be more willing to look past the upset.

HaVoK · 05-16-2007, 01:40 PM

I think GSP will learn after what he said, and this makes me love Serra more and more. Its funny I didn't really care for him on TUF 4, but now he seems like a great guy.

TaddT189 · 05-16-2007, 01:41 PM

Well either he is a liar or he is one of the dumbest fighters in the UFC. If he trained 2 weeks for this fight he didn't deserve to win. I'm starting to like Serra, which doesn't make sense b/c I'm also a Hughes fan. Serra just says it like it is, "If he wasn’t in shape he wouldn’t have been able to go five rounds but he didn’t even last three minutes so I don’t want to hear it." makes perfect sense to me.

Gooner · 05-16-2007, 01:55 PM

I've always liked both of these guys, but I gotta side with Serra here.

Not only does he own GSP, but he's funny while doing it.

earvinarp · 05-16-2007, 02:04 PM

"Hit the road Frenchy"? And Serra is the classy guy here?

GSP's comments on the fight were probably someone else's bad advice.

I am getting a bit tired of Serra's playing the victim all the time. He is as surprised as any of his defeat of GSP. I will bet money against anybody on the outcome of their next encounter as GSP should be able to beat Serra 9 out of every 10 times.

Folks, why don't you compare resumes and start making peace with the fact that Serra's victory was a result of chance?

Dana, make them fight again. After all Serra earned his title match by winning a tv show (with a split decision), not in the main events.

"Hit the road Frenchy"? That is what you wish, Serra. After all you can get lucky only once in a while.

MTKrav911 · 05-16-2007, 02:12 PM

Serras Nyork temper. Love it. HE's a great champ and made some valid points.

I like GSP, but can't help but think we've seen this before. In Vitor Belfort! All the talent in the world with Vitor, but injury after injury, pulling out of fight after fight with every excuse in the book? VItor quietly went away. And when he did try to come back? He wasn't the same Vitor.

I'm really sorry to say that about GSP, but I honestly think he's the re-incarnation of Vitor Belfort and if GSP doesent do something to drastically change how he conducts himself as a fighter? HE'll end up like Vitor!

And I disagree respectfully with the guy that said Serra's victory was the result of chance?

NOpe, it was the result of him with a damn good left hook and mount GNP that resulted from it and GSP not freakin keeping his hands up! The worst punch in the world, is the one you don't see coming. No matter who you are or think you are! There's nothing "chance" about that!

Pitbull · 05-16-2007, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by earvinarp

"Hit the road Frenchy"? And Serra is the classy guy here?

GSP's comments on the fight were probably someone else's bad advice.

I am getting a bit tired of Serra's playing the victim all the time. He is as surprised as any of his defeat of GSP. I will bet money against anybody on the outcome of their next encounter as GSP should be able to beat Serra 9 out of every 10 times.

Folks, why don't you compare resumes and start making peace with the fact that Serra's victory was a result of chance?

Dana, make them fight again. After all Serra earned his title match by fighting in a tv show, not in the main events.

What is Matt Serra supposed to say? GSP didn't give him the respect he felt he deserved. Matt comes off as a guy who will treat you in the same way you treat him. Maybe the 'frenchy' thing was a little much, but I wasn't offended. But I'm not French either.

Obviously GSP's record looks more impressive, but what does that have to do with anything? Your previous wins aren't going to make you invincible.

I think it would be safe to say that GSP would be the favorite in a future match. And people don't need to make peace with anything, because we all know that it was an upset victory. It may have been an upset victory, but a victory well-earned.

earvinarp · 05-16-2007, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTKrav911

Serras Nyork temper. Love it. HE's a great champ and made some valid points.

I like GSP, but can't help but think we've seen this before. In Vitor Belfort! All the talent in the world with Vitor, but injury after injury, pulling out of fight after fight with every excuse in the book? VItor quietly went away. And when he did try to come back? He wasn't the same Vitor.

I'm really sorry to say that about GSP, but I honestly think he's the re-incarnation of Vitor Belfort and if GSP doesent do something to drastically change how he conducts himself as a fighter? HE'll end up like Vitor!

I don't see it this way. Mainly because of cultural differences between those 2 guys. Buy, more importantly, why bring up something like this after someone as impressive as GSP loses a match? It sounds overly dramatic. He deserves, at least, the benefit of the doubt.

MTKrav911 · 05-16-2007, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by earvinarp

I don't see it this way. Mainly because of cultural differences between those 2 guys. Buy, more importantly, why bring up something like this after someone as impressive as GSP loses a match? It sounds overly dramatic. He deserves, at least, the benefit of the doubt.

NO, because GSP cancelled twice already main fighting events including one title defense due to apparent injuries.

That's unacceptable.

Pitbull · 05-16-2007, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by earvinarp

I don't see it this way. Mainly because of cultural differences between those 2 guys. Buy, more importantly, why bring up something like this after someone as impressive as GSP loses a match? It sounds overly dramatic. He deserves, at least, the benefit of the doubt.

Sorry, I'm not following this here. The cultural differences?

I don't think Matt Serra went out of his way to contact a media outlet to vent his frustrations. Someone asked him for a comment, and he responded honestly.

And sorry, who deserves the benefit of the doubt?

Normo · 05-16-2007, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by earvinarp

"Hit the road Frenchy"? And Serra is the classy guy here?

GSP's comments on the fight were probably someone else's bad advice.

I am getting a bit tired of Serra's playing the victim all the time. He is as surprised as any of his defeat of GSP. I will bet money against anybody on the outcome of their next encounter as GSP should be able to beat Serra 9 out of every 10 times.

Folks, why don't you compare resumes and start making peace with the fact that Serra's victory was a result of chance?

Dana, make them fight again. After all Serra earned his title match by winning a tv show (with a split decision), not in the main events.

"Hit the road Frenchy"? That is what you wish, Serra. After all you can get lucky only once in a while.

I will bet money Serra will win, the guy has heart and hes an awesome all round fighter, I said Serra would beat GSP in their first fight also. GSP should beat Serra 9/10 times, what world are you living in... Serra dominated GSP for 3 straight minutes and TKOed him.

Not many fights in the UFC are decided by chance its who is the best on the night like Serra was better than GSP, just like Gonzaga was better than Crocop on the night for whatever reason.

You say Serra got his chance from a tv show, he may well of done that but in that show he had to prove himself and fight, which he did, just like I bet 1 of the main reasons GSP got into the UFC was because he's Canadian so they can bring in more fans.

To the guy that said Serra is bad for saying "Hit the road Frenchy" what was he meant to say? Good luck and thanks for bad mouthing me??? Dont be daft.