Georges Saint Pierre Vs Josh Koscheck, UFC 124 for the Welterweight Title, Odds, Fight Line Up

Georges Saint Pierre's next title defense will take place on December 11th, at 10PM EST against Josh Koscheck, in St Pierre's hometown at the Montreal Bell Centre for UFC 124. This is a much anticipated rematch between the two mma fighters. Their previous fight, UFC 74, was for the number one welterweight contender position, this fight is for the UFC welterweight championship, currently held be St Pierre.

St Pierre defeated Koscheck in their previous scrap on August 25, 2007. In that fight, many people predicted Koscheck would be better on the ground because he is a 4-time Division I NCAA All-American and NCAA wrestling champion, but George Saint Pierre totally dominated him on the ground; St Pierre was on top for most of the fight and stopped every one of Koscheck's takedown attempts.

The fighters have been opposing coaches on the 12th season of "The Ultimate Fighter" and the title bout will serve as the end of the season showdown of the coaches that follows the end of the TV show. All through the show, Koscheck poked and prodded St Pierre with rude remarks and trash talk.

"I'm so happy that I get to fight Josh Koscheck in front of my home crowd," St-Pierre said. "He was very disrespectful during the filming of The Ultimate Fighter and I didn't say a word. Now on December 11, I get to answer back with my fists. Last time I fought in Montreal, it was so loud the Octagon was shaking. I know the crowd will be even louder for this fight."

Since their last fight, Koscheck is 6-2 and has earned victories over Anthony Johnson, Dustin Hazelett, Chris Lytle and Paul Daley. His only 2 defeats in that span have come at the hands of Brazilian fighters Paulo Thiago and previous number one contender Thiago Alves, who St Pierre also beat in UFC 100.

"I'm excited about the fight," Koscheck said. "It's a big rematch for me and in life you don't get second chances that often so I plan on taking advantage of this second chance. I am training every aspect of the game and can't wait to go fight in December and bring that belt back to the States. I will put on a show like I always do."

George St Pierre is currently riding a seven-fight win streak beating UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes, BJ Penn, Jon Fitch, Matt Serra, Thiago Alves, Dan Hardy and Koscheck. Koscheck is a 3-1 underdog going in to this fight.

The full fight card is as follows:

Main Card:

Georges St-Pierre (20-2) vs. Josh Koscheck (15-4) Main Event (Welterweight Title Fight)

Stefan Struve (20-4) vs. Sean McCorkle (10-0)

Jim Miller (18-2) vs. Charles Oliveira (14-0)

Joe Stevenson (31-11) vs. Mac Danzig (19-8-1)

Thiago Alves (17-7) vs. John Howard (14-5)

Preliminary Card:

Mark Bocek (9-3) vs. Dustin Hazelett (12-6)

Jesse Bongfeldt (21-7) vs. Rafael Natal (12-3)

Pat Audinwood (9-1-1) vs. John Makdessi (7-0)

TJ Grant (16-4) vs. Ricardo Almeida (12-4)

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Georges Sotiropoulos vs. Joe Lauzon Results - Sotiropolous Defeats Lauzon By Kimura

The last time fans saw Joe Lauzon fight, he absolutely destroyed Gabe Ruediger on the undercard of an event that will always be remembered for Randy Couture's destruction of boxing champion James Toney.? That said, coming into their UFC 123 match up, George?Sotiropoulos was riding a two fight winning streak and feeling pretty good about it.?

In other words, it was a huge fight for two guys that were riding high.? And here's how it went down.

Lots of punching early on by both fighters, with Lauzon gaining a mild advantage due to some crisp right hands.? When?the Bostonian?came forward aggressively after nearly one minute had gone by,?Sotiropoulos went for a takedown unsuccessfully.? Lauzon then came forward aggressively again, this time connecting with strikes.? Along the way, the Aussie continued to try and counter with takedowns, but all that led to was a lot of Lauzon standing elbows.? After a rather uneventful period of time, Lauzon found himself on top of an opponent that was all too willing to go to the ground with him.? Several position changes ultimately resulted in Lauzon taking the top.? However,?Sotiropoulos turned things over on him and then took his back, before transitioning to side control.? Mild ground and pound led to a try at an armbar that failed, allowing Lauzon to take the top position and deliver some nice ground and pound of his own before the bell.

Good round.? Award it to Lauzon based on his superior striking and aggressiveness.

Sotiropoulos?started the second throwing punches to some avail.? Then the Australian fighter looked for another takedown unsuccessfully.? Upon separation,?Sotiropoulos really began teeing off, including some nice knees inside.? Then came a takedown by the Aussie, followed by him accessing the north-south position.??Sotiropoulos looked to transition to an armbar, realized it wasn't going to work, and took the north-south position again.? Then came a kimura attempt that came through for the Australian.? And that was that.

George Sotiropoulos defeats Joe Lauzon by kimura at 2:43 of round two.

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