Matt “the Terror” Serra
FCF Profile of Matt "The Terror" Serra By Tom DeFazio Name: Matt Serra Nickname: "The Terror" Height: 5’6 1/2" Fighting weight range: 168-170 lbs. Age: 26 Originally from: East Meadow, NY Mixed Martial Arts record: 9/0 Black belt under Renzo Gracie Titles/awards won:
Matt, Renzo Gracie’s first American black belt, is currently over in Abu Dhabi competing in the ADCC World Submission Wrestling Championship. In addition to competing with some of the best submission fighters in the world at ADCC, Matt is making his big time debut in MMA. This has been a long time coming, he’s paid his dues along the way in the local shows and now, after a number of disappointments with proposed fights in the WEF & Pride, he is set to face Shonie Carter in UFC 31 on May 4th in Atlantic City. I spoke to Matt before he left for Abu Dhabi and asked him about his upcoming bout against Shonie… I’m psyched bro! This is the big show…especially now with the new owners, the show is looking like it’s gonna be the best show out there, you know? So I’m really psyched…I’m just looking forward to fighting…I really love to fight. But this will be my first time in the Octagon…this is really where it all started, as far as in the U.S. The UFC is the biggest thing, people who know nothing about martial arts…you bring up other events, they won’t know what the hell you’re talking about, but if you say "the Ultimate Fighting Championships," they know exactly what you’re talking about. It is the World Series of Mixed Martial Arts, and it better get ready for Matty S.!
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Warriors Challenge XII Results IFC Super Heavyweight World Championship Gan McGee defeats Rocky Batastini by TKO roughly three-minutes into the first round. McGee retains his title. Sam Sotello defeats Paul Buentello by tapout from strikes to the body with less than a minute remaining in a four-minute overtime period. Joey Villasenor defeats Eddy Rolon by TKO/referee stoppage from a cut late into round one. Steve Heath defeats Phil Bensminger by heel hook roughly four-minutes into round one. David Padilla defeats Ty Alcorn by TKO/referee stoppage from strikes early into round one. Cruz Gomez defeats Josh Hernandez by arm-bar just after one-minute into round one. Abram defeats Andy Martin by triangle choke just under one-minute into round one. Mike Jonet defeats Willie Solorio by rear naked choke roughly 50-seconds into round one. Middleweight Tournament Eliminator Fight I Middleweight Tournament Eliminator Fight II Asche wins tournament be default because Walker could not continue. Scott Gohde defeats Darren Holtzclaw by tapout from strikes around the six-minute mark of round one. Victor Estrada defeats Keith Guaglianone by heel hook under two-minutes into round one. Caleb Mitchell defeats Lincoln Tyler by arm-bar with roughly 20-seconds to go in round two. Thanks to Sean Shelby for the results. Coverage of the event will be in the next issue of FCFighter. |
Pan-American Results By Elton Sasaki Black Belt – Preta: Super Feather – Pluma Feather – Pena Light – Leve Middle – Médio Middle Heavy – Meio-Pesado Heavy – Pesado Super Heavy – Super Pesado Extra Heavy – Pesadíssimo Absolute – Absoluto |
From the event’s promoter: International Free Fight League Presents Southern Impact II Southern Impact II April 13, 2001 Promoter: Rob Braniff The Brick House Hattiesburg, Mississippi 206 New Orleans St. 601-584-6393 $12.00 at the door NHB Matches David Benefield vs. Chris Gates Aaron Williams vs. Marc Knowles Aaron Benard vs. Vincin Salvador Michael Kinslow vs. TBA Lee Coates vs. Grady Hurley Brent Toon vs. James Wakefield Super Fight Submission Match Mike Gallo (IFC Veteran) vs. David Ferguson (Danger Zone Veteran) |
From the event’s promoter: Latest Official PANCRASE Ranking (as of April 12, 2001) Open-weight the 9th K.O.P. Semmy Schilt(Holland/Golden Glory) #1 Yuki Kondo(Pancrase Tokyo) #2 Kiuma Kunioku(Pancrase Yokohama) #3 KEI Yamamiya(Pancrase Tokyo) #4 Yoshiki Takahashi(Pancrase Tokyo) #5 Sanae Kikuta(Pancrase GRABAKA) #6 Osami Shibuya(Pancrase Yokohama) #7 Jason DeLucia(U.S.A./Pancrase Hybrid Budokan) #8 Katsuhisa Fujii(freelance) #9 vacant #10 vacant Light-heavyweight(177lbs.under 199lbs.) the 1st K.O.P. vacant #1 Yuki Kondo(Pancrase Tokyo) #2 Sanae Kikuta(Pancrase GRABAKA) #3 PAULO FILHO(Brazil/Brazilian Top Team) *NEW! #4 Ikuhisa Minowa(Pancrase Yokohama) #5 Omar Bouiche(Sweden/Mixed Martial Arts Stockholm) #6 Brian Gassaway(U.S.A./AIKI Training Hall) #7 MITSUYOSHI SATO(Pancrase GRABAKA) *NEW! #8 Kosei Kubota(Pancrase Yokohama) #9 Daisuke Ishii(Pancrase Tokyo) #10 vacant Middleweight(under 177lbs.) the 1st K.O.P. Nathan Marquardt(U.S.A./Colorado Stars) #1 Shonie Carter(U.S.A./AIKI Training Hall) #2 Kiuma Kunioku(Pancrase Yokohama) #3 Chris Lytle(U.S.A./I.F. Academy) #4 Genki Sudo(freelance) *left GRABAKA #5 vacant #6 vacant #7 vacant #8 vacant #9 vacant #10 vacant |