When the Ultimate Fighting Championship attached a welterweight title shot to winning Season 4 of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series, the masses railed. Matt Serra shrugged.
Serra submitted Pete Spratt and took decisions from Shonie Carter and Chris Lytle to win the eight-man tournament. His prize: a date with welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre in the UFC 67 main event on April 7, 2007 at the Toyota Center in Houston. St. Pierre was a prohibitive favorite entering the cage -- and with good reason. In his prime, the Tristar Gym superstar was thought to be the closest thing mixed martial arts had to a perfect fighter.