UFC Quick Quote: Matt Hughes has 'nothing to gain' from fighting the new generation of fighters

mat hughes is the best WW in the world and would beat anyone that stands in front of him….. in 2004

this guy would lose to kos and swick, fitch, Karo,a rematch w/ serra and would get killed by GSP & alves…

alves/fitch rematch would be good

I say give him Fitch. That would be an interesting wrestler vs wrestler matchup.

maybe vs Kos, Swick and Fitch, but Karo is less evolved than Hughes, and Serra had no chance of winning the last fight. And I’d hardly say GSP “killed” him. Fitch is the only person in recent memory that GSP has beaten so bad to where I’d say he “killed” someone. But yeah, Alves would probably beat him down too.

good call…Karo shouldve dropped to LW years ago…pudgey bast*rd

Really Hughes? You have nothing to gain by beating a consensus top-5 WW, which you no longer are? He says Kos or Swick would just be a paycheck fight, but fighting Trigg or some other over-the-hill fighter, which won’t (or at least shouldn’t) get him a title shot, is really nothing but a $1 million check for him. If he wants to get a few more paydays before he retires and go out with a couple wins, I have no problem with that. He’s earned it. But don’t duck the guys between you and GSP and say you have nothing to gain.

I’d like to see him fight Karo – simply so Karo can lose haha.

Unlike most people here I am a Hughes fan, but I am really not sure how many fights are out there that fit his criteria.

i would like to see that fight as well wb. mainly because that fight was supposed to take place in 05 and i think it would be a good match up for both

and it will give karo some much needed closure wether he would have been ww champ or not and if he loses to todays hughes he wouldnt of had a chance 4 years ago

and maybe with that closure his anxiety will go way. he will be able to be at peace with knowing he would have been ww champ or wouldnt have been

I just would like to see karo fight some time soon. he has so much potential

i think hughes is just trying to start up a ‘senoir division’..

why on earth would he actually want to fight someone young? gsp and alves already kicked his butt..

hughes is actually more of a sore loser than the brockness monster..

he knows he will get beat by the ‘new gererations’ up and comers and does not want to go out being a hurdle..

let hughes fade away fighting guys like hallman and trigg..

than watch trigg beat him, lol.

war twinkle toes!~

Hughes has lost his edge… I’d like to hear who’d he like to fight then?… He left that out!

HUGHES IS SCARED!!!

Kos has seen this article he’s uploaded a screencap of it and bashed Hughes on twitter. I left him a comment backing him and AKA 100%, I’ll let you all know if he replies.

egads~

truth!~

I can’t respect him as a fighter because he is clearly ducking the top contenders yet still expects one last crack at the title. If he thinks that beating guys just as old and washed up as him like Royce, Trigg and Hallman will earn him another hammering from GSP then he’s got another thing coming. Part of being a fighter is challenging yourself by fighting the best, ending your career by beating other old men in rematches and avoiding the young top contenders because they’d beat you is pathetic and disrespectful to the rest of the division. The fact that he is so arrogant about his accomplishments and rude about a superior and more dominant WW champion in GSP makes it even worse. I’ll admit he was great in his day but MMA has evolved and he hasn’t, these days Hughes is a waste of space.

i havent heard hughes asking for a title shot.
 I dont see any issue with matt saying he doesnt wanna fight AKA. i dont even see it as him ducking, infact i cant see how you ended up on this end of the argument. I fault AKA guys (supposed condenders) who dont wanna fight the best. Hughes had his time fighting the best and did so very well. These guys are looking for an easy win and dont want to call out any top guys. pretty sad, made me see AKA as a bunch of “limp dicks and pussies”

Interesting spin… but the guys at aka want to fight hughes because the profile they get from the fight brings them $$$. On the other hand… who’s left for Hughes to fight?…. the only guy I can think of is Karo. Hughes better not call out Trigg or Baroni, that would be embarressing.

He’s said several times that he wants to rematch GSP and Alves, yet he refuses to fight 3 of the top 10 WWs in the division because he knows that he will lose. Hughes has shown great disrespect to 3 talented fighters by dismissing them as kids and refusing to fight any of them, I honestly don’t know why he signed a contract in a stacked division to avoid the best and fight other old men.

PW-

Reread my post. I never associated Page with graceful anything…

And you are right, I meant rematch and typed rubber match.

You guys are unforgiving today. :)

It said fade gracefully as a HOF . . .like Chuck or Page. Could be interpreted either way. I thought you were calling Page’s exit from MMA to other interests classy.

Yeah! lets tie OJR to a stake and burn him!

I have yet to see any logical reasons as to why Hughes the fighter is so hated.

You guys are foaming at the mouth just as bad the Fedor and Brock haters.

Sweet irony.

why do we all hate hughes? maybe because he invented lay’n’pray. maybe because he is a cocky deuschbag that is way past is prime. maybe because he’s the meathead serra says he is.

Brock is also a big meathead but at least he can back it up in the octagon.

OJR, didn’t u watch the TUF episodes? Remember when he treated Jason Fon Flue like crap? How about bad mouthing GSP’s fight and walking out from the audience? There’s more instances as to why fans dislike the guy, Matt Serra’ got it right! Hughes is a d*ckhead.

Read one chapter in Hughes’ recent book and you will understand why everyone hates him. He’s just an asshole, has been his entire life. He has no respect for anybody and thinks his shit don’t stink. I respect his skills, but as a fighter.. better yet as a man, I have absolutely no respect for that piece of shit.

I agree with the preceding statements regarding Matt Hughes.

ejec301 that’s exactly what Hughes is doing, which is fine… just keep yr mouth sh*t and talk to the UFC and announce who yr going to fight next. Karo? I hope.

Put him up against Karo. Hughes only fights coz he needs to bring that paycheck to his wife (she said she’ll make him keep fighting so long as there’s $$$). Everyone should thank her because she’s the reason why we get the pleasure of watching beast up and comers punch him in the mouth.

What gets me with hughes..outside of acting like a Dick.. was that 2006 fight with Royce.. Royce was way past his prime. Now that Hughes is past his.. he doesnt want the fight the guys..that are the lions of today. When Hughes was the head of the pride.. who did he fight? ( Outside of GSP’s 1st title defense as basically a kid ) WW Division like the HW division a few years ago.. was ehh.. bunz..Does anyone here remeber all that smack talk he was doing.. saying how the sport has evolved.. and Royce..doesn’t belong with these guys today.. well.. not to long after He himself.. didnt evolve.. and will not beat the likes of Fitch.. Alves.. Kos.. Condit.. Swick.. to name a few. Hughes should be on his farm.. texting Ken Shamrock.. like whad up dogs.

C’mon over Ken. I’ve built a super sweet jump that we can hit up on my all terain vehicle.

Good point. His stand-up is horrible. He always relied on his ground game and once that wasn’t enough to beat the well rounded fighters he started looking like a has-been. But the fact of the matter is he never learned to strike. HE never evolved!

Great post Phil!

yes, great post phil!~

that is where most of my hate for hughes comes from as well..

what happened with Bigfoots suspension…I’m assuming its done now

Thanks for the update JH, but I didnt even think that mOusasi/soko was even close to being concrete enough to label it a title fight or not…So Jesse…is MOusasi/soko a done deal? I actually dont mind the match up because MOusasi loves to stand n Bang, and he would be more then willing to go head to head at soko’s strength (striking), instead of just taking him down and outclassing him real quick. soko isnt a great fighter, but if his opponent is willing to stand with soko, we get an entertaining fight!

Happy to hear that you are as stoked for the possibility of Werdum/Silva as I am! That is an awesome match up right there!

The steroid user Bigfoot wont get licensed. They will have that in Japan on a co-promoted card with Dream.

Better than any UFC card you can remember John? Come on I mean it is a good card but lets not go over the top.

Obviously the Fedor fight is big but Rodgers isn’t exactly top drawer. Theres a few fighters on there who got cut from the UFC let alone would make a show like UFC 100.

God vs. Grim-can’t wait to see.
Mousasi vs. Soko-obvious one-sided beat down.
Werdum vs. Big foot- still not sold on big foot and Werdum is a UFC cut.
Mayhem vs. Shields-Mayhem sucks and Shields in ranked higher than he should be.
Lashley vs. Waterman- excited to see but neither is top 25.

This card is great but not better than 100. GSP vs. anyone is better than this whole card put together.

yep…Werdum was only cut though because he’s impossible to market and looks like a Brazilian Gumby

-God vs. Grim (#1 HW vs. top 12 HW) sounds great to me
-MOusasi vs. Soko is UFC co-main event worthy, featuring a top 5 LHW
-Werdum/big foot is 2 top 15 HW’s going at it
-Mayhem vs. Sheilds will be a solid fight featuring a top 5 WW fighting at middleweight.
Lashly vs. Waterman is interesting but just meant to be a ratings boster.

I dont remember too many UFC cards that feature more top 20 guys then this card… I cant express how much I am looking forward to this event. In my eyes, the only thing I would change is get Mayhem out and book Jacre vs. Shields for the title!

I just get pumped for meaningful HW fights, and Fedor/Grim and Werdum/Silva are high quality match ups! Just mmy thoughts!

sick of people bashing werdum for getting cut by the UFC. Werdum got cut because he isnt marketable which made the UFC not want to pay him what he was asking for. He has the skills to fight in the UFC, but Dana wasnt willing to pay that price….Finance and marketability shoudnt take away from his skills!

I agree John, I am excited to see this card, kind of sucks having to pay for another PPV in November but oh well. I just think that saying this is better than any UFC event is kind of stretching it a little.

fair enough Jay…but you have to admit, there isnt really a UFC card thats head n shoulders better then this one!

Let me rephrase my statement: This card is as good as any card that the UFC will produce on ppv…having this card on CBS for free, put it over the top! Just my thoughts!

Like I say it is a good card no doubt but in terms of legit top 10 fighers there are 3 Fedor, Mousassi, Sheilds.

Take UFC 100 you have 7 (Brock, Mir, Fitch, Paulo Thiago, Alves, GSP, Hendo) with the undercard stronger also featuring guys like Jon Jones and legends like Coleman.

No way is this a stronger card in fact if I could be bothered I could find probably 5-8 UFC cards that have been better.

I don’t mean to sound like i’m flaming ya john but just disagree on this one.

Wait a minute John. Did you say free on CBS? Why don’t I know this already? I thought this was PPV? This card just went up a couple notches in the list of great cards.

The SF card looks great on paper, though I’m hoping that they’ve learnt their lessons from the last show and will actually show some prelims as it’s almost guaranteed that there will be some early stoppages. Shame that I’ll have to rely on MMA core once again as we don’t get SF on TV.

However it’s not in the same league as UFC 108, now that is a sick card with the real God in the main event against his toughest opponent to date. Andy-Vitor sells that card on it’s own and I’m honestly more excited for that fight than I would be for Fedor-Brock.

NO worries at all Nick J! YOu know I always respect your opinions whether we agree or not. In fairness, UFC 100 was a special card, and Dana doesnt treat us that well too often. I guess we just disagree on the caliber of fighters guys like Werdum,Bigfoot,Grim (who I rank above Carwin in terms of accomplishments) are..Lashly is a Jon Jones equivalent (young prospect with more star power),Mayhem is more then UFC ppv main card worthy. Soko is a bust, but if he is matched up against someone that will stand with him, he is entertaining to watch and capable of standing with anyone….Mousasi will STAND with him, which makes Soko an appealing opponent for me!

Are you kidding Jay? Damn right its on CBS baby! not just free, but MAINSTREAM which makes it a HISTORIC mma occasion in my eyes. I think this card will represent mma really well to the mainstream!

john, thanks for the info. I could have sworn that SF was going to be doing the PPV thing with all their big cards. This card automatically gets a few extra points for being free. There hasn’t been a free card this good in the history of sports, let alone MMA. Once again Thanks john for the heads up.

anytime man!

I have a feeling that we will see HUghes face:
Halman
Trigg
Baroni
possibly Karo after he loses to mcLovin

If Hughes accepts a fight with Trigg, in which he has absolutely NOTHING to gain, I will Bash him til the end of eternity! Halman isnt worthy, but at least I can see why HUghes would want to fight him…but if he fights Trigg, I will lose whatever respect I have left for the man!

Recently Hughes has stated that when he does fight it will be vs someone he has never fought before…

I’d like to see Hughes lose to Ellenburger

Mac, first game is 945. Do you know anything about your team yet? I still don’t know what our team name is.

doubt I’ll be playing…put an offer on a house yesterday so have to have inspection, papers signed, deal with woman, etc. I’ll be out there though as I think guys on my team have put a tourney team together…What diamond you at?? If you don’t know yet shoot me a email or facebook when you know and I’ll come out to meet ya…sound good?

I tend to remember the pre GSP Hughes. The one who fought people even though he wasn’t amazing and somehow pulled off the win. After all of his disrespect to other fighters and his lack of will to want to fight, I’m finding it hard to defend his actions.