Comments on: Under construction: Matt Hughes’ H.I.T. Squad gym in Granite City takes shape (Pic)

By: danny

danny — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:49:43 +0000

looks like youve made alot ofriends these people are just jeolous they dont have nothing, matts been there an done it doing it tomorrow litchfield illinoise matts nieghbors to the west

By: THORAZINE

THORAZINE — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:58:44 +0000

[quote comment="285376"]Personally If I was a young fighter looking for a camp, Hughes would not be one of my top 10 choices. Not to discredit him as a fighter or as a camp, but I think he is a limited mma fighter and a terrible approach towards coaching. Him and Shamrock have to be by far the 2 worst coaches on the TUF show. He was a great fighter, I just think there are way better options out there and I could personally probably never be able to deal with his cocky, passive/aggresive personality. I would get pissed, I would say something, and then he would pound my face out…No thanks, I would much prefer other camps.

Put it to you this way if I had to choose between Team Serra or Team Hughes….it wouldnt even be close…Serra all the way.

If I had to choose between team Hughes and Team Franklin….rich all the way!

I could see the local people going to train there. he is probably their local Hero and they have limited options in that6 area… As for me, no thanks…that is not my cup of tea.

Matt Hughes/Pat Mletich = Cobra Cai do jo – Karate kid![/quote]

WELL SAID JOHN… I respect Matt Hughes as a fighter, but dislike him as a coach… If he has no expectations of his students as a fighter, he ignores them, if he has high expectations then he expects nothing less than a win, and if there’s a loss, he looks down on them… just not a great motivater among other things.

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:07:01 +0000

I bet they’re gonna charge an arm and a leg for membership. And then Hughes will proceed to rip off your remaining two limbs in training. Awesomeness.

By: john

john — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:10:42 +0000

[quote comment="285926"][quote comment="285396"]Yeah man, if you gonna coach you need a certain degree of patience. sometimes encouraging words go further than a punishing beat down. If Hughes was just to teach wrestling and submission,cool. He aint got a clue when it comes to striking[/quote]

Matt Pena who came from MFS is the striking instructor. I can’t beleive that everyone thinks that Matt will be coaching disabline and everyone that come in. Come on people, use your brains![/quote]

Matt Pena? Ray Longo?…..npt even close!

By: ToeLock

ToeLock — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:32:24 +0000

[quote comment="285351"]That mat space looks huge.[/quote]
Yeh and like the look of the cage wall that goes round it!!

Sick gym!

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:47:43 +0000

[quote comment="285633"]What is Matt going to teach this kids? Why does he need such a big place to teach…BREATH BREATH BREATH, YOU DOING GOOD!
I think he is kind of a dope![/quote]

Who’s the dope, you’re the one who got your Matt’s confused.

By: kitsunex

kitsunex — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:59:07 +0000

[quote comment="285633"]What is Matt going to teach this kids? Why does he need such a big place to teach…BREATH BREATH BREATH, YOU DOING GOOD!
I think he is kind of a dope![/quote]

wrong matt. you are thinking of Serra.. whom i agree is a worthless jackass

By: Djs3467

Djs3467 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:14:24 +0000

[quote comment="285396"]Yeah man, if you gonna coach you need a certain degree of patience. sometimes encouraging words go further than a punishing beat down. If Hughes was just to teach wrestling and submission,cool. He aint got a clue when it comes to striking[/quote]

Matt Pena who came from MFS is the striking instructor. I can’t beleive that everyone thinks that Matt will be coaching disabline and everyone that come in. Come on people, use your brains!

By: john

john — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:23:33 +0000

[quote comment="285830"][quote comment="285449"][quote comment="285396"]Yeah man, if you gonna coach you need a certain degree of patience. sometimes encouraging words go further than a punishing beat down. If Hughes was just to teach wrestling and submission,cool. He aint got a clue when it comes to striking[/quote]

U r right! who wants to learn striking from Matt Hughes? He has never shown any kind of clinch game. Randy evolved and added things to his arsenal. Hughes is the same old Hughes…get u on your back G n P and submission wrestling….Very limited.

Hughes is pretty good at passing the guard and has a wealth of knowledge to offer when it comes to the ground game and being in a big fight. But he is far from the well rounded martial artist![/quote]

That’s why camps have different coaches for different disciplines.

I love those of you who said you would rather train with Serra’s camp because Hughes is so one-dimensional…even with that logic, I can’t see why anyone would want to join Serra’s camp? To be taught striking by Pete Sell? To be taught BJJ by that guy who quit TUF after having his ass handed to him?

Face it people, Hughes has been a winner and he’s probably the BEST fighter in his weight class in the history of the sport. He’s consistent…can anyone say the same thing for Serra?[/quote]

No. I would want to train at Serra’s camp because he has arguably the best stand up coach in all of mma in Ray Longo…Matt is that you?

By: WADZ

WADZ — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:20:03 +0000

[quote comment="285449"][quote comment="285396"]Yeah man, if you gonna coach you need a certain degree of patience. sometimes encouraging words go further than a punishing beat down. If Hughes was just to teach wrestling and submission,cool. He aint got a clue when it comes to striking[/quote]

That’s why camps have different coaches for different disciplines.

Face it people, Hughes has been a winner and he’s probably the BEST fighter in his weight class in the history of the sport. He’s consistent…can anyone say the same thing for Serra?