Former UFC Welterweight champion Matt “The Terror” Serra is just three months removed from his grudge match against fellow former champion Matt Hughes at UFC 98.
It was a three round battle in which Serra showcased his ever evolving skills yet despite a valiant effort the judges awarded the decision victory to Hughes.
Since the loss there have been several questions that have been asked about Serra’s future.
Some fans have speculated that the native of Long Island, NY will retire from the cage and focus more on his family and his schools. Other fans believe he will instead drop down to the lightweight division and work his way up to a rematch with B.J Penn.
In this exclusive interview Serra answers all of those questions and also talks about his brand new action figure from Round 5.
Mitch Ciccarelli: Well, first off let's talk about your new figurine from Round 5. What's it like having your own action figure? How do you think they did with the final design of it?
Matt Serra: Oh dude that is awesome let me tell you, I'm excited. They sent me my figurine and it's cool man, it's cool as hell. I love the design and it's really well made. You know I grew up on G.I Joe and stuff like that so to have your own figurine is just really cool, man. That's something that's going to stay with me, you know?
Mitch Ciccarelli: Oh, absolutely. Well what do you think it means for MMA in terms of the mainstream media for Round 5, Jakks Pacific, and other organizations to create a series of MMA fighter action figures?
Matt Serra: I think it's huge and it's amazing how far we've come, you know? And you look at the Round 5 figurines and also the video game [UFC 2009] Undisputed and it's just amazing. I've been in this since 2001 so to see how far its come is just awesome, man. I'm so happy to be a part of it.
Mitch Ciccarelli: Which is cooler, having your own action figure or having your own video game character?
Matt Serra: I'll tell you, both of them are awesome. I love the video game but the figurine will never get old. They'll keep making video games and they will keep getting better and hopefully I'll be in the new ones, you know? But as far as the figurine that will never get old, it makes you almost immortalized.
Mitch Ciccarelli: Did you get a chance to play UFC 2009 Undisputed? What did you think of it?
Matt Serra: Oh, I play that on a regular basis online on Xbox Live. I love it, I'm a gamer man. And most importantly it makes me look pretty good on there. I'm beating the crap out of people, I love it.
Mitch Ciccarelli: I just want to give you my late congratulations on becoming a father. You're first born Angelina was born back in February of this year. What's it like being a father?
Matt Serra: It's great, man. My daughter is six months old and it's great, man [being a dad]. I have fun and now she's really having fun, she's laughing, and she's got her own little personality and that's exciting, man. Me and my wife are really having a good time [being parents].
Mitch Ciccarelli: Awesome, man. Well do you think she will develop into a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu wizard like her dad someday?
Matt Serra: [Laughs] Well she's definitely going to be training because God knows all those little boys are going to be going after her and you know if anyone attacks my little girl they are going to be getting arm locked. She's going to be training at an early age for sure.
Mitch Ciccarelli: [Laughs] Nice, man. Are you guys planning on having more kids in the future or are you settling on having just the one child?
Matt Serra: My wife wants to try so I'm going to be getting at least three or four.
Mitch Ciccarelli: Cool, well let's talk about your fighting career for a little bit. Obviously you had a tough fight in your last bout against Matt Hughes. A fight where myself and others believed you had it won on points but the judges saw differently. What do you think was the reasoning behind the judge’s decision? Are they just biased against Italians?
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