UFC 60:Matt Hughes or Royce Gracie who do you pick?
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Taro7 "wrote"\n\n\nIf it goes to the ground, more likely "Gracie" \n\n___________\n\n\ndepends on who is on his back .. matt hughes is argueably the best ground n pound guy out there .. gracie hasnt been in the octagon in a while .. \n\nHughes for sures .. gracie doesnt have the age to defend the belt even if he does win .
629425
oh man...he (gracie) lost in the first round a little over 4 minutes...man that completely devastaed me...mostly because i know how he felt loosing...he had more to fight for,his name,his family,his dad,and the art in which his family perfected (gracie ju-jit-su)...i am very heartbroke over it but in my mind gracie is still the best warrior to come to ufc...his age probably had a part in it as well as having kids and a wife...when you have a family you become civilized and less agressive.   but he is still the best and i would walk thru hell with him any time!!!GUARANTEED!\nand i do like matt and i like him being the champ...but i didnt want to see what i saw!  but i guess time palys a big part in all sports and every generation gets twp steps ahead of the last,just like baseball...and all the drugs they have now adays play a big part in their strength.and gracie never took anything like that...hell hes 6' and skinny as a rail!not all buff like all the others.\nbut gracie still rules
641361
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
1056983
I think that Hughes will win the rematch without much trouble he will take BJ seriously this time. I don't think that Matt took the loss too hart because he knows he will win 4 out 5 fights with BJ. Matt has a busy schedule with both BJ and GSP after that i think Karo will finally get a shot at the title.
932362
No excuse!!!! GSP is a far better fighter. Faster hands, better fround game, and more technical. If it wasnt for Matt Huges having such a strong wrestling background he would not have lasted as long as he did. Not to take anything away form Matt, he was a great champ, but his time is up. Now GSP is giving Matt a  rematch just to prove that it wasnt a fluke.
521763
Matt Hughes by KO. Gracie will try Hughes to tap out. Hughes' strength and composure will be too overwhelming for Gracie.
345009
The fight is going to be held on the 27th of may for the first time in California.\n\nI think that Royce will win by submission if he doesn't win by submission Hughes will win on points.\n\nShould be a great battle see you there.
675858
Matt Hughes defeated Royce Gracie via TKO, due to strikes, at 4:39 of round 1. Hughes appeared to nearly have some sort of an arm-lock submission hold on Gracie a minute or so earlier, but Gracie did not seem bothered by it at all; he showed no pain on his face and was not about to tap out to Hughes, even though it looked like his arm was being bent back pretty badly. It was a dominant win by Hughes, when the referee stopped the fight because Gracie could not intelligently defend himself from the massive strikes Hughes was putting on him.
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Chuck Liddell is not going to lose another fight because their is no one that is a good challenge for him right now. For Matt Hughes vs Royce Gracie, Matt Hughes is going to destroy Royce Gracie. Matt Hughes is the best Welterweight champ ever and besides Royce Gracie is a retired fighter. Royce is going to try and take the fight to the ground but Matt Hughes will keep him on his feet. And even if Matt goes to the ground thats his world and hes gonna destroy Royce.
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I am not really sure.  I was at the UFC (was it 59?) live in Las Vegas for the USA vs. Canada matches when GSP beat BJ Penn and frankly the whole crowd was in an uproar because we really felt BJP should have won.  I was not impressed with GSP's performance that night (a little sarcasm for you there).  I also think GSP is a little overconfident going into this fight, which could be his downfall.  Lots of people say Matt is cocky, well have you watched UFC Unleashed (the special about the upcoming matches)?  GSP did nothing but talk about how great he is and how much training he has, how superior his training is over Matt's and how much better than Matt he is all around.  Everything Matt said was in response to GSP's constant macho uptalk about himself.  I really like Matt Hughes - he impressed the heck out of me with his win over Royce Gracie.  However, I think he should have put BJ Penn away a lot sooner in the match than he did.  So I'm nervous about the fight.  I WANT Matt to win (badly) but I think GSP has a good chance at it.
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I don't know if you've seen the fight, so I'll try to give you a good play by play.\n\nGoing into the fight we new each fighter had their own advantages. Royce is an expert technician on the ground with dangerous submissions. Hughes is powerful and well rounded.\n\nTo win, Hughes' strategy was most likely to avoid going to the ground for as long as possible, while wearing Royce out on his feet. From the ground, Hughes' goal would be to protect himself from submissions and wear on him with the ground and pound.\n\nTo prepare for the fight Royce worked on his striking skills. He knew that Matt was a well rounded fighter and that he would need to be prepared to face off against him in a striking match until he could take it to the ground. On ground he is a much more technical fighter, but without a gi he knew he would have a harder time defending himself from the 'ground and pound' attack of Hughes.\n\nThe fight started off as expected. Royce showed that he had worked on his striking while Matt avoided the double leg take down that he usually attacked other opponents with. A few minutes in the fighters got into a clench and Matt took Royce down to a side mount, giving himself a good advantage. He worked to keep the pressure on Royce using his elbows while Royce kept a strong defense and worked to slip in his guard.\n\nMatt got an arm lock on Royce, but Royce was able to slip in a half guard to take away his leverage. That combined with his flexibility kept Matt from submitting him. From here the fight took a surprising turn. Matt was able to pass Royce's guard and return to the superior side mount. I think that Royce was too relaxed in letting him do this. He was probably over confident in his ability to control the fight from the ground.\n\nFrom there Royce made yet another mistake. In an attempt to turn Matt he slipped off and gave him his back. It was an incredibly sloppy move for someone of his experience. You could see in his face how disappointed he was with himself after the fight. From there Matt pounded on the back of Royce's head until the fight was called.\n\nI'd like to see a rematch of the fight. Matt definitely controlled the fight, but I was disappointed to see Royce lose by making such a careless mistake. I think that he was over confident in his superiority on the ground, and would likely fight a more careful match if given another chance.
369963
I like Ortiz for his wild, unpredictable fighting style.  Shamrocks' experience though....he continues to beat the best of the best because of his technical approach.
570438
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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I think Hughes would take this fight.\n\nKazushi Sakuraba is a great fighter and  MMA legend, no question about that. He has beaten many excellent opponents such as Quinton Jackson, Kevin Randelman, Royce Gracie, Ken Shamrock, Vitor Belfort and so on. But over the years he has also competed (specially in PRIDE) against fighters a lot bigger then his size and taken horrible beatings and injuries against some of them. Silva really broke and injured him badly in all of their matches, Mirko also in their fight and in the match against Ricardo Arona he was literally almost killed. He was left laying on the canvas after the first round  badly hurt, bloodied and beaten, with blood even coming from his ears and it was really a terrible sight. So those matches really left a huge impact on his body and ability to fight at his best.\n\nAnd Matt Hughes is on the other hand in my opinion the best fighter in UFC history, a man at the peak of his career and on top of his game. His striking is good, wrestling and groundwork nothing less then incredible (the way he dominated Gracie was awesome) and he is by far physically strongest and most powerfull man in his weight class and I have no doubt that he would severely overpower Sakuraba even though he weighs a bit more.\n\nSo if the fight was 5 or 6 years ago I would maybe go with Kazushi, but now he has no chance of beating Hughes. So I pick Matt by TKO or a very convincing decision.
1045437
Well Matt Hughes won.  He dominated the entire time and at the end, Gracie was in a position where he could not defend himself.  I would have much rather seen Gracie win.  Even though he lost, he still fought with dignity considering how Hughes had Gracie's arm bent backwards and he still managed to squirm out.  All in all, it was a dissapointing fight.
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Hughes Batters Gracie\nhttp://15rounds.com/boxing/News/2006/05/ufc-052706.php\n\n"Hughes scores a dominating victory over the legendary Gracie; official time of stoppage 4:39 of the first round."
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Both are great fighters but still proved useless to Chuck.\n\nKevin Randleman's latest fights are frustrating. His upper body strength is gone and his gas tanks is always left empty after the fight. Vitor has still juice in his style and maybe, he'll clinch for the win.\n\nUFC is the best but I don't watch it lately because they rely much on new fighters and the legendary early cornerstones which are still saleable are slightly being left out.\n\nGood thing they brought Tito and Royce back again just for the old fans of the sport.