UFC 129 Fight Card: The Finished Fights of Georges St-Pierre the Finisher

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Statistically, UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre is a finisher.

Of his MMA-record 21 wins (against only two losses), he boasts of more finishes than decisions: 13 finishes (eight KOs and five subs) against eight decisions.

It’s premature to conclude that he has lost his finishing touch just because he settled for decision wins in his last three title defenses against Thiago Alves, Dan Hardy and Josh Koscheck respectively.

That would be akin to basketball fans dismissing the Miami Heat’s chances of advancing to the 2011 NBA playoffs, just because they lost five straight games in the regular season.

Well, guess where Lebron James and company are now.

Now let’s begin our review of St-Pierre’s 13 finished fights-from the earliest to the latest-prior to his attempt at a 14^th abbreviation at the expense of his challenger Jake Shields this coming Saturday night in UFC 129 at Toronto, Canada.

(Due to copyright restrictions, I am only able to post the pictures or the highlight videos of his last six finished opponents in the UFC, and not the videos of their fights versus St-Pierre in particular. All the rest, from the 13^th to the seventh, have videos of the subject fights via YouTube).

13) Ivan Menjivar, UCC 7: Bad Boyz

TKO (punches), 4:49 of Round 1, on January 25, 2002 in Canada.

This is St-Pierre’s professional MMA debut.

12) Justin Bruckmann, UCC 10: Battle for the Belts 2002

Submission (armbar), 3:54 of Round 1 (for the UCC Welterweight Championship), June 15, 2002, Canada.

 

11) Travis Galbraith, UCC 11: The Next Level

TKO (elbows), 2:03 of Round 1, October 11, 2002, Canada.

10) Thomas Denny, UCC 12: Adrenaline

TKO (cut), 4:45 of Round 2, January 25, 2003, Canada.

9) Pete Spratt, TKO 14: Road Warriors

Submission (rear naked choke), 3:40 of Round 1, November 29, 2003, Canada.

 

8) Jay Hieron, UFC 48: Payback

TKO (punches), 1:42 of Round 1, June 19, 2004, U.S. (Sorry, this is the only video of that UFC fight that could be "legally" posted here.)

 

 

7) Dave Strasser, TKO 19: Rage

Submission (kimura), 1:52 of Round 1, January 29, 2005, Canada.

 

6) Frank Trigg, UFC 54: Boiling Point

Frank Trigg

Submission (rear naked choke), 4:09 or Round 1, August 20, 2005, U.S.

5) Sean Sherk, UFC 56: Full Force

Sean Sherk

TKO (punches and elbows), 2:53 of Round 2, November 19, 2005, U.S.

4) Matt Hughes, UFC 65: Bad Intentions

Matt Hughes Tribute

TKO (head kick and punches), 1:25 of Round 2, November 18, 2006, U.S.

St-Pierre finally won the UFC Welterweight Title from Hughes.

With this win, he also avenged his earlier loss to Hughes (submission via armbar), when he first challenged the erstwhile champion back in UFC 50 on October 22, 2004.

3) Matt Hughes (again), UFC 79: Nemesis

Matt Hughes, UFC Hall of Famer and two-time Welterweight Champion.
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Submission (armbar), 4:54 of Round 2, December 29, 2007, U.S.

2) Matt Serra, UFC 83: Serra vs. St-Pierre 2

Matt Serra

TKO (knees to the body), 4:45 of Round 2, April 19, 2008, Canada.

Here he avenged his TKO loss (punches) to Serra and regained the title that the latter took away from him in their first fight in UFC 69 on April 7, 2007.

1) B.J. Penn, UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2

B.J. Penn Highlights

TKO (corner stoppage), 5:00 of Round 4 (surrendered before the start of the fifth and final round), January 31, 2009, U.S.

This is his last win by stoppage, and his fans will be delighted and critics silenced if the next finish will happen tomorrow night.

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