Matt Hughes talks Chris Lytle UFC 68 win

I’ll give him credit if he starts pounding people but I think hes just in it for the money at this point.Everything he says seems to signal that hes had enough of the spotlight.

i dont think hughes has lossed anything, i just think lytle is underestimated..hes a tough dude and its hard for anyone to stop him

It’s great that he went to the ground, but to attempt a submission on a fresh opponent? First of all, I’m sure Lytle could feel that armbar coming a mile away and he wasn’t tired so he was able to fight it. Second, Hughes kept going for the same armbar. Did he really think that Lytle wouldn’t know it was coming each time? Lytle was never in the position Hughes needed to pull that armbar off.

Next time, ground and pound to wear him down! There were times Matt had him secure enough to get in a few hits and if he had taken advantage of that, I think he could’ve gotten the armbar secured with less resistance.

I feel sorry for Chris espescialy in that last round, if it was any other referee the fight would have been stood up a lot more times than it was, when there was no real advantage on the ground. You could hear the crowd and even Lytle was looking up at the referee to stand it up, when he had Hughes in a clinch, but this idiot was on another planet. Maybe Dana made sure that was the case to guarantee a St Piere money fight. The way he fought though not only would St Piere and Diego have beaten him, but Karo would have as well.

Did anyone notice that physically matt hughes looks alot skinnier than he used to? I mean he looks like all his muscle tone is gone. maybe thats why hes not dominting people like lytle.

Ade

I agree: that fight should have been stood-up in the third round. Lytle deserves credit for hanging tough, and I want to see him fight again.

Too many funny cigarettes, IMO. Matt has been figured out. He needs to add to his arsenal, not disband whatever other skill he had. At best he’s an upgraded version of Tank Abbott, Tank 2.0.

As much as I dislike Matt Hughes, i wouldn’t deny that he’s good shape. Unfortunately I believe the welterweight division has his ticket. Matt can’t stand up anymore and everybody’s expecting that. The people that keep him on his feet will dominate. Matts not tough enough to survive a fight on his feet.

Hes not swoll like he was back in the day

GSP might just kill him (like 6 feet under) if they fight next

I’m just hoping that the next fight wouldn’t be a decision. I want it to end. If its KO or GNP, make it a highlight reel worthy.

lol, surround the ring with barbwires and fire if you must.

I think Matt has an issue with confidence, whether it’s due to lack of motivation, training or just questioning his own desire. I wouldn’t be surprised if he retires or at least takes a layoff. He has the skills to be in the octagon against anyone, but the game is mostly mental and he’s not Matt Hughes in his head.

As for the Tank Abbott 2.0 reference?! WHAT!? Tank was purely standup, no wrestling or submission skills of any note and and he very questionable training. Jeez, I won’t even go on with all of the obvious things that are wrong about that statement. Just leave that ridiculous thought at home.

Note on Tank:
This is the third generation of MMA fighters coming up and the downslope of the second generation. Guys like Abbott deserve respect as pioneers, but Tank was a “tough guy” competitor who fought underground like Kimbo but with no internet and who mercilessly got passed by. And I mean mercilessly.

http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/tank+abbott/video/xegzo_tank-abbott-vs-pedro-101698

He fights some unknown in this one.
Well, unknown at the time……..and he’s coming BACK!!! Woohoo! To where I dont know yet, I dont care, he’s coming BACK!

For all of you doubting Matt Hughes and his heart and ability, take note; he will reclaim his championship belt the next time he fights GSP. Hughes has that rarist of qualities, a champions heart, and he will find a way to beat GSP, whis is to be sure, a truly great fighter.

Hughes played it safe against Lytle so that he could come away with the easy win unijured, and continue his preparation for GSP. Personally, I think it is a disgrace that the UFC is making Hughes fight other guys before getting a rematch. He is the greatest welter weight of all time, and he deserves an immediate rematch. That being said, there is no doubt in my mind that he will find a way to beat GSP.

One other point, I hope that at some point he gets a chance to fight Diego, who has been very disrespectful to Hughes. Diego is a good fighter, but he lacks the class and power that Hughes brings to the table, and he would get grounded and punded for sure.

True believer: Well it’s sounds like you have faith in Hughes like he’s devine or something. Arguing with you would be like arguing over religion over evolution by natural selection. If you want to be ignorant and believe just for the fact that it’s “Matt Hughes the greatest welterweight Champ of all time” that doesn’t mean shit…he dominated a division of second generation fighters. With the third generation of MMA fighters coming up of well rounded fighters, and Matt lacking stand up skills only limites his potential. Stronger guys like GSP train to stuff his takedowns. In their last fight GSP kept Matt at a distance and even when takedown opportunities arose, GSP either pulled away from the clinch or scrambled out of it. Matt’s been made, and the more intelligent fighters of that division will own him…If Matt were to ever fight even Koscheck. Matt would be out wrestled. In correction, Matt was the greatest welterweight champ of all time, but his time has passed, he should retire and save face, take a job like pat milletich…he at least had the good sense to hang it up before he further tarnished a good rep

I think Chris Lytle fought a VERY good fight. He definately did the best I have seen in the passed 2 year or so defending a pretty fierce ground pounder in Hughes.

Id really like to see Lytle back in the UFC full time, but judging by the 10k he was paid, it’s prolly not going to happen.

Lytle is one of those guys that brings an exciting fight, and great overall talent dispite his lacking record. I really think he has a good shot at beating anyone he steps into the ring with @ 170lbs. Call me crazy if you want…

Jordan, you seem to forget MAtt Hughes’s victory over BJ PEnn at UFC 63. That’s right, the same BJ PEnn who GSP had to squeek out a three round decision from. If you saw the fight, you know that Hughes not only weathered an early onslaught by Penn, but he managed to TKO Penn, something GSP could not. Now, perhaps you want to dismiss BJ Penn as well as Hughes, but that would be a mistake on many levels, including the level of revealing in stark detail your ignorance of MMA.

No, Hughes is not devine, and yes, evolutionary theory is bullshit, but all of that being said, I stand by my earlier support of Hughes

(aka True Believer)

Ignorance to MMA, talk about the pot calling the kettle……..Penn crushed Hughes in their first fight and was owning hughes until he got injured in second(Note: by taking the back of the “most dominatating welterweight blah blah blah, in a beautiful reversal from one of Hughes’s most favorite/dominating positions”), what fight did you watch.
 
 Then Hughes gets destroyed by GSP, yes you heard it right DESTROYED, (GSP was doing very well in their first fight until he got caught, no excuse but GSP had his number way back then) Hughes looked like a C level fighter against GSP. Hughes takedowns were stuffed by GSP.

Of course Hughes will crush Diego but so would Penn or GSP, the Nightmare is going to wake up soon enough.

Back to Hughes, he needs to stick with what hes good at, crying to officials for questionable groin shots, cry when he gets poked in the eye, cry that his big poopie buddy is losing to “the man that is too old to win” or blame his ego, Jesus, the fact that he tried to use standup or whatever his next excuse might be. The rein is over, pack up your pitch fork and your Bible and go back to Farm.

Im not gonna say that Hughes is done. Randy has proved to us all that you can never count anyone out even when the chips are stacked against them, but I think that the rest of the Welterweights are starting to figure Matt out as more fights go on. I think that any top ranked fighter at 170 has a legit shot at beating Hughes. I dont see anyone knocking off GSP. The dude has lethal hands and feet. His Wrestling is sick and his Jiu-jitsu is sound.

One thing that I hope goes down is either Matt Hughes or GSP or Maybe even both of them move up to 185 and get their asses handed to them by Anderson Silva or Rich Franklin.

Mayberry, when you say that Penn “got injured”, what you mean is that Hughes injured him, thereby hurting him, and thus allowing him to get the tko.
Penn was not injured when he came into the fight, rather he seperated his ribs while fighting Hughes. Now, while I have yet to separate my ribs, I do know that, for an injury like that to occur, something traumatic must occur; in this case, Penn’s inability to have the strength to move Hughes where he wanted to, thus having his ribs separate in the process. You see, Hughes is strong.
I respect Penn greatly for coming back out in the third round, but Hughes definitely beat him convinvingly.
No doubt, GSP is a great fighter with a superior stand up game. However, in the rematch, Hughes will have a plan that does not involve standing with GSP, and when that plan gets executed, Hughes will win.

Yo phillyblunt,

I’d bet your stash on Hughes and GSP in tag-team match against those 185lb pussies.

Silva over Rich
Silva Over GSP
Silva might get ground and pound by hughes
Rich loses to Silva (unless he comes up with a better gameplan)
Rich beats Gsp (Gsp doesnt offer much against rich or Silva)
Rich beats Hughes (too strong for the 175 ground and pound)
GSp beats hughes

as retarded as the tag team match is…this is how i see individual fight going…Hughes best shot is against Silva, GSPs best shot is against Hughes

Hughes is strong yes I agree and a good wrestling totally but thats not enough for MMA anymore.
Hughes one “convincingly” because Penn could not breathe. (Highly doubt most fighters, including hughes would have even come out of there corner if they couldnt breathe)
Penn hurt himself. In no point in that fight prior to the third round was Penn in any kind of trouble and unfortunately you can not say that about hughes, he was in trouble constantly through out the 1rst and 2nd round. Just saying if your going to give Hughes credit for a decent come back in a fight look at the Trigg fight where that did happen, not the freak injury that occurred in the Penn fight allowing Hughes to be the victor and causing Penn to be on the shelf for 6 months

It seems very few people on this site have any ability to see things objectively, too emotional and opinionated. Fact: lytle has never been finished by anyone…In the fight with joe riggs he got a cut that stopped the fight, but lytle in around 41 fights has never been knocked out, tko’ed or submitted, that say’s a hell of a lot to me. He loses a lot of decisions I believe as white put it he never really lets it all hang out, but the guy has superior defense. Hughes, gsp and penn have been stopped submitted or tko’d and everyone is saying hughes is washed up because he couldn’t finish lytle. Hughes is a good fighter period. Yes hes one dimensional and not as exciting to watch as most of the other welter weights but he’s ranked number 2 in mma weekly for a reason. Penn lost get over it , so he got injured…..it makes it even worst to me is the guy got injured because of himself rather than the other fighter, nice excuse.
The I would have won if I never got knocked out, or injured doesn’t cut it win me, the point is he lost. I think hughes is right were he belongs on the ranking number 2, I think he could beat diego, karo and penn…again. I think only gsp is better than him, mainly because of his strength and stand up, I feel hughes could man handle the others but not gsp. Excuses are for the lame, gsp took it like a man when he lost and never said it was all luck, you don’t beat gsp, penn, trigg, gracie and newton by being lucky.

if the “Penn lost get over it” comment was directed at me you are taking my point out of context the point was it was not a miraculous comeback win for Hughes, thats it, a loss is a loss and yes – Get over it.
  I agree with you that Hughes could and would beat Diego and Karo, I just beg to differ on Penn and I would love to see Penn vs Hughes III but I dooubt that will happen anytime soon if ever.
But how do you talk up Hughes and then doubt others because of “excuses”, when Hughes is the king of excuses, he even makes them for fights that he is not in.

Penn got hurt, yes we know. But’s its a 5 rd fight, not 2. Do I wanna see Penn v. Hughes III? You bet. BJ has changed up his training, he realized he needed to. I hope the TUF 5 show did him some good. When he’s focused, well, Hughes I comes to mind….

yo MTU, from your earlier post – where you hear about Pedro, got a link?

http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=1117
I hope that one works. If not, just go to sherdog, use fight finder, look up Pedro, and check his interviews.

thanks bro

who cares just let them fight it out and find out for themselves,cause battling in here wont change the outcome!!!

Pedro won a uni dec in a bloodfest war with Eilers at the new Art of War show. Dana will sign him.

For the record mayberry I mostly agree with you and actually think penn is more talented than hughes. I just don’t believe hughes is washed up like most of the other commenters seem to claim. I still believe because hes so damn strong and has top level cardio COULD beat penn but penn could just as easily beat him. Hughes does make a lot of excuses too but for myself if a guy beats someone, he beats them no excuses. Gsp totally dominated him because he was better than him period. Hughes, penn or anyone else who makes excuses for losing is lame. My back problems, knees, ribs, hands etc etc. And like you mayberry I would love to see penn vs hughes 3 it would finally settle the long debate, and would prove who truely is the number 1 contender.