TUF4: Shonie Carter vs. Matt Serra

by: DarthMolen 1 year, 11 months, 3 weeks, 15 hours, 15 minutes ago

Release Date:

10/19/2006

Company:

UFC

Series:

The Ultimate Fighter

 

The episode started out with a brief recap of the Lytle / Thomas fight and quickly transitioned to the meat of the programming which was the two fighters. First they had the weigh in's. Shonie was styling and profiling with his turquoise blue jungle print speedo's and Matt was Matt. They then set up for their poses and of course Shonie had to stand in an open stance with one hand raised above his head and the other hand pointed at Matt with an open palm.

They then cut to Matt and Marc Laimon in their practice session and they are sniping at each other good. Matt takes off the kids gloves and really starts to lay into Marc. He is tired of Marc always having an opinion but never stepping into the octagon. He basically says "You are an expert swimmer that's never got in the pool." Matt Hughes then steps in and tries to stir the pile asking for the two to roll a little bit and Serra says that his Jiu Jitsu is fine and he doesn't need any help. Hughes pushes the button and talks about Gracie a little bit which opens up the floodgates from Matt Serra. He then lays into Marc after he talks disparagingly about Royce Gracie's loss. He essentially calls Laimon a coward for never getting in the ring even though he seems to have tons of opinions about other fighters in MMA. He also compares Marc to a fan that is behind the keyboard and such.

During this time, Shonie is causing all sorts of troubles at the house. He is Spray painting his bed blue and totally fuming up the place. The guys are fed up with his antics and decide to release some pent up hostilities. They come up with this brilliant idea of the "Phoney Carter Show". Jorge Rivera dresses up with a Bozo wig, nose, shoes, and speedo with a cup and then they go to the gym to mock the Serra / Carter fight that happened at UFC 31. HILARIOUS!!! I was rolling on the floor when they were clowning (pun intended) Shonie with Phoney.

Of course, we can't get enough of Shoney and they show him and Matt Serra reminiscing about their first fight 6 years ago. He's wearing a styling red outfit. Shonie then ends the sentiments with "There is some Ice Cream calling my name. I scream, You Scream.." and Matt echoes back "...we all scream for Ice Scream." Goofy really.

After that it's all business and this time the action is going to go 3 good rounds.

Round 1 starts off with Serra shooting in for the take down with a single leg grab. He is successful and Shonie tries to revers out of the pin but ends up giving his back to Matt. Matt jumps on without feet hooks and starts throwing massive hooks to the head. Shonie finally reverses out and gets up in the clinch with Matt. Serra gets a good right in and then follows up with some great knees but maintains the clinch.

Shonie capitalizes on Serra staying in the clinch by getting off a massive hip throw that sends Serra to the mat. Shonie then disengages and takes it back to standing. They clinch for a bit and then it's Serra's turn. He gets a good single inside leg trip to take Shonie down and promptly gets side mount. Serra continues to get some decent GNP in and even gets a nice shoulder shrug into Shonie's face. He gets full mount and Shonie immediately spins somehow and gets out and up. They both then clinch and start to throw some good knees.

Shonie circles and seems to be looking for the counter. He throws a decent sidekick in and when Serra goes to grab the leg, he immediately throws a spinning back fist that ends up a little too long but still rock Serra pretty good. Serra immediately goes in for the clinch. Shonie uses some knees to position Matt and then gets an awesome hip throw off some great foot work. Round 1 ends with Shonie winning based upon his two spectacular throws.

Round 2 is a little slower than 1. They circle for awhile. It appears that Carter is waiting for the counter and Serra is wary of the punch. Matt finally rushes in and gets a clinch. He starts throwing great knees. Serra then uses a great inside leg trip to take down Shonie. He has this weird scream that he does as he throws Shonie each time. He gets half guard and starts to throw massive elbows to Shonie's head. Shonie tries to reverse but Matt ends up taking his back but can't keep it because Carter comes out the back door. The round slows down a lot as they circe each other continually. It even provokes the referee to mention that some action is needed. They finally clinch again and Shonie gets a good right in. Matt Serra delivers a jumping side kick to the thigh right before the bell rings. Matt wins this round because he always seemed to be on top.

Round 3 starts with Shonie's corner admonishing him to get get busy and Serra's corner telling that he has it won if he can last these 5 minutes. Shonie starts the round with tentative kicks and jabs. Matt is on his bike and circling and Shonie is wary of the shoot so doesn't close too fast. Matt tries for a single leg but there is a good scramble with nobody getting anybody to the ground. There is finally a clinch with Matt getting an ackward inside single leg takedown. Serra then applies a liberal dose of GNP which Shonie has no answer for. Shonie eventually tries to reverse and Serra gets a back torso hug that then turns into a suplex. Matt can't hold Carter down. They both look gassed and circle warily. They stay in the clinch the rest of the time with a brief respite of ground fighting which Serra keeps his top position. The round finishes with Serra winning that round.

The judges issue an unanimous decision for Matt Serra.