Before the event, I had my reservations. The undercard was poor, the main event was over hyped and at the end of the day, it was a PPV that didn't strike me as something special. UFC 83 certainly was a bag of emotions.

Speaking to a few people before the event, I discussed my problems with the card. Firstly, there was a number of fights that looked like they had the potential of being ridiculously one sided and I looked at the fight between Michael Bisping and Charles McCarthy as the biggest example of this. Secondly, I was surprised at the choice of fighters in particular positions on the card and some fighters, particularly Travis Lutter, didn't deserve to be so high up. Lastly, it would've surprised me hugely if anything big happened on this PPV. Simply, we were never going to see another moment such as Matt Serra knocking out Georges St. Pierre again. So why buy the PPV?

Luckily, in the UK, we didn't have to buy this event. The thought of having to pay for two, maybe three, good fights in one night was unbearable. It'll be interesting to see what the buyrate for this event was. Maybe I'm being harsh but I was left more than deflated than ever after the PPV.

Now to the fights. Mac Danzig defeated Mark Bocek in a good fight by submission. It was a good win for The Ultimate Fighter 6 winner and the sort of win that should set him up nicely for the rest of the year. It was the next fight, where Michael Bisping destroyed Charles McCarthy, that led the downfall of this event.

Bisping, as expected, was superb. I'm begging Dana White to give us Michael Bisping vs. Anderson Silva before the end of 2009. I can't see it happening this year, but next year looks good to go. Of course, Bisping needs to prove himself in this division, but if this victory was anything to go by then he is going to settle like a duck to water. McCarthy, was hugely disappointing, and offered nothing except an armbar submission to the fight. For all his talk, it was rather disappointing that this fight ended as quick as it did, and like so many other fights that night, I felt myself wanting to see more. McCarthy's shouting throughout the fight was embarassing and did nothing to convince me that he belonged on a PPV. McCarthy's retirement after this fight was a saving grace. Based on this performance, he was doomed as a PPV fighter.

The next fight stole all the headlines afterwards and quite rightly so. Nate Quarry defeated Kalib Starnes by a huge unanimous decision. Starnes, who was hugely criticised for backing off from Quarry, was later released from his UFC contract for one of the worst performances I have seen in the octagon. I questioned this fight before the event partly because it didn’t have that big time feel and was maybe a big step for both guys. Quarry is a good fighter and maybe deserved a place opening this event, but I always felt Starnes would’ve been better suited to the preliminary card. That’s not a knock out Starnes because I think he has the ability to be a very good Middleweight, but with a division boasting a deep number of fighters, I was surprised coming off a defeat to Alan Belcher that he was placed on the PPV part of this event.

The controvesy after the fight was expected. Dana White and Starnes have both argued their point about Starnes sudden release from his contract and the events of that night have been discussed by both men. It’s hard to say who was right and probably isn’t right for me to comment. Starnes has defeated two very good fighters in Chris Leben and Jason MacDonald in the past and there is no question that he is talented. My general feeling is however, that if anybody is fighting on PPV in their home country, then they should be throwing everything at their opponent. A fighter should never ever back off, injured or not. I looked to the example of Chuck Liddell, who fought “Rampage” Jackson with a torn quadricep, after Starnes comments. It’s that time of heart you need to succeed in the UFC.

The penultimate match of the night saw Rich Franklin take on Travis Lutter, with both fighters coming off defeats against Anderson Silva. Lutter, who many have yet to forgive for failing to make weight against “The Spider” at UFC 67, looked out of his league immediately. Again, I fail to understand the placement of this fight on the card. Lutter, who now has a 4-4 MMA record since the end of 2005, isn’t a fantastic fighter. Infact, in terms of the Middleweight division, he is one of the last guys I would’ve given Franklin and like Quarry, he should’ve been near the bottom of this card rather than one of the main guys on the PPV. For Franklin, a match with either Dan Henderson or Yushin Okami looks possible, which should set all three men up for the unbelievable task of dethroning Anderson Silva of the Middleweight title.

The main event saw Matt Serra against Georges St. Pierre. Before the fight, I predicted a St. Pierre win, in the second round by knockout. Thankfully, I was right. St. Pierre, who I often feel is over hyped as one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world, looked impressive. It was unfortunate for Serra who was up against it all after returning from injury. It was weird main event because I think everybody expected St. Pierre to win and being in his hometown, he had to give the performance of his life. That he did, and he became the new Welterweight champion. It was simple as that. The question at the minute is, should St. Pierre now go on and fight Anderson Silva? Not a chance. I’ll be majorly disappointed if it does, partly because I think Silva would destroy St. Pierre and I’d rather see St. Pierre stay in this division and face the winner of Thiago Alves and Matt Hughes fight or maybe even come up against Jon Fitch. For Serra, many are debating where he will go. I can see Serra going up against guys like Chris Wilson and maybe Josh Koshcheck before facing somebody like Jon Fitch. Serra needs to work his way back up the division again. A re-match against St. Pierre is possible but would do nothing for Serra and the division in my opinion. A good fight in the main event of UFC 83 for an otherwise disappointing card.

Dana White will learn from this mistake. The Canadian fans deserved maybe two or three more suited fighters on the card. Here’s hoping UFC 84 comes off much better. With one of the most anticipated main events in recent times, it should be a classic. Unfortunately, it won’t even need to be good to beat this month’s very poor effort by the UFC.