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I sure as shit hope that Matt Serra beats the piss out of Georges St. Pierre again.

Now don't get me wrong... I'm an ultimate fan of GSP. I think that he is the ultimate when it comes to class and raw skill. As cheesy as it sounds, GSP just seems like the epitome of everything honorable and noble and he's always a treat to see fight.

But I still want Matt Serra to win on April 19th...

Why, you ask??

The biggest reason probably is because no matter how much everyone in the press is going to give fair and even coverage between the two fighters prior to April 19, everyone from the top on down secretly assumes that GSP is going to wipe the floor with Matt Serra, and that he will do it quickly and decisively. It's pretty much an absolute given in the masses' minds. This, of course makes Matt the huge underdog. Forget that GSP will have home-field advantage, forget that every single person attending the show that night will be cheering "GSP" from start to finish of the fight... Matt is an underdog because, face it, at least on tape from all previous events and based on W-L record, when placed side-by-side, GSP is much, MUCH better than Serra.

But all that was the case on their first encounter, and look how that turned out... and I don't know about anyone else, but when that fight started and Serra dropped GSP for the first time and started swinging towards the fences, I involuntarily jumped out of my couch and stared wide-eyed... My heart rate started going a million miles an hour, and I soaked in every second as if it was the absolute best fight I had EVER SEEN... It was a real, true-to-life Rocky movie in the making, and it was live, and it was really happening... The happiness and excitement (and utter shock) to see Serra get the belt placed around his waist was a true moment of joy for me. What's crazy is that I wasn't at all excited about the fight before it started, but by the end of it, I exstatic at what I had just been witness to. I couldn't believe my eyes, and it was awesome.

I was among the vast majority who assumed this would be an easy in-and-out win for GSP, and I had never felt so happy to be proven wrong. There is always something exciting about an underdog winning, and there's something outrageously exciting when the underdog wins in such a very decisive manner... Matt Serra became, in my head, a true-to-life Rocky in the flesh, a U.S. Hockey team upsetting the much-better-Soviets in the Olympics... It's one of those rare events in sports where you just can't help but stand up and clap and beam with pride for the winner, even if you are a fan of the team or player who just lost...

And let me say again, I'm a HUGE GSP fan...

But I truly am hoping Serra makes another upset happen on April 19, if only to be able to jump out of my seat again in wild eyed wonder thinking, "Holy shit, am I really seeing this happen??"

Good luck to you Matt Serra... Coming from one life-long underdog to another, I hope you have one more miracle up your sleeve for all of us to feel that pride, excitement and satisfaction once again!

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RN wrote:


Ruff an underdog? The facts are not in evidence, at least not during his tenure here on the board.

I think I prefer the old hedonistic soul searching Ruff who always infused a lot of drama in his activities in CR as reported on this board.

How's married life in the states?

Well, I'm on CRT talking about fighting and not about honey-bunnies, so it MUST mean that married life is keeping me happy!

Cheers to all

Ruffnutz

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I'll be watching this in SL. I'm pulling for GSP for two reasons ... 1) I think Serra is a jerk. 2) he's going to fight Hughs next more than likely and I don't think Hughs should get another shot at GSP after losing to him twice. Gsp needs some new competition.

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oh well......

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EVERYONE'S A ROCK STAR IN C.R.!!
"Just when I thought I was out... They pull me back in." -- Ruffnutz on trying to quit CRT

time to shave my balls