UFC 68: Matt Hughes vs. Diego Sanchez?

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I think Matt Hughes is scared of St. Pierre. However, he may have screwed himself out of getting a title shot if he has to fight Sanchez. Right now Sanchez looks unbeatable. In my opinion though, Hughes shouldnt be fighting either one of them. Everyone else who loses their title has to work their way back up to the number one contender spot. Why should Matt be any different? Sanchez should have the next shot at St. Pierre. Then after Matt works his way up through the top two or three guys in the weight class then he should be given a shot at the current champ. That just seems logical to me.

I love how no one’s even acknowledging Matt Serra..GSP’s my man but lets see how he handles the hype first before Hughes’ gets his panties in a bunch…i do recall Dana smooching his ass after the B.J fight…

for those who dont know matt hughes has already stated that after his contract is up he may retire.he does not want to fight gsp again he is infact scared.he wants to fight diego and this fight will happen at ufc 68 if matt loses to diego he loses his shot at the title and diego walks out with the shot at gsp or matt serra(dont count him out just yet)these are not rumors they are confirmed facts.rich franklin will not fight mike swick (lucky for rich)florean will fight soloman.sylvia will fight vera(vera is leaving ufc for elite combat once ufc contract is up)
OH YEAH RAMPAGE WILL AVENGE HIS LOSS TO MRVIN EASTMAN AT UFC 67 HE HAS SIGNED A 2 FIGHT DEAL WITH ZUFFA.IT IS NOT LIKELY THAT HE WILL FIGHT CHUCK IN HIS FIRST TWO FIGHTS.

Hughes will fight Diego Sanchez next, but he will loose and retire because the era of Matt Hughes is over. The winner of Sanchez vs Pierre will be the next dominant welterweight. Matt Serra is great, but he is too small for a Pierre or Sanchez. I think Sanchez will be the first undefeated Champ at 170lbs and also shock the unbelievers with a KO of St. Pierre.

Diego The Real King of the Cage and Octagon at 170

If Hughes and Sanchez fight hughes will destroy Sanchez Hughes has fought the best welter weights in the world and Sanchez hardest test was Joe Riggs come on he’s a joke Matt Hughes defeated Riggs just as fast as sanchez defeated him just because it was by knock out and lets face it Joe Riggs is no Matt Hughes the fact is Diego has only fought second rate fighters Matt hughes is a two time chanpion he submitted gsp defeated bj penn and destroyed Royce Gracie and Carlos Newton twice Sanchez hasnt fought anyone that even compares to Matt Hughes. Hughes is too strong for diego and has way more experience than Sanchez. Sanchez is a good fighter but he hasnt been tested by a real champion like Matt Hughes I say Matt Hughes or gsp would destroy sanchez but we’ll see what happens.

if you watch the first newton hughes fight you would have seen that matt didnt slam newton and knock him out infact matt was in a triangle choke and passed out and dropped newton watch the fight close you will see.and if matt fought diego he probably would win for some reason whenever hughes has someone down he dont have to land but two or three punches before its done.matt hughes is a joke. diego has fought plenty of tough fighters nick diaz (ko’d lawler)koshcheck,alessio,karo(#7 welterwight in the world)mike guymon
no on can say diego hasnt earned his shot he has a better record than matt being undefeated and all he has put away every fighter sent his way you cant say the same for matt
how many fights have you seen where matt was moments away from losing and somehow he gets saved by the bell.MATT HUGHES IS THE JOKE

I think that when matt hughes slams diego and when he is knockout like newton and then the world well see that matt huges deserves a title shot and that when he fights gsp then makes him cry then every body can shut up.

Even if Carlos Newton did choke out Hughes with the triangle Matt Hughes was still the first one up and that doesnt matter if he did pass out of not because they faught a second time and Matt clearly beat him he punched Carlos in the face until it was stopped even if you say he didnt win the first fight with Carlos Newton he faught him again and clearly beat him I think Diego should fight Matt Hughes but even if he doesnt and he gets a title shot he has NO chance against gsp he would destroy Sanchez he has never faced a fighter like Matt Hughes of GSP Thats why I cant wait until one of them go against Diego the whole world that Diego isnt the best welter weight and he will get beaten.

Matt Hughes is by far the best!!!!!!!!!! Whoever does not know this a JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!

I totally agree with Karrie Matt Hughes is by far the best welter weight ever he will come back and defeat gsp in there rubber match the reason gsp defeated Hughes is Matt didnt play his game he is a wrestler he should of stuck to a solid game plan and found a way to get gsp to the ground and submit or ground and pound him.

Diego would smash Hughes. Hughes is not the best and he will take his loss to Diego and retire. Hughes cannot beat GSP or Penn or Diego. Hughes is old news and you people will see it this year!

2007 IS THE YEAR OF DIEGO “NIGHTMARE” SANCHEZ. HE IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT WELTERWEIGHT CHAMP. HUGHES NOR GSP CAN STOP DIEGO. DIEGO IS ON A MOMENTUM THAT WONT STOP.
LETS FACE IT HUGHES IS JUST A GREAT WRESTLER WITH HORRIBLE STRIKING AND GSP HAS DECENT JIUJITSU AND GOOD STRIKING. DIEGO IS THE BIGGER, FASTER, YOUNGER AND MORE SKILLED FIGHTER. LETS LOOK AT DIEGOS SKILLS: HE WAS A WRESTLING STATE CHAMPION AT 155LBS, HE HAS A BLACK BELT IN
GAIDOJITSU, AND HE IS ABU DHABI GRAPPLING CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER, HE IS A FORMER KING OF THE CAGE WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION, AND HE HAS WON MANY OTHER GRAPPLING CHAMPIONSHIPS.
DIEGOS STRIKING HAS IMPROVED AND HE KNOCKED OUT RIGGS.
LETS NOT FORGET HOW HE DOMINATED NICK DIAZ AND KARO PARISYAN. KARO WHO IS A OLYMPIC LEVEL JUDO GUY COULDNT EVEN KEEP DIEGO DOWN. JUST WATCH DIEGO WILL BE THE NEW CHAMPION THIS YEAR!!!
THE NIGHTMARE CONTINUES!!!!!!!

I AGREE DIEGO SANCHEZ IS TRULY A PHENOM. I THINK HE IS ONE OF THE BEST WELTERWEIGHTS IN THE WORLD I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM VS ST PIERRE BUT I THINK SANCHEZ WOULD LOSE THE FIGHT BY KNOCKOUT. ST PIERRE IS WAY TOO STRONG FOR ANY ONE IN HIS DIVISION I DONT SEE ANY ONE BEATING HIM EXCEPT JOSH KOSCHECK WHO HAS A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF TAKING HIM DOWN. BIG UP FIGHT FACTORY BRAP

I want this fight to happen. Diego is a little overrated and I want to see how he would react to a loss to Hughes (that is what will happen!) With the exception of Riggs, Diego has not shown any real dominance in any of his fights. I think people have to look past many of the c-lever fighters in TUF1

As far as GSP goes, though i hate to admit it, but i dont see him getting beat anytime soon. he’s young, determined, he is in rediculous shape, well rounded in skills, he’s got the length, the strength, and worst of all he’s very disciplined. Hughes is my all time favorite fighter, i think he is the best champion the ufc may ever see. A rematch between him and gsp will destroy him though. he is physiclly outmatched, and he’s screwed mentally from the last fight. there isnt anyone else at 170 that can fuck with’m though. Diego will get whooped on. He’s too young and too inexperienced, a great fighter he is, but first he’s gotta see Penn, which isnt happening cause i hear he’s dropping back down to 150 but that’s neither here nor there. Bottom line Hughes is going to train hard (he’s gotta get GSP down, cause he cant stand with’m), come back strong, beat diego, then retire after losing to GSP. he’ll have the belt for about 3 years, then he’ll be known as the greastest who’s only loss came from the great Matt Hughes.

oh yeah…JOSH KOSCHECK! beating GSP come on man. I don’t think Josh has even won a fight yet…nah. but yeah, i hate that fucking guy

Josh who? Koscheck>? Has he learned how to throw a punch yet? That F-head

WOW, the people on here kill me. Diego is the man right now, but I still don’t think that he will be favored over Hughes or GSP. Both of those guys are incredible, although Hughes may finally be on a downward slide. What about BJ Penn? I can’t believe people on this site are mentioning Karo and Josh friggin Koscheck as conteders over BJ? If BJ gets a little bit better conditioning and cardio, he will be the best welterweight fighter in the UFC.

Well we now know that Couture will be fighting Silvia and I certainly hope that Hughes will be fighting Diego Sanchez.

Hughes has a good chance of catching Sanchez in a rear naked choke or something, but one thing I have not heard mentioned here is just how fast Sanchez is. I think that a lot of the wins that Hughes has had were with slower opponents. Sanchez is an expert at positioning and is extremely quick at reversing takedowns etc. I predict he will ride Hughes back and wear him down. Sanchez will win by decision.

First off, Hughes was a good champion. With that being said he is the most boooooorin fighter to watch…….ever. It hurts my brain sitting down and watching his fights. His rain is over, that’s it that’s all. He cannot throw a punch. In MMA you need to be diverse and he is one-dimentional. He can only wrestle. Diego Sanchez has proven that he could win various ways. I honestly cannot say if Georges St. Pierre would dominate Sanchez. Diego seems the most hungry out of all of these fighters but St. Pierre is the more skilled of the 2.
Hands down BJ Penn is the most skilled fighter in the UFC but he does not seem to care much for fighting. He enjoys fighting but he is not as hungry and does not take it as seriously as gsp and sanchez.
Bottom line is Sanchez will defeat Hughes. G.S.P vs. Diego Sanchez. I’m 60/40 in G.S.P’s favor right now. IF BJ Penn got serious with his conditioning and focused he could go in there and beat any one of them.
That is my opinion and if you do not agree with it besides the fight prediction then you don’t know a thing about MMA.

I’m looking foward to the Diego/Matt fight more than anything. I know Diego has what it takes to beat Matt. I don’t want to take anything away from Matt because he is a great fighter. However, Diego is a well rounded fighter. I have never seen Diego lose his composure, and have yet to see him unleash his potential. What I mean by that is that he is consistant throughout his fights, and besides knocking out perysan’s tooth he hasn’t really been able to show the world how dangerous he really is. I do think Diego needs the Matt fight before he steps in the ring with GSP. Just because GSP is a more experienced fighter and he will win his first title defense match regardless of his opponent.

I gotta support a 505 brother. Im from albuquerque and sanchez is king. all the rest of you can go f**k yourselfs

Id love to see Diego fight Matt Hughs before St. Pierre just to set the stage for a real big fight if he can take Hughs out but id have to say thats a pretty tough task for him either way but im waitin

I think Mat Hughes and Diego Sanchez should go at it first in UFC 68 in Ohio. This would defenitely take Hughes out of the picture. As it should be due to him not performing at all as a champion in his previous 2 fights with St.Pierre and one with B.J.Penn.He was losing all three of those fights untill getting lucky with submissions on those first two. Whats the trick?? Survive untill your oponent gets tired?? SANCHEZ & ST.PIERRE ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT THE FUTURE OF THE 170 LB. DIVISION. Sanchez will be the new champ.

IZI & JUSTIN : RIGHT ON GUYS! YOU ARE ON THE MARK ABOUT BJ
By SunnY SantorO

Okay everyone…. Diego vs MATT

You guys can go on and on about this

But IZI and JUSTIN: read my blog on BJ under BJ PENN

I have been a UFC fan from the beginning!

If BJ PENN would get off his unmotviated but and work out straight for at least 1 year, he would crush Diego, Gsp, and Hughes

The last fight BJ had with GSP AND HUGHES

He was dominating them both adn boodied up their faces both in round 1

Then after that he was all gassed out and lost because he is not in the top physical shape that they are in.

BJ did amazing- almost submitting Hughes in round one

and his body is soft compared to Hughes and GSP

did you see the moves he showed us all in round one with Hughes… no one has ever showed that stuff, not even GSP or DIEGO

come on BJ get in top shape, make a big comeback adn show the world who you really are!!

Sincerely,

Sunny SantorO

Well, I think there have been some good comments and some silly ones. First I think GSP is going to beat Matt Serra. I can’t believe they are even fighting. As for Hughes and Sanchez. Sanchez does have a good chance to beat hughes because his striking and ground game are a bit better. Now as for those of you who say diego will beat GSP give your heads a shake. Diego is NOWHERE near the Striker that GSP is. Look at GSP’s wins they are as varied as MMA itself. Diego has what it takes to make it to the top, but he has to gain the level of expertise that GSP is becoming Pinnacle In. His Fight with Matt Hughes demonstrated his range of leg kicks, punches, and take down defence. Not to mention his ground control of someone who is equally strong. And as for those of you who don’t know, GSP is a Natural 185lbs, he is the most disciplined fighter in MMA. Lastly think of this, even if GSP did lose by some fluke cut. He would come back to destroy his opponent.

i think diego & gsp are the top 170lbs. both are well rounded. But i think gsp is @ the top of his game as diego still has a lot to improve in. Hughes can take diego down but once it gets there diego will have the advantage. Bj penn is the best fighter in the world but the only way ithink he’ll have great conditioning is at 155. Come 2008 Diego Sanchez welterwieght champion Penn light wieght champ

also look for randy couture to win the heavyweight belt! Tim Sylvia lost his killer instinct. Randy wins by tko in 2nd do to ground & pound.

Varlan knows his stuff! I agree! GSP is unstoppable, for now. But this is UFC people, even the best can make a mistake, slip or be caught off guard thats why we love UFC. It’s how that fighter comes back and rectifies his slip-up. Remember Vitors brief title reign as HW champ – catching Randy in the first 45 seconds with a fluke cut thats causes a stoppage. Randy came back as a true champion and took back his belt. Did Vitor come back for the belt, NO. You would think that when Randy retired, Vitor would have jumped at the chance to make a come back at the HW division. WHERE ARE YOU VITOR, CHICKEN &%#$! I was at the fight with Tito, and Vitor was winning that fight, until he got submitted.

man. nobody seems to understand the heart that hughes has. yes sdanchez is the real deal. he proved that with wins over karo and riggs. but too think he can hang with hughes, gsp or penn is ludicris. give sanchez a fight with jon fitch or josh burkmen. those would be great fights. he would beat burkman but i think fitch would stop diego. come on people to think diego is a champ already is crazy, if he can beat fitch give him bj. if he can beat bj then he deserves hughes or gsp/

(Hughs RANT)…I lost respect for the guy with his adsurd cracks about Canada. Obviously to be an MMA champ(now EX-champ) you don’t need to have a clue about world affairs or history: Canada, one of the most frequent participants in NATO, a major active force in Afghanistan with MBT,APC’s, artilery,and others, sent fighters,frigates,destroyers and a supply ship to Iraq (91), sent a squad of fighter-bombers and soldiers to Bosnia,major combatant in Korea, 3rd (maybe 4th?) largest allied navy in WW2 (…oh ya Canada didn’t wait until the war was half over to join),major force in WW1, the Boer War,and that little war hhhmmm what was it called again???? The war of 1812….Yah, that is the one where Canada repelled an invading US force and took some of US territory.Hhhmmmm I think that means we beat the US in armed combat. Canada, the home of hockey, the land that was a lot harsher to tame- no sunny California and tropical Florida breezes- then the US. To say Canadians have NO HEART, no fighting experience, makes me think Hughs has taken too many GSP pokes to the brain-bucket. You don’t see GSP (true champ with class) talking about the superpower falling like a stone in Iraq,losing to Vietnam, and comparing this to a national character. Grab some class Hughs…or at least read a book or a news paper (I am assuming you can read?)
 
Sanchez vs BJ Pen
if Sanchez wins
Sanchez vs Hughs
IF he wins…….
GSP def. Sanchez

I Think The Hughes/Sanchez fight will be incredible. And I would hardly call Karo Parysian, and Nick Diaz nobodys. Sanchez dominated both of those fights and has only gotten better. he’s easily a contender, but I agree he may not be at the level of Hughes and GSP. But reality is that he’s 25 years old, with 10 years of good fighting ahead of him there’s no doubt he will be champion , the only questions are how soon and for how long?

Hughes lost twice in over 20 fights to the divisions best striker ( gsp ) and the best submissionist ( penn ) both talented freaks and now he is useless?
 hughes Beat penn, gsp, trigg, gracie, newton, my god anyone who can beat these guy’s is going to get destroyed by sanchez?!@# Who the hell is sanchez? A very aggressive, not very talented incredibly lucky guy that’s who. A B fighter when Hughes, gsp and penn are A fighters. I seriously doubt he’ll get past koscheck in april anyway’s so I think he’ll have to wait to get his shot at hughes or gsp. I think all the band wagon jumpers are in for a shock in 2007. Everyone eventually has a bad night
and diego’s time is up as he fight’s higher up the welter weight ladder. I don’t think sanchez is any better than karo another B fighter who had a bad night. Bottom line sanchez isn’t in the same league as hughes, gsp or penn and I don’t think he deserves to fight them, there are a few other welter weight’s he should have to get through first.

Diego will ground and pound matts jaw to it right shape!!!
St. Pierre will be eating out of a straw if he fights diego basics!! However i’ll smash diego in ufc157

scott your a very funny guy LOL nuff said

I would have to agree with S. Santoro .. I am a huge GSP fan and i support him . But honestly i have to admit that B.J Penn is “skillwise” and entertainment factor the best weterweight.
I believe that if penn got really seriouse about fighting like the other top contenders, penn can realistically become champion.What penn needs to do is work on his strength and conditioning , and i think he would be in a class of his own ,, UNSTOPPABLE…

  GO GSP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think we all have to agree with ourselves that BJ Penn is not going to become some super training freak and that is why he will not beat GSP, I doubt they will even fight again. I love BJ because he has heart and major skills, but he isnt going to hone in on them. Unfortunately. As for Diego, his fight against Karo was not very Dominant: hence he won by decision. Karo and Diego are both “B” fighters right now. To be honest I actually liked Matt Hughes and Always have but his skills need much improving in order to keep up with the complex fighters that we are now beginning to see. Great Posts everyone, I’ve really enjoyed this blog.

heck i think GSP is scared of matt…he’s the one who canceled the fight and said he needed more time…idk…that’s jus my opinion, i like matt and diego, out of welterweight…

i think the reason matt lost against GSP was becuz he was tryin to box him. GSP has some good stand up thats all i can say. he should’ve wrestled him instead.

this is for everyone and especially for izi, MATT HUGHES IS #1 and i dont know if youll noticed that all the fighters in their 30s are the most dominant fighters out there, matt hughes is barely in his mid 30s. He will be back and whip anybodys ass

I believe that you retards who think Diego can beat Matt Hughes or George St. Pierre shouldn’t even be watching the UFC. Diego Sanchez is too cocky for his own good and “in over his head”. Sanchez has only fought no namers, especially in the KOTC. They are amateurs! And when he went in to the UFC it was basically the same. Most of his fights had to be called by the judges. His knockout against Joe Riggs was the only whoop-ass that he has performed. But Joe Riggs is a nobody. He holds a blue belt in Brazillian Jiu Jitsu. That’s a joke. The remainder of his opponents were B fighters. I mean why don’t you just stick Hulk Hogan in the octagon. No offense to the hulkster. Matt Hughes and George St. Pierre have fought the best in the business. If Matt Hughes or GSP actually fought Diego fans would become furious because they thought Diego would actually win or put up a good fight.

And another thing. Nathan is the only one in here who actually knows what he’s talking about. When Diego fights Koscheck he is going to suffer his first defeat in MMA. I don’t know why you people think he is the greatest soon to be welterweight fighter. Just because he is undefeated now doesn’t mean he will be in the future. I mean come on now a blue belt.

I’m gonna hold you to Kos beating Sanchez, Kyle. I personally find that funny as hell.

Diego is an idiot! He doesn’t have the brains or mentality to beat GSP.

Diego Sanchez is a monster and he will beat Matt Hughes, GUARANTEED.. Give him time and he wil be the champ.

PP THANKS FOR HAVING AN OPEN MIND.I THINNK YOUR SO!!!! RIGHT. TO THE HATERS ENVEE MAKES YOU BITTER. DIDNT YOUR MOTHER EVER TEACH YOU IF YOU DONT HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY DONT SAY ANYTHING AT ALL.

Bitches shut up. Here is the WORD. For GSP to lose, it will take a lucky punch or a lucky submission. He is by far the most together 170lb fighter in MMA. Sanchez is interesting to watch only because of his ignorance (it’s like watching Tyson fight, or more specifically watching the post fight interview) – he just doesn’t have the smarts. Hughes I also love to watch compete, but he’s another ignorant human being (of the redneck, guns, camo, bible-belt variety). Up-and-comers = I like Burkman.

koscheck will be champ in under a year

sanchez will not beat matt hughes and I am willing to puyt a high dollar ammount on that with anyone who thinks otherwise