Matt Serra on Friday confirmed to NBCSports.com that he will meet Georges St-Pierre for the Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight title when the UFC makes its Canadian debut in April in Montreal.

Serra defeated St-Pierre for the title in Houston in April of 2007. He had been scheduled to make his first defense of the belt against Matt Hughes at UFC 79 on Dec. 29, but a herniated disc forced him to withdraw from the bout.

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UFC 79: Nemesis
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV

FIGHT CARD:

• 170 lbs: Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre
• 205 lbs: Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva
• 205 lbs: Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Lyoto Machida
• 155 lbs: Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard
• 265 lbs: Sao Paleleivs. Eddie Sanchez
• 205 lbs: Luis Cane vs. James Irvin
• 155 lbs: Nate Mohr vs. Manny Gamburyan
• 185 lbs: Jordan Radev vs. Dean Lister
• 170 lbs: Roan Carneiro vs. Tony DeSouza
• 155 lbs: Mark Bocek vs. Doug Evans