UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St Pierre will return to Montreal an even bigger star this week after a truly brilliant performance against Jon Fitch in the main event of UFC 87: Seek and Destroy. The amazing champion won a 5 round unanimous decision victory over Fitch tonight at the Target Center in Minneapolis, with scores 50-43, 50-44, 50-4.

 

St. Pierre opened up the right way, dominating the first round. He scored two takedowns and two knockdowns and had Fitch in big trouble at the end of the round. To Fitch's credit, he hung in there, much like Heath Herring simply didn't go unconscious from Brock Lesnar's brutality in the previous fight.  

 

The second round was a lot closer, as Fitch started showing the skills that made him such a noteworthy challenger to St Pierre, and actually drew blood as St Pierre still won the round but Fitch made an impression.

 

In the third round, St Pierre poured it on, and tried to finish Fitch, but simply couldn't put him away. That's not a knock on GSP, it's a real testament to Fitch, who just kept surviving this onslaught. Fitch even came on strong in the opening of the fourth round, busting open GSP's left eye. This of course only matched Fitch's left eye, which was practically swollen shut.

 

The fifth round was like a martial arts movie. St Pierre was showing off his skills, and Fitch was his tackling dummy. But don't read that as a knock of Fitch. How he survived this fight is anyone's guess. He is one tough opponent, and the punishment he took and kept fighting back against was nothing short of awe-inspiring.

 

GSP takes the victory, keeps the title.