Matt Serra secured his place in mixed martial arts history at UFC 69 on April 7, 2007, when he authored perhaps the greatest upset of all-time, put away Georges St. Pierre with punches and captured the undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight title before a stunned crowd of 15,269 at the Toyota Center in Houston.
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Renzo Gracie, Serra made his MMA debut in 1998 and pieced together an up-and-down career that saw him compile an 11-7 record. He won Season 4 of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series—he defeated Pete Spratt and Shonie Carter before edging Chris Lytle in the final—and went on to challenge St.