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Friday, 04/07/2006 3:59:59 PM

Friday, April 07, 2006 3:59:59 PM

Georges St. Pierre gets another crack at UFC welterweight belt at 15:15 on April 7, 2006, EST.

TORONTO (CP) - Canadian mixed martial arts fighter Georges St. Pierre is getting another shot at the UFC welterweight title.

Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White made the announcement Friday in a taped message during a Toronto appearance by the Montreal fighter and lightweights Mark Hominick and Sam Stout, who train out of London, Ont.

There is no date yet for the title fight, but St. Pierre expects it in the fall. Las Vegas is the likely site.

The championship bout will be St. Pierre's second crack at 170-pound champion Matt Hughes. The American defeated St. Pierre in UFC 50: The War of 04 in October 2004.

St. Pierre started well against Hughes in that fight but was forced to submit with one second remaining in the first round when the champion caught him in an armbar.

St. Pierre raised his MMA record to 12-1-0 when he scored a split decision over former champion B.J. Penn in March in Las Vegas in UFC 58: USA vs. Canada.

Hughes, whose record is 40-4-0, lost his welterweight title to Penn in UFC 46: Supernatural in January 2004. He won it back after Penn was stripped of the championship belt in a dispute with the UFC.

Hughes is slated to meet UFC legend Royce Gracie in UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie in a non-title fight on May 27 in Los Angeles.

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