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Serra denies loud crowd a factor in UFC 83 loss

If you were a Canadian fighter Saturday night at Bell Centre in Montreal, you could do no wrong.

And Montreal native Georges St. Pierre did everything right against Long Islander and defending UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra in the mixed martial arts bout.

St. Pierre, like many of the Canadian fighters on the UFC 83 card, was blanketed by the deafening cheers of his home crowd...

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