“I’m just healing up my elbow. Everything [Georges St. Pierre] did to me is fine, you know what I mean. That heals up in a few days, the black eyes. But I elbowed his head at the beginning of the fight when he took me down and I did something to my ulnar nerve. So I’m just resting that up, I can’t really roll or spar right now. But I’m staying in shape by jumping on the treadmill and whatnot, trying to not go nuts with the pasta, you know. But I should be all right. I’m getting it checked out some more but right now there’s still some numbness in my hand….. Let me tell you what’s next for Matt Serra. But since you said it… You know what? I’m gonna heal up my elbow and most likely be fighting Hughes, hopefully in the fall. That’s gonna be fun, people are going to look forward to that. And I feel like a winner already knowing I get to hit that guy.”
– Former welterweight champion Matt Serra talks to TheGarv.com about an elbow injury that he sustained in his loss to Georges St. Pierre at UFC 83: “Serra vs. St. Pierre 2″ back in April, as well as his looming showdown with Matt Hughes sometime later this year. Serra and Hughes — who are about as opposite as two people can get — were opposing coaches in The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 6 and were supposed to fight at UFC 79: “Nemesis” in December 2007. However, Serra had to withdraw because of a serious back injury. The pair has been yapping about getting in the Octagon together for more than a year … expect more of the same until this thing is settled.
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I hope Serra gets er done, but probably not.
I’ll bet my balls on the Terror!
I don’t care what anyone says this is still a great fight. It’s not just about the feud it’s about who loses their career.
i agree ..hopefully its serra!
Serra will not loose to Matt Hughes!
What ever happened to Nick Serra?
Nick the shit-talker Serra? He fought a few weeks ago and lost by DQ for not engaging.
Oh thats right, i forgot all about that! He kept pulling guard, and he wouldnt get off the mat and fight!
Remember guys,Serra’s don’t tap,they get counted out!
It will be a great fight. One which I think Serra will take, but if he keeps talking trash I’ll be rooting for Hughes.
I think Hughes carreer is done, if Serra loses he can always drop down to lightweight and try a fight there.
gotta go with hughes on this one .. they may be both past their primes but in the day serra would never have been the favorite and I dont see why it would be any different now.
The Terror’s still got heavy hands, so don’t count him out just yet…Hehe!!
send the chipmunk back to his tree (matt hughes back to his farm)
Hahaha!!Nice…
they’re both past their prime…. no can! DON’T make it happen!!!!
WRONG!!! I actually think Serra is better now, then he was when he was in his prime!
Hughes, on the other hand, is FINISHED!!
Serra via. 1st round TKO (Donkey Punch)!
That makes no sense. Prime = at your best. He can’t be past his prime and be better than ever.
It makes perfect sense to me. When we talk about Prime, we usually talk about the “PRIME age”. couture reached his prime recently IMO, but fighters are in their prime at the age of 30.
Fighters that get better as they age, are the minority, thats all I was trying to say!
It shouldnt call for a big debate1
Gotcha.
finallyyyyyyyy the ufcs releasing “the best of fight nights” dvd!!!!!!! 9/9/2008
hah good matchup i been waiting a long time i want hughes to win this one but i really hope serra return to his ground game this guy really have a great jiu jitsu he should use that and at the same time i will love to see a big slam of hughes like when he knock out carlos newton… mm old times
I put my money on Matt.
yups, although i don’t want it to happen…shit, i’ll give it up to matt.
I think Hughes crushes him and rides his tractor off into the sunset.
more like…. serra demolishing hughes, and sending him crying off to GSP’s camp.
lol. I don’t think the others got the joke Tabasco.
I got the joke, that is why I said Hughes.
haha…i know..i was like wtf?
i used to like serra til i got annoyed with his tough talk and “i deserve respect” whining. i wanna see hughes demolish serra and ride off into the sunset as a winner.
Serra is a joke, a fluke… never had a prime.. had 2 go to TUF to revive his career..got lucky vs GSP… hughes will stop the fight in the second…
And lucky against the other well schooled veterans he beat on his way to the TUF final where he beat a feisty Chris Lytle??? Give Serra his dues as a former belt holder and give Serra his dues as a far better bloke than Hughes. WAR Serra!!
thats exactly what i’ve been saying. chris lytle shoulda won that fight anyway. serra is the guy they should give to division gatekeepers to give them a win. and his best chance against hughes is fighting a matt hughes who doesnt want to fight anymore.. and even then hughes would still beat him.
I’ll give Serra his due in that Lytle fight.. He held Lytle against the cage and stomped his foot for three rounds. Wow!
I hope Hughes takes this one. I really think Hughes needs to go train in a different camp. Train with some really good guys. It seems to me he is traing with no-names and Robbie Lawler. Robbie is basically a brawler with some good kicks at 185. I wonder what Hughes could be like if he was to go train for awhile in a camp like Greg Jacksons? Couldn’t hurt, that’s for sure. I just want to see Hughes pick Serra up, walk half across the ring, and then slam him through the mat! I atleast want to see the old Hughes one more time before he hangs it up.
Yeah, Hughes going through the same training as Sherk and Lesnar might make him an animal again.
If Hughes goes back to Pat’s to prepare for this fight,he will win with ease.It be just like Gsp Serra 2 with Serra not being able to defend the td and taking a lot of punishment on the ground.
I pick Serra to pick apart Hughes. As ” John” mentioned in his post ” Serra is a better today then he was a few years ago..and the same can not be said for Hughes. With TUF 6 going down the way it did.. The UFC and Serra/Hughes have an obligation to the MMA world to fight.