St-Pierre dominated Penn, then the lightweight titleholder, in a champion-versus-champion showdown at UFC 94 in January 2009. St. Pierre took Penn out of his comfort zone and laid a beating on him, landing 92 significant strikes to Penn’s 16. St-Pierre won the 170-pound title at UFC 65 in Sacramento in November 2006, stopping Hall-of-Famer Matt Hughes in the second round. “It taught me what it takes to become world champion,” St-Pierre said at the time. St-Pierre took Serra down four times and had a 42-3 edge in significant strikes before stopping him at 4:45 of the second round.

Source: thestar February 20, 2019 23:37 UTC