Hell yeah he needs a confidence boost!! He was beat up by B.J. till B.J. fractured a rib. Abused by G.S.P. and thats what would happen if he fought Sanchez ( and maybe Karo) and it would be bye bye Matt. The ufc gets paid from matt fans cause he’s their country boy and alot of country people love the sport. So coddle little matt and make some more money off him. However the jig is up and Mr. Hughes is on his way out.

If I were Hughes I’d be embarassed to even take this fight.

At first I thought, WTF, then it sort of made sense to me. I think the fact that Lytle is a boxer and Hughes was owned by GSP’s stand-up game, I think the UFC thinks this could be interesting. Don’t get me wrong, I would much rather see a Diego:Hughes fight, but I think this is quite possible.

ok for one. tommy you are a faggot. for two. a confidence builder? u guys are fuckin idiots. we all know that gsp and matt r gonna fight again. woopidy doo that he takes a couple other fights. shit hes beat everyone else. diego has no chance and lytle has no chance. youll see and as for gsp, he scared of the rematch. u guys are fuckin idiots. matt aint goin nowhere.

Dude talk right or man up. (yr mom) I don’t like matt or his preppy act. Yes hes had impressive fights but he still an asshole and his whole little troop acted like assholes on tuff and got beat up for it. We are talking about a guy who was rude to Royce Gracie, and for what. Matt was far from a star when he came to the ufc and had to learn bjj to compete in the octagon. So why insult someone who helped pioneer our sport? Second I trully don’t believe matt can beat G.S.P. or Sanchez maybe not Karo and would love to see the rubber match with B.J. Penn. I’ve been a fan since 93 and have seen Every ufc so I feel I have some right to talk. I also believe for that matter ufc 68 is mostly a unimpressive card but Dana knows we will pay to see Randy come outta retirement alone. Now yr mom shut up with your faggot comments or man up.

Give some respect anyone with a 44-4 record is not a loser he has fought the best and beat the best. Matt in number one and he is far from finished. Everyone who has something to say about him is just hating I’m a fighter and i know the skills he has. GSP beat on him the last fight but everyone has to take a loss sometime. The record should do the taliing not a bunch of guys on here who have neer foughgt a fight in thier life. He beat BJ and did it impresssivaly no matter how you cut it. He gets no respect and thats a shame but keep on thinking what you want but you put your life on the line yoyr man hood and then talk

I live with my life on the line. I’ve been in over a hundred and fifty real fights. I can’t say I’m a professional fighter but I can say what heart is. I never said he was a loser I said he was a preppy jock. Tell you guys what though. Look me up if you want and we can talk about this in real life. Myspace in orlando, fl. under Victoria Lane.

First off Tommy i agree with you 100 percent Matt Hughes had some great fights in the past. Not taking anything away from that at all. But he is an ASSHOLE he is a AROGANT JOCK and a straight DICKHEAD. Aint no one ducking him shit BJ, GSP and DIEGO would all beat the crap out of him. And as for YR MOM grow up you sixteen year old little punk put the tube sock away and talk like a man not like a bitch. Everyone in here has the right to express there thoughts and because there not the same as your stupid ass doesnt mean you have to be a f@ckin retard.

hey Yr Mom, why the hell would G.S.P be scared to fight matt hughes after begging and begging for the last shot, and then humiliating him when the door shut? Dont get me wrong, matt hughes was a very dominating fighter but somehow i dont think G.S.P is scared. also for the record i think Diego would dominate matt!

Hughes I feel has about a 25% chance vs GSP. Getting GSP on the ground is not exactly a foolproof method to beating him. then again that could be said for Diego and BJ too. They have reasonable stand up not as good as GSP but good none the less and Ground wise, well Diego is more like Matt but in Really excellent shape. BJ well can pull anything out his butt at anytime.

All these rubber matches should be a minimum of a year and a half. Look GSP waited a while to get a rematch. Hughes can too, I would love to see him vs Diego, after he loses that one he would have to fight Karo.

I guess in this division everyone is my favorite fighter, they are all exciting and charismatic. I tend to root for the underdog or the villain alot…

I hate watching guys bad mouth each other just to drum up the ppv and then shake hands afterwards and hug. Or say “I really respect him” Blah Blah Blah. Tito and Matt, like everyone seem to be like that as of late.

Until there are celebrity Cage Fights make mine NHB Fighting.

I cant wait to see Joes vs Pros. Finally NHB fighting is being recognized as a sport.

Gsp would kill Matt again, and again….. I would love to see matt or Gsp, or anyone beat Diego! Matt may not be done, but done as champ if GSP has the belt!

This is an interesting topic. A lot of people here don’t know what they’re talking about though, and probably haven’t been following the UFC since the beginning. Matt Hughes is more accomplished than everyone is giving him any credit for. He won his first match at the Jeet Kune Do Challenge in 1998, overwhelming his opponent. Since then he has gone on to convincingly beat the biggest welterweight names in the world, Sakurai, Sean Sherk, Trigg twice, Joe Riggs, etc. Sure he’s had his share of bad luck, but George St. Pierre is not the only person to ever knock him out, and Matt Hughes has beaten everyone that has ever beaten him, including St. Pierre. I’m a big St. Pierre fan, and I think he’s the greates pound for pound fighter in the world, but to say that Diego Sanchez, or Parisyan are going to beat Matt Hughes is very funny to me. Diego Sanchez is lucky he got passed Alessio with his lack of effective offense. He is far from beating Matt or winning the welterweight title.

I would LOVE to see hughes fight sanchez because I hughes would kick his ass, as to all the sanchez nut huggers out there his 18 – 0 doesnt impress me. If I walked into a seniors complex it would be 100 – 0 if there were 100 of them. Not very impressive to say the least WHO you beat mean’s something if sanchez beat bj penn for instance I would jump onboard of the sanchez train. Hughes is no joke and I think lytle has next to no chance, the only guys who have a good chance of beating hughes are gsp and penn. I predict koscheck will beat sanchez in april much to all the sanchez nut huggers shock.

K first of all UM.. let me make this clear! I agree with Slick he said it best!!! heres wat I think… matt will come back even stronger theres a reason why hes called A PROFESSIONAL FIGHTER! GSP on the other is a good fighter im not goin to knock on him cause there is also a reason why he is A PROFESSIONAL FIGHTER but after a couple kicks in the balls your not gonna be guarding your face your gonna be guarding your nuts! GSP obviously needs to stop cheating, stop kicking, OR go train some more in Mauy thai to learn how to control his kicks! SO For half you guys arguing on here you just need to sit back and relax because there is a reason WHY… YOUR NOT A PROFESSIONAL FIGHTER!

some of you are the dumbest f…ckers, sanchez, beat hughes what a joke! you moreons dont like hughes because he is soo dominating! and as for royce gracie he talked trash about hughes and got punished for it! i cant believe they let him out of the old folks home to fight!!

matt hughes would bury chris lytle, karo parisiyan, and sanches. you fuckers are stupid. its not cuz hes a country boy, its cuz hes a proven ass kicker. look at the records dumb ass!!! ufc just wanted a new champ cuz matt defended it longer than anyone there. thats what happened. he needed a damn break. i pray he gets a shot at sanchez, who has my respect, but he will hang and probably win. bottom line, matt hughes is one of the best in the game……….

D-Rock you could’nt of said it better! Matt Hughes is definitely without a doubt the best in his weight class, and IS one of the BEST in the whole UFC..Chris Lytle doesn’t have a chance!! IF anything Lytle, should be thankful to even be fighting such a powerful fighter like Hughes. And as far as GSP..lets see if he could hold the Title for 4yrs like Hughes did!!

I would have to say that Georges St. Pierre is the best in that division. He got even better since the fight when he lost to Matt Hughes. He beat up on Hughes the second time. However Chris Lytle is not a match for Hughes. Matt Hughes will whoop him.

i didnt like matt hughes when he first entered the ufc. but u gotta give respect where respect is due if u dont like matt as a person thats ur problem and u dont even know what hes like at home what do what him to kiss all his opponets before a fight i agree he should not of said things about gracie and i was rooting for gracie to win matt hughes is one of the greatest fighters ever and u have to give respect where its due.

I don’t know about back in January but in late may Diego Sanchez has been showing a lot of improvement in his stand up. Diego is all ready a very good ground fighter and i would have to say his stand up has improved dramatically. i mean for gods sake did you see the the fight he had with Karo Parysian? yah Karo had some nice throws in there and a nice slam or two but Diego absolutely
destroyed him. Karo had cuts under both of his eyes that where bleeding real bad, a bloody nose, and not as we all know Diego knocked his freaking tooth out. i’m not saying Diego will go out there and destroy mad or anything but I’m definitely not ruling Diego out. i would say with most confidence that Diego would win.

oh yah when i said mad i meant Matt lol.