WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. -- If anyone can counsel Sage Northcutt on the highs and lows of the fight game, it's Matt Serra.
The first part of Serra's UFC career was a comedy of errors. There was the infamous spinning back fist knockout loss to Shonie Carter in the closing seconds of a bout he was dominating at UFC 31. At UFC 41, Serra was announced as the split decision winner over Din Thomas, only to find out later in the locker room there was a scorecard error and he had actually lost via split decision.