Reality check: Hughes just got his ass kicked by GSP. GSP and Anderson Silva have nearly identical fighting styles.

Hughes really needs to talk this one over with the man upstairs.

Not only that, but didn’t ole Matt say he found it ‘disrespectful’ when a man goes into another mans weight class? I’m not saying I agree with him just remember what he said before the first BJ fight. Your a funny guy Matt.

Of course this is coming from a man who said he didn’t like people that came into the ring (GSP) after someone elses fight and run thier mouths. Yet the Iceman did it to Tito and you liked that just fine and even laughed about it. Your a funny guy Matt.

Matt needs to worry about GSP before he thinks about moving up in class. He won’t beat GSP, if anything the match will finsih faster and Matt will realise his chances of holding onto two belts at once just won’t happen anytime.

let him and GSP go up to 185 and GSP whoop Matt’s a@@ for the Middlweight title.

No hate from me…. Id love to see it, and really beleive that he could do it. GSP is gonna be tough to get passed, but he can do it.

yeah im with Luppers, GSP is more well rounded than Silva, but silva is better on the feet…if Matt can beat GSP he might as well try for silva (if silva still has the belt) just becuase of there styles, he might be able to ground and pound….not many of the top middleweights are ground and pound fighters…but GSP is a lot for matt to handle

GSP could do it, and well. I think Matt could go *down* a weight class with more sucess than he could if he goes up. I agree that he needs to focus on GSP first and then reevaluate.

What a thing to say. This guy lives in his own world. I kind of feel bad for him because he doesn’t even realize that it’s over.

Hughes decided to try and go toe to toe with GSP instead of focusing on his strengths. He has talked about wanting to KO guys for some time now. As I was watching the fight live, I was thinking, “He’s gonna try and do it! He’s gonna go T2T with GSP.” So, then I just waited for the KO to come, knowing it would be Hughes that got KTFO. I cant wait for this rematch, since I think Matt will go back to what he does best. After that, who knows, it’s anybody’s fight. I know I’m repeating what Dana said, but it’s exactly how I’ve felt all along.
Then will MH challenge for the middleweight title? We have no idea if Dana would even allow that, which I doubt he ever will.

Hughes has one loss in what? 3 years and the overall idea is that he cant be the fighter that he has been. This guy trains with Tim Sylvia, who said that Matt Hughes is the strongest man he has ever met (until he fights Couture..)
Im with MoreThenUFC.. Hughes tried to fight out of his style, and challenge GSP at what GSP does best. Will he make that mistake a second time? I hope not… But I do see even the ground game being difficult for Hughes. If Hughes can get GSP on the ground, I dont think you are gonna see much pounding but rather more wrestling. Hughes trains with the Gracies constantly in NYC, he wont be a throw around on the ground like any other 170lb fighter that Hughes has faced. But I guess we will see.

GSP is a total package, but Hughes is stronger, and a better wrestler. Ill bet on the ground game, but Hughes has to be much much more aggressive then he was in his last fight.

forget matt hughes diego sanchez will end his career when he gets his hands on him, however the interesting idea here is GSP going up to fight anderson silva! that would be a great showdown and maybe they could put both belts up?

Diego will beat Gsp and anyone else they put in front of him! Hughes is better off dropping to 155

I hope lytle beats matts ass

plus to boot dan henderson might come over spelling certain doom for hughes

and while im on the subject i dont know why everyone thinks anderson silva will keep that belt for longer than it takes swick to get a title shot

Matt Doesnt stand a chance in the 185 wieght class. I would love to see silva smash his face like he did Franklins. And Franklin will hold onto the belt for a long time and i dont see Swick ever be able to beat Silva. Swick is way overrated and Silva is the most underrated middle weight champion. He is easly the number 2 or three best pound for pound fighter in the ufc. And Swick isn’t even in the top 10.

Matt will get crushed, he may think he can do it because he met Gracie at a higher catch weight, but that was a circus attraction. But the reason I’m chiming in on this is because a couple of people are saying that Matt changed his style and tried to stand with GSP. He didn’t! He tried to take him down, use his ground game- and couldn’t! He was outclassed, and there is nothing he could do. He finally wasn’t fed an opponent (Trigg-twice, Joe Riggs, Gracie). The best competition he had in years was his rematch with BJ, and he was getting destroyed until BJ got hurt. He was marketed and made to look like a legend, and a lot of people have bought into it.

…say what you want about Hughes, but he can beat Diego’s a@@ any day of the year with one hand and a peg leg. Talk about over rated fighters (Diego “the wet dream” Sanchez).

I have to agree with everything “theCloser” thats the truth

Matt Hughes is done! 33? Retire in two years? How about now before you take anymore embarrassing beatings Matt! He must have watched the Silva Lutter fight and thought, “geez if Lutter can take him down, maybe I could too.” PLease try, Id love to see him take another loss. Lets face it, Hughes will never be the same fighter he was after St.Pierre. Jesus cant help you here old man, maybe its time to look into helping some starving kids in Africa, maybe doing a world vision taping or something, maybe losing to St.Pierre was Gods way of saying you need to like F@#$ off somewhere far away!

Jesse, dan henderson is a welterwight in pride, that equals a middleweight here…please oh please enough with the diego talk…how can you guys say matt is done…like some one said he lossed 1 fight in the last 3 years, and 1 fight in the 3 years before that…i think he went out of his gameplan after he rocked BJ with that uppercut, i think thats what went wrong in the GSP fight..but what do i know…matt is not done..the only welterwight that can beat him is GSP, but i believe he can beat GSp also

Seriously. Yes, it was a disappointing loss to GSP, but GSP is a great fighter. It doesn’t take anything away from Matt. He’s still one of the top fighters in the UFC and I think when he does retire, and hopefully not anytime soon, he will be remembered like a legend. (and to theCloser, you have a valid point, but I think he’s not a legend *yet*)

also on that list of matts victims, sherk, GSP, Sakarui, Bj Penn, Gono, Carlos Newton..thecloser should probably do more than name off some of the easier fights hes had.

Ohhh this is rather tasty….Lets try not get out of control here Jordan…..

Hughes needs to comeback down to place which i like to call PLANET EARTH…..Hughes’ style is so predictable, everybody’s aware of whats coming..some weak ass combination transition to take down…Sanchez said in an interview that his take downs are nothing special, the only thing that makes them effective is his strength…Hughes needs KO power, he barely puts any weight behind his punches. Tim Silvia says” Matts the strongest guy he’s ever met” They train in the same camp…HELLO, i’m sure Matt has a bunch of great things to say about Tim as well. When a fighter starts taking about retiring before he’s reached his glory or return to glory for that matter means; he’s isn’t hungry anymore, his life is beyond fighting. You know what? Good for him, honestly but don’t drag your fans through a bunch of disapointing fights until you finally realize it was over a long time ago. MMA has evolved to well rounded fighters, focusing one specific disapline only results in other areas suffering and it showed with GSP. Matt was too busy looking for a KO flash than to do what he’s notorius for, but even still, everybody who fights him knows what to expect, and until he learns to trade with devasting knock out power, he’s going to get picked apart by one-two combinations until the hammer gets dropped on him again.

haha what the hell does sanchez know about hughes’ takedowns…great source….and yes if tim sylvia trains with Hughes and sees the 175 pound man benching 500 pounds and squatiing 1000, he very well could be the strongest guy sylvia knows…youre not making any sense dude…i dont see how everyone thinks hes so washed up after one loss to an extremely tough guy, and then the same people are hyping diego like hes gods gifts mma…im confused

Haven’t you guys ever seen Rocky? [Don’t] count someone out too early. His record is something like 40-4 and he only has two losses in the last 20 something all being great competition.

Do you really think the most dominant welterweight champion of all time should just pack his bags after one loss to a truly gifted competitor who is the future of MMA? That’s a real warrior’s spirit, that shows a lot of heart and makes a lot of sense. Hmm, I just beat BJ Penn (i know the win was a little suspect) and two months later I fight GSP and don’t fight my fight and now that I lost i’m going to just crawl up into a hole and quit?? People today are such fairweather fans, I remember a year ago when people were putting Hughes on the list of top 3 best mma fighters of all time and now all the sudden he some washed up B level fighter. He’s not my favorite and I might even like GSP more but if anyone has the heart to find a way to win it’s Hughes.

Not only that but if you think Anderson Silva’s wrestling and takedown D are as good as GSP’s your crazy. That’s a deffinite hole in his game and I think Hughes would be a bad matchup for him because he’s deffinitely a better wrestler and GNPer then Lutter and Lutter almost finished him in that first round.

Jordan… you’re so right. Sylvia just said that cause Matt is his team mate… hold on here.. thoughts are coming into my mind.

Jesse’s interveiw w/ GSP.. ‘word association..’

Jesse Holland (UFCmania):Matt Hughes

GSP: Strong

Lemee guess, he was being nice?

Man, this blog really shows how overly opinionated a lot of ‘ufc’ fans are… with no real basis.
Will Hughes beat GSP? I don’t know…
Will Hughes beat Diego? I don’t know…
Will Hughes fight Teh Spida? I don’t think so

Stop being so ra-ra and be realistic here. This is a guy that has caused more people to switch weight classes then I can remember. Am I saying he is the end all? No… but Im saying that he is majorly underestimated by all of these posts..

fuck diego i think matt hughes would dominate him

were the hell have knockout and MR.MURDA been? Matt hughes has nothing on Diego. Hughes looked like a little bitch in his last fight, crying about false low blows, he new he was going to lose. I just dont like matt huges

MMA Dude, he has had some tough opponents, for that era. I simply listed his latest fights, and competition and the sport has evolved and passed a lot of Matt’s past opponents by ( just as I feel it has Matt). I’m not saying he isn’t talented and should just go retire because he lost a fight. He could be the guy to get past on the way to a title shot, but the new generation of complete mma fighters have exceeded what he can do, a wrestler who has tried to learn to strike and submit, as GSP has proven. And again, he is being set up to look good vs Chris Lytle. In all the talented division, why pick Lytle? So Hughes can win. What about the Karo fight that was supposed to happen? Wouldn’t that make more sense and be a bigger challenge if he is such a great fighter?

ok for every one that thinks matt hughes is done, let me remind you he has beated GSP before and he has lost his title and regained it before…matt hughes is not done, so dont be so quick to count him out…he has the ability to overcome and he has proven it. a rematch between GSP and Matt is inevitable.

thecloser,i dont know why Lytle, like i said before, that might just look good to your average fan, being he lossed a contreversial decision to Serra, and Serra is getting a title shot…as far as Karo goes, it wasnt that long ago that they had the fight scheduled and he was the one that backed out..not to mention Ficket took Karo to the limit, how is that more impressive than Lytle? Matt Hughes is the former champ, if someone wants to fight him they should call him out…its not like he has to drop on his knees and ask for a title shot like Hermes, and hes not the type of guy to get on Myspace and talk shit like Diego and Koscheck..everybodys booked becuase they all just called eachother out…hughes wanted to fight, and im sure Lytle wanted to also

Yeah Hughes is strong, i never denied that, and the only part of his abilities that I question is his striking which like it or not is part of MMA. The issue is that he stated himself that everytime he leaves for training it’s harder and harder for him to leave his familly and the fact that he’s talking about limiting his future makes one question his focus and determination. He gets rocked by strikes at 170, the puncehes are only going to get harder the heavier he fights and I don’t think his chin is going to be able to handle it. I could say though that Silva would have an extremely hard time fighting Matt cause it would be obvious that Matt wouldn’t even throw a punch unless he’s mounted Silva, which could very well happen…easilly…we’ve seen Matt throw people around over and over again, but we didn’t see it happen against BJ…Georges was taking down BJ with more authority and inside 3 rounds…everybody makes Hughes out to be some superman and that his strength isn’t comparable…Thats total Bullshit, and the ignorant are in for another reality check soon enough

MMA Dude, I respected your opinion, but the latest entry is hard to. Karo Parysian is not more impressive than Chris Lytle? Wow. And Karo did not back out of his fight with Hughes, he was forced to due to injury. And you saying that Chris Lytle was the only person available in that deep division to fight Hughes is, with respect, ridiculous. But I do totally agree with you on one thing, I’m also sure Matt Hughes really wanted this fight, because he knows he can probably win.

I think Matt can beat silva, i was not impressed with his fight against lutter at all, if lutter can take him down and do some ground and pound to silva, imagine what matt can do. I think GSP is by far a way better fighter then silva, i dont think hughes will beat gsp in their next fight, but i think matt can beat silva, hes not hard to take down and matt does the ground and pound just as good if not better then anyone else. Now as far as lytle and hughes, i dont think lytle has a chance, i mean if sera beat him, and sera is gonna get his ass kicked by gsp bad, even worse then gsp kicked matt’s ass lol Overall i think gsp will beat hughes again, i think hughes should fight silva and i think hughes will beat silva, i think gsp will stomp sera’s ass, and will be champ for long time to come, so matt’s best bet would be to try move up in weight and fight silva, but who knows maybe he will pull something out and beat gsp. Matt is a awesome fighter and awesome to watch.

I agree shrubby Chris Lytle has no chance in hell to be Matt Hughes. But it Silva fought Hughes that would be a tough one to call.

what Tyler? Can anyone tell me what he just said?

all these belts are in danger when henderson gets to the ufc

that’s true Alpha. I’m highly impressed that he’s never been knocked out before.

i think matt have to worrie about beating gsp and diego sanchez before talking about moving to another weight class.

yeah i agree rop122…

to matt hughes: simmer down little guy, just concentrate on GSP and if you win the belt back maybe ill let you fight for the middle weight belt. ok? ok.

matt could accomplish holding both belts if he sticks to the ground and pound and stop trying to be a boxer.

Matt will own GSP once he gets him on the ground. Diego would be a even battle I dont think one will cream another. Everyone that says this will be easy for diego just dislikes matt. Look at matts record. Look how dominating he is. He isnt a cake walk or a stroll around the park. To even go against anderson is insane for matt to think. Matt is perfect in his weight class and will do what he does best from now on. I’ll laugh at all you matt haters once you realize this

oh jordan you said gsp was taking down matt with more authority within 3 rounds….gsp tried to talk bj down in the first round and was denied and so was matt. In the second round within 1 minute matt got penn down and so did gsp. The only reason matt didn’t keep taking penn down was because he was already down, hughes dominated round 2 until penn got his back. Randy couture was saying hughes is getting out just before the bell rang at the end of round 2. Also if hughes wasn’t so damn strong I doubt penn would’ve injured himself going for his back and I believe he got tired out going for the submission. Hughes is a very difficult guy to submit mainly because hes so strong, I feel penn submitted him the first time because hughes was stunned from a punch. I believe hughes was trying to prove a point(foolishly) that he could stand with gsp, he’s probably the only person who thought he could. Hughes is lame on his feet and is far inferior to gsp ’s stand up, gsp is in my opinion by far the best on his feet. He has beautiful balance and foot work and looks more like an artist than a fighter out there. Some one mentioned earlier that the spider and gsp are similar fighters…..I definetly don’t agree. Gsp’s take down defense is top notch, the way he totally shut down sherk mr.take down. I still believe hughes is stronger than gsp and could be a big threat on the ground if he could take it there, and think eventually he’ll get the take down. I think hughes could take down silva with ease and think he has a good chance of beating him, I think gsp would be a tougher fight for hughes than the spider mainly because of gsp’s amazing take down defense. Over all though I think matt could beat the spider but I would be suprised if he beat gsp.

matt hughes is the man and will come back and will beat GSP and he will beat teh spida he has been so dominate that he thought he could beat everyone thrown at him now that he is hungry no1 can beat him he will take down both of them and whoop em i bet in one years time matt hughes will have both titles

that is crazy that the okami fight was not on air another reason i want to fight dana white