St-Pierre’s welterweight title reign was over just 3:25 into the opening round of his first championship defense.
"Now it’s the humiliation. The biggest humiliation of my life," St-Pierre said. "Even the odds were like 11-to-1. It was crazy. It was one of the biggest upsets in UFC history, maybe the biggest one. I’m not too proud about it."
As much as St-Pierre takes the blame for not preparing or giving Serra the credit he deserved, he also pays homage to the New York native, who was likely bombarded with the same promotional hype but used it to his advantage.
"I give credit to Matt Serra because probably on his side, probably people used to tell him the same thing ‘oh you’re going to get killed’ and he didn’t care and he believed in himself and he beat me fair and square and it was just a great learning experience for me," St-Pierre said.