Report: UFC 124: St-Pierre-Koscheck II to be held in Montreal
by Matt Bishop on Aug 30, 2010 5:35 PM EDT
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The UFC welterweight championship clash between Georges St-Pierre and Josh Koscheck will happen in Canada after all.
After some speculation that the UFC might wait for an early 2011 Toronto event to stage the fight or that the event might be held in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White told MMAFighting.com on Monday the show will take place Dec. 11 at Bell Centre in Montreal, St-Pierre's hometown.
St-Pierre and Koscheck first met at UFC 74 in August 2007, a fight won by St-Pierre by unanimous decision. Now, Koscheck has worked his way back to earn his first world title shot. The two are opposing coaches on the upcoming season of "The Ultimate Fighter" which will debut Sept. 15.
Koscheck earned his shot by beating Paul Daley by unanimous decision at UFC 113, also in Montreal, in May. He has won 6-of-8 fights since losing to St-Pierre.
St-Pierre is coming off the fourth defense of his welterweight title, a unanimous decision win against Dan Hardy at UFC 111. He has won seven straight fights.
Montreal's Bell Centre has hosted three UFC shows (UFC 83, UFC 97 and UFC 113), but only one (UFC 83) has featured St-Pierre. That night in April 2008, St-Pierre unified the welterweight title by defeating champion Matt Serra by second-round TKO, avenging an earlier loss.
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kosckeck should wear a bullet-proof vest to the cage
. I can’t imagine Koscheck is at all happy about this.
C’mon guy it’s still Canada we’re talking about; at worst he’ll get chased by a mob armed with hockey sticks.
"I don't care, hit him with your groin!"
Naw man, we're pretty easy going folk.
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by villin on Aug 30, 2010 10:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
It's not the people I'm worried about
It’s all the bear and caribou.
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I think you mean moose and beaver.
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by villin on Aug 31, 2010 1:03 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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