Georges St. Pierre Retains Title At UFC 129

The entire Toronto closely watched the much awaited fight of their very own mixed martial arts legend Georges St. Pierre as he defends his welterweight title against Jake Shields. The latter has been undefeated in his last 15 fights and has been eyed as a great threat to St. Pierre.

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Shields is ranked 7th pound-for-pound fighter in the world by Sherdog, as well as the number 4 welterweight fighter. He defeated Martin Kampmann in UFC 121 in Anaheim,California October 23 of last year.

Their fight ended with a unanimous decision over Jake Shields as the judges scored 50-45, 48-47, 48-47 for St-Pierre. He proudly defended his much loved title that he has been holding since 2007. He kept the fight on his feet and managed to control the entire match in his control despite the eye injury that he obtained in the second round. St. Pierre ended the fight bloodying Shields’ nose with jabs and rattling his jaw with right crosses and a roundhouse kick.

He apologized to the fans who has been expecting a knockout. "I'm sorry for the fans," he said. "I wanted to make a knockout or a decision."

A co-main event also made UFC 129 a historic one when the Hall of Famer Randy Couture just had his last fight. He wasn't that successful though in ending his career victorious as Lyoto Machida knocked him out with a strong flying kick to the face at 1:05 in the first round. Fans continued giving him praise as he left the octagon.

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Nadal Grabs Seventh Victory at the Monte Carlo Open

Clay tournament has been dominated by the Spanish tennis legend Rafael Nadal for years and now he's up to getting his seventh victory at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Open. The much loved title has been on his possession since 2005 until this year.

Fellow Spaniard David Ferrer wasn't able to block his way this year as Nadal finished the game with the official score of 6-4, 7-5. "Rafa is incredible on clay. I mean, he's everywhere at the same time. He's the best player on clay in history," Ferrer told the tournament's official website. He last faced Nadal at the Rome Masters last year where he was defeated as well.

"It's really emotional and unbelievable for me," said Nadal. " To start the clay season like this is fantastic, but it is fantastic winning Monte Carlo another time. Probably is a tournament that in the category of ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments is the one that I feel more emotional when I am playing for the history of the tournament because here in 2003 everything started," he added.

It has been his first major win since October at the Japan Open and this recent victory just proved that he has been the dominating the clay tournament. It doesn't matter if he obtained blistered forehand at the of the game. What matters most is that he sealed in the win.

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