I am really looking forward to the fight between Royce Gracie and Matt Hughes. Royce has beaten some really tough guys that had huge height and weight advantages over him and there was NO RULES. Do you  think the rules will work against him? (The stand up rule, and the rounds) Who do you think will win and how?
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royce gracie knows he will have to work faster with the new rules so im sure he is training hard for the new rules. he is a master at what he does and he will adapt to the fighting conditions. gracie by arm bar.
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My favourite fighter has always been Royce Gracie i love watching him fight. I am also a big fan of Matt Hughes and to see them fight each other will be AWESOME i am sure it will be the fight of the year. I live in Australia and i am going to California to see it live at UFC 60. I hope Royce wins so we can see more of him if he losses i think he will retire. I am also a big fan of Ken Shamrock but i am afraid Tito will retire him unless Ken goes for Tito's bad leg but he won't. As for GSP i think he is great fighter he may just beat Matt Hughes in a rematch that will also be a great fight. I think that Chuck Liddel is the most exiting fighter in the ufc today and at the moment he looks unstoppable. This year has been filled with the best fights and match ups ever in mma i wish they could find more heavyweight contenders though.\nPlease ask more UFC questions i love it.
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Oh that would be me.  Although work has crippled me to the point that I have not watched TV for over two weeks.  All I can say is the Ice Man rules.  I love UFC.  I really have to make some time and watch spike.  Oh and Matt Hugh is my favorite to beat Royce Gracie.  Matt is a good fighter.
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1. Obviously the boxers. Do they hate each other? Is there a show within the show? Is there history between the two fighters? Think Tyson vs. Lennox. Vargas vs. ODH. \n2. Two combatants who came to fight. One sided fights then BAM! one punch and the fight is close again. Castillo vs. Corrales comes to mind.\n3. When the announcers hype a fight up so much as "this maybe the fight of the year"---and the fight actually lives up to the potential. Think Hearns vs. Leaonard/PAcquaio vs. Morales\n4. When the fighters are actually fighting by the 'textbook.' That means no holding, flinching, running, and all of that other crap that stalls a great fight. I love him, but he stalls a lot--Hopkins. Who doesn't stall? Think Arce. That kid never stops punching. Exciting EXCITING fights. \n5. If one of your favorite fighters is fighting. I love Sugar Ray; so I bought all of his fights on DVD. I watch them over and over when I have a chance--regardless of opponent.\n6. When a great, older champion is fighting a young lion. Will this be the last fight of so and so? If it is, was it a classic. The last 10 fights for Ali and Chavez, I thought to myself, "Could this be it?" I wanted to take it all in multiple times because this may be the last time I will see them fight.
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I was there, and while I was very surprised at how the fight went, I would have to disagree with you when you say Hughes-Gracie was "a dud". Aside from the Diego Sanchez-John Alessio fight, the whole card was great.\n\nTo answer your question, however, there are a few fights I'd love to see and one of them in coming up in July and that's Arlovski-Sylvia pt.3, and Ortiz-Shamrock pt.2. I'd also like to see either Liddell vs. Arlovski, Liddell vs. Vanderlei Silva or Liddell vs. Brandon Vera, Royce Gracie vs. Jeremy Horn, Bonnar vs. Griffin pt.2, Matt Hughes vs. Diego Sanchez (just for the pleasure of possibly seeing Hughes demolish Diego), and Chris Leben vs. Josh Koschek pt.2
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I think we're all excited to see Royce Gracie And Matt Hughes (only 3 more weeks!).  But I want to see St. Pierre and Hughes fight again.  I am a huge St. Pierre fan.  I think any fight with Diego Sanchez will be awesome!
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Ric ~\n        What's up my Brother? No matter what Herenton brings to this bout, it won't be enough. The very last thing to go on a fighter is his punch. He can walk on his heels, he can talk with slurred speech and he might not be able to remember what day of the week it is, but believe me he can still punch. Nobody puts Ali on his seat that can not punch yesterday or 40 years ago, whatever they can punch.\n\n       Legendary fighter, Packy McFarland was retired from boxing for over thirty years he and his wife were walking home from St Pats Church in Joliet, Illinois when they were approached by three young men demanding money, Packy went into his wallet and gave them everything he had, but that wasn't enough the young men demanded his wife's wedding ring. Packy said "Boys, you picked the wrong bull today." and cleaned the street with the three of them breaking ones jaw and knocking the other two out until the Police arrived.\n\n     Joe is looking at the bout as a exhibition of sorts and if Willie thinks he's going to rough house old Joe, then Willie is in for a rude awakening and when he wakes up, I'm sure every one will tell him "How well he tried"\n\n    Thanks for the question Ric, it's great to have you back.
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Well the general opinion seems to be that malignaggi is far more slick in the ring than cotto. For all of his power and talent, cotto still could be in trouble against a guy who is more polished than he is. Although in his last fight cotto really just beat the other fighter ( cant remember his name off the top of my head ) into submission. It would seem paulie needs to keep cotto off of him to have any chance as cotto really punishes his opponents. Its a pretty good contrast of styles and could be a competitive fight.
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I agree with you completely. BJ dominated Hughes so much it HAD to be a shock to Mr. H. Matt usually picks up his opponant and slams them to the mat on the other side of the Octagon. But no matter HOW hard he tried, he couldn't manhandle Penn.\n\nWhile it looked like BJ just ran out of steam in the 3rd round, it has been documented in a number of places that what really happened was that his ribs had separated. He said he knew he couldn't just "give up", but he couldn't take any blows to the ribs for obvious reasons. He immediately tried to get Hughes into a submission hold. Had it not been for the bell/time limit, I truly believe Hughes would have tapped out to Penn in the 2nd round.\n\nFYI, BJ says he would love to come back to the UFC again and Dana White has invited him back sometime in 2007, once he completely heals up.\n\nI'd love to see another Penn/Hughes fight. \n\nAnd as for the upcoming Hughes/St. Pierre fight, well, I'm not too sure that St. Pierre will have the key to putting Hughes away. We can only hope so though because, as you stated, Hughes is getting just a bit cocky lately.\n\nIt'll be interesting. I'll be watching, THAT'S for sure.
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I have already answered this question but i have since seen an interview with Pat Militech saying that Sylvia is more prepared than ever for a ground fight. He has stated that Tim will try to take the fight to the ground and i think if he can it will be over in the first round again.\nThanks Punisher i love the UFC questions.
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Two rough, tough and gutsy fighters. Great match up buddy! Both fighters have been through the wars and fought the best fighters in their weight class and of their generation. Jones defeated the likes of Emile Griffith, Ray Robinson. Tiger beat the likes of Fullmer, Griffith and Jose Torres. I see this fight being a mix of tactics at times in the fight and toe to toe slugging. Both guys weren't known for knockout power. Therefore I see this one going the distance with Tiger winning by a close but unanimous decision.
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We will never know because the UFC never talks about Pride. If I had to choose I would have to go with Dan Henderson. He has so much experience
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As much as I wanted Erik to retire and sip margaritas for the rest of his life down in TJ, this match is very intriguing. The slashing jab of Joel vs the determination of El Terrible. Both possess KO power Casa already proved he took the punch with him as he rose the libras ladder. \n\nThe weight has been such a thorn in Erik's side now he gets to fight at a (what I assume) more comfortable weight for him. Only wish he had did this 3yrs ago. He'd probably be reigning over 135lbs today. I agree with you Bk this shapes up to be another battle for Morales but that's his trade or his cross to bear based on past performances. I will be pulling for Erik to win the fight if it does get signed for this Summer. Nice Question and Fast with the Info Thanks.
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I won with Hughes! Everyone was so confident that Gracie's comeback was going to be spectacular, but 11 years out of the octagon were too much. The game has changed since UFC 1 and 2.
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Everyone with their conspiracy theories...\nGet over it. GSP did what most of us knoew was going to happen. BJ Penn did it to Matt too in the first 2 rounds GSP just finished the job. Why can't you just accept that Matt Hughes lost. This is becoming like a WWE forum now.
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Matt Hughes will win the fight.  I think the age is going to be a factor.  I think it will end with a referee stoppage.
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To be perfectly honest I really wouldn't know how to call this fight. I think that they are both good fighters with more less similar physical strenght and power. I think Evan would have some advantage in striking and he'd probably do better standing up in this fight. Matt's wrestling skills on the other hand are some way ahead of Evan's (I think that he was an Olympic silver medalist in greco roman). But then again Tanner is probably a bit more experienced so I really don't know.\nIf I had to pick I'd go with Tanner but that's basically just taking a guess.\n\nAnd to answer the other part of your question I'm from Croatia and I do watch and like Pride more mostly  because of the great competitors and fights that they have in heavyweight and light heavyweight division, and because of Mirko of course. Middleweight division is about even in both organizations, with Rich Franklin and Dan Henderson being completely dominant. Welterweight division Pride doesn't have but their lightweight fighters and fights are better then UFC's in my opinion.\nBut to be honest what I mind the most are all these people who turn up here, know nothing about MMA of course, but still run their mouth about UFC like it's some kind of God given organization, Chuck and Andrei are the best in the world, Pride fighters are minor league and things like that. UFC in my opinion is most overrated MMA organization in the world and that's why I dislike it so much.