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MONTREAL – Welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre outpointed trash-talking Josh Koscheck on Saturday night at UFC 124, winning 50-45 on all three judges' cards in front of a UFC-record 23,152 fans at Bell  Centre . The 29-year-old Montrealer (21-2) carved up Koscheck's face with his jab and punished his legs with kicks in his fifth successful title defense. "I didn't reach my goal tonight. My goal was to take him out, but he was very tough," St-Pierre said. In the co-main event, 6-foot-11 Dutch heavyweight Stefan Struve stopped 6-foot-7 Sean McCorkle at 3:55 of the first round to improve to 10-1. Also, welterweight Thiago Alves won a unanimous decision over John Howard,  Mac  Danzig  knocked out Joe Stevenson, and Jim Miller upset rising lightweight star Charles Oliveira. Canadian fighters dominated the opening fights. John Makdessi and Sean Pierson won in their debuts, Jesse Bongfeldt had a draw in his first fight, and Mark Boceck also won. Makdessi unanimously...

UFC Welterweight Championship Georges St. Pierre (No. 1 WW, No. 2 PFP) vs. Josh Koscheck (No. 5 WW) Thiago Alves (No. 3 WW) vs. John Howard Jim Miller vs. Charles Oliveira Joe Stevenson vs. Mac Danzig Stefan Struve vs. Sean McCorkle Dan Miller vs. Joe Doerksen Ricardo Almeida vs. T.J. Grant Dustin Hazelett vs. Mark Bocek Matt Riddle vs. Sean Pierson Jesse Bongfeldt vs. Rafael Natal John Makdessi vs. Pat Audinwood

A savage, surgical attack from B.J. Penn wiped out Matt Hughes in less than half a minute. Penn split the air with a beautiful counter right hand that leveled Hughes and then finished off the hall of famer with four clean punches on the ground in the UFC 123 “Rampage vs. Machida” co-headliner Saturday at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich. Hughes met his demise 21 seconds into Round 1, as the trilogy between two of the sport’s fiercest rivals came to a decisive climax. “Matt, you’re my idol,” said Penn, who snapped a two-fight losing streak with a spectacular return to the welterweight division. “You will always be my idol. Thank you.” Hughes was never in the fight. The counter right from Penn put him on his back and it was over a few seconds later, the former welterweight champion teetering briefly near unconsciousness. “Well, he hit me hard,” said Hughes, whose 24 Octagon appearances rank first all time. “When I felt the hit, I thought it was a knee or a kick. It wa...