Matt Hughes

In late 2007, Georges St. Pierre was preparing for the Olympic trials in hopes of making the Canadian wrestling team when he got a call from the UFC asking him to take an injured Matt Serra ’s place against Matt Hughes . By accepting the fight, he put his dream of competing in the Olympics on hold.

If you're wondering why Matt Serra hasn't been booked to fight since his UFC 98 clash against rival Matt Hughes in May, it's not because he's been injured or taking the loss too hard. No, Serra has simply been busy working on his new 8,300 square foot MMA gym that will be opening soon.

Nottingham fighter sounds out Matt Hughes on eve of being first UFC fighter to have contest shown on terrestrial television.

Bleacher Report Madsen currently trains with Matt Hughes' HIT Squad. — James McSweeney (12-4): A 6-foot-4, 230-pound Englishman McSweeney, 28, started with a striking ... Kimbo, Rampage and lots of blood on tap for new 'TUF' seasonCBSSports.com all 93 news articles »

However, the lone win was a 20-second submission victory over Matt Hughes at UFC 29 in December 2000. Howard is currently riding a five-fight win streak ... and more »

Sportsnet.ca Eleven years after leaving the octagon, he returned to face the most dominant welterweight fighter at the time and then-champion, Matt Hughes, at UFC 60. ... UFC finalizes 103 cardThe Journal News / Lohud.com all 49 news articles »

MMA news & notes Hallman is best known for submitting UFC legend and former welterweight champion, Matt Hughes twice. Their first matchup took place back in 1998 at an ... Alves vs. Paulo Thiago expected for UFC 107 in DecemberCBSSports.com all 4 news articles »

Prior to UFC 100, SI.com had the chance to speak with many of the promotion's elite fighters -- past and present. Here's what Matt Hughes had to say about Saturday's card, his career in the cage and much more.

Got Tito Ortiz over with the original UFC audience which had tuned out. Matt Hughes vs Royce Gracie UFC 60 - Hughes vs. Gracie 5/27/2006 -- Part 2 of Zuffa's plan to cannibalize the old school cred of SEG's original stars. Capitalized on the surprise ...

Fourth Bout: Welterweight Division - Matt Serra (16-5) vs. Matt Hughes (43-7): Matt Serra entered the octagon to the tune of Rocky, Hughes, as always, to the tune of A Country Boy Can Survive. As expected, no tapping of the gloves at the referee ...

That Matt Serra vs Matt Hughes fight was the fight I was really looking forward to. Hughes had his hands down half way through the first round. Neither of them did a stellar job, but it was a pretty good fight. I had the first round going to Serra, ...

Matt Hughes wins the grudge match; Serra gains respect: Matt Hughes, for whatever reason, never came across as an easy guy to get along with on the TUF shows he appeared on. Could it be because he's not an easy guy to get along with? Of course. ...

 TX McFedries picks up a huge victory and Pokam takes a devastating defeat that could really hurt his UFC career. I didn't get this one right. Matt Hughes v. Matt Serra: This fight went exactly like I thought it would. Serra landed some good shots ... Minute-by-minute: UFC 98 weigh-ins ESPN

 CA Matt Hughes is one of the best fighters in the history of the 170 pound weight division. He owns wins over George St. Pierre, BJ Penn, Sean Sherk, and many more. He has won at least 40 victories in his career as a pro fighter, and is as much of a lock ...

He recovered and defeated Belfort at UFC 49. Penn, on the other hand, dominated welterweight champion Matt Hughes. This one was no fluke, as in training, the smaller Penn went to Team Quest in Oregon to prepare with the likes of Olympic-caliber ...

Chuck had 4 consecutive (successfull) title defenses, this will be a record tying (Matt Hughes) 5th for Silva if he wins. Anderson Silva is pretty good, he is the best fighter in the world. Thales Leites is not the same caliber of fighter. ...

By Steve Cofield It's got to be tough sitting on the sidelines while you're called a cheater and your reputation is called into question. Georges St. Pierre has dealt with it for nearly three days and now he's had enough. GSP spoke with MMAWeekly last night and fired back strongly at B.J. Penn, his camp, his fan...

By Dave Sholler In one of the most dominating performances of his career, welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre retained his title at UFC 94 last Saturday by soundly defeating lightweight champion BJ Penn. So much for being a quitter… In one of the most dominating performances of his career, welterwe...

By stoker dafire The 25 year old Thiago Alves Araujo is a another, in a seemingly never-ending line of already great, young, Mixed Martial Arts warriors coming out of Brazil. Now fighting for American Top Team out of Coconut Creek Florida...Alves possesses bone crushing leg kicks and knock out power in eithe...

By John Shubert Alright everyone, as promised, here is my list of the top 10 fighters in all the major weight categories as well as pound-for-pound. Also receiving consideration: Antonio Silva and Ben Rothwell Also receiving consideration: Matt Hughes and Karo Parisyan

By Steve Cofield Trigg brought up the first Matt Hughes fight where he thought GSP cracked in the middle of the fight before he got quickly submitted. In St. Pierre's defense, that fight was in 2004 at UFC 50. Penn said that GSP quit in his fight against Matt Serra at UFC 69 in April of 2007.

By Victor Chen Less caliber or less experienced fighters will succumb to B.J. Penn's incredible fighting ability, but GSP is not your average Joe at the bar. The only way I think B.J. can win is by either out striking GSP with dirty boxing similar to Matt Serra or by dominating with jiu-jitsu plus ground and pou...

By Pat Georges St. Pierre vs. BJ Penn The main event of the evening is a superfight of epic proportions, as current welterweight champion Georges “Rush” St. Pierre and current Lightweight champion BJ “The Prodigy” Penn will do battle for the second time. The last time these two met, St. Pierre narrow...

By Jeremy Botter 1. Georges St. Pierre 2. Brock Lesnar 3. Anderson Silva 1. UFC 2. WEC 3. DREAM 1. UFC 91 2. DREAM 3 3. UFC 87 BEST SUBMISSION 1. Brock Lesnar 2. Chuck Liddell 3. Georges St. Pierre 1. Anderson Silva 2. Georges St. Pierre 3. Joachim Hansen 1. Anderson Silva 2. Thiago Alves 3. Anthony Johnson BEST SUBMISSION ARTIST

SHOW: BWR on BarbaricWrestling.comGUEST: Josh KoscheckDATE: January 1, 2009HOSTS: Shasta McNasty, The Constant Gardener, and Marlboro Cigarettes Presents The Sanford GomphFirst off Shasta asks Josh Koscheck who he wants to fight and he says he wants to fight Matt Hughes and he says t...

By Alabama Voodoo I don't much care for anything Canadian except for (9) Georges St. Pierre. Now, this guy is a Martial Artist, who, guess what, learned to wrestle. He is so scary good right now, and with the rematch with B.J. Penn coming up, it's on. We have a real treat for the entire MMA community when they enter the...

By Dave Meltzer The hotbed for grass roots mixed martial arts in the 1990s was the Quad Cities on the border of Iowa and Illinois.  And the biggest star of that scene was Pat Miletich. The scene was similar, with a long standing ovation, including fighters like Hughes, Pulver and Jeremy Horn who had been ther...

By Darren Wong 1. The old and established MMA fight clubs, like Ken Shamrock's Lion's Den, Liddell's "The Pit", and Miletich Fighting Systems are quickly becoming dinosaurs of the past. So, although Anderson Silva may still be considered the best fighter, Georges St Pierre is the prototype for the futu...

By Sean Schimling Quinton Jackson: Quinton "Hit-And-Run" Jackson Jeremy Horn: Jeremy "I'll Fight Anyone" Horn Rich Franklin: Rich "Mr. Ireland" Franklin Tito Ortiz: Tito "Number 500" Ortiz Anderson Silva:  Anderson "You Can't Stand With Him" Silva Matt Hughes: Matt "Toupée Chest" Hughes

By Jesse Holland Our good friend Steve Cofield had the chance to interview Senator Barack Obama prior to Tuesday’s election and being the student of mixed martial arts that he is, was sure to sneak in Matt Hughes recent criticism of Obama regarding his patriotism and tax plan. From the former UFC welterwei...

By Steve Cofield UFC has done a masterful job of taking over the pay-per-view world from boxing and wrestling. But there's still one thing mixed martial arts is short on and that's the villian. Vince McMahon has always gotten it. You need to tug on the 'hate' string to work fans into a frenzy. The top pro wrestler...

The Half-Guarded Truth By: Mike CoughlinMichaelCoughlin@f4wonline.com (mailto:MichaelCoughlin@f4wonline.com) For the week of 09/21/08 September Rankings Five Star Radio / The Half-Guarded Truth Mixed Martial Arts Rankings Another month, another round of fights, and another s...

By Jon Grilz Here comes this French Canadian in a gi and a Karate Kid headband into the Octagon. He was supposed to be some kind of Canadian champ or something and he was going to come in and challenge Hughes? Sure he was undefeated, but who does he think he is. Canadian versus the prototypical American far...

By Sam Caplan During the course of the interview, Koscheck also renewed his campaign for a match against former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes while also taking the opportunity to respond to recent comments made about him by Diego Sanchez.

By Jon Grilz The UFC has proven itself to be nothing if not unpredictable. Over the last year or so the UFC has seen a startling change of guard in every weight class. Anderson Silva beat Rich Franklin (twice). Georges St.Pierre beat Matt Hughes then Matt Serra beat St.Pierre then Serra got injured and St.Pie...

By Paul Larkin Any casual fan of MMA would know that Hughes is bound to talk religion at some point. He describes his “awakening” in disconnected manner. His conversations with Brian (Mark Hughes’ church buddy) regarding God and Jesus Christ seem like an extension from his stint on “The Ultimate Fighter....

By Kris Karkoski Pretty much every prediction out there picked GSP to go right after Hughes and knock his block off a la their last battle. While I agree that Pierre will take it right to the former welterweight champ, I think he will do so in a calculated and well paced fashion. As for the mid-west farm boy, Hugh...

By MMA Junkie As the MMA community gears up for Saturday’s UFC 79 event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, the spotlight shines on a main event of Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre (for the UFC’s interim welterweight title), as well as a long-awaited bout between former champs Chuck Liddell a...

By Performify When Matt Hughes was given a series of options over Thanksgiving weekend for his next move after a back injury put Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight champion Matt Serra on the shelf, he chose the toughest opponent, Georges St. Pierre, who is generally considered the most tale...

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By Kris Karkoski Let me preface this by saying that I want to see the rubber match between Matt Hughes and George St. Pierre just as much as the next guy. But to be completely honest, I’d rather see the originally planned Serra vs. Hughes match like we were promised. Why do I want to see it so badly? It’s simple- the t...

By Jesse Holland Matt Serra is yucking it up with his team and calls Matt Hughes a chipmunk while squinting his eyes and pursing his lips. He also does an impression of Hughes getting tooled by Georges St. Pierre. While I thought it was a little callous (even by my standards) I guess that’s one of the spoils they r...

50: Hughes beats Georges St. Pierre for the vacant WW title 52: Hughes retains against Frank Trigg; Chuck Liddell beats Couture for LHW title 65: Sylvia retains HW title against Jeff Monson: St. Pierre beats Hughes for WW title 69: Matt Serra beats St. Pierre for WW title

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By Rick Behnke The old saying "losing builds character, winning builds confidence" showed up on this week's episode the moment Matt Hughes walked in the training center door. He is confident. He is the champion. He is a winner. He is the "man."His walk shows it. His talk shows it. Matt Hughes walks the talk, and G...

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By Vince Chan If you're undefeated, you're fighting the wrong people", says Matt Hughes while he comforted Sam Morgan after Sam's devastating knockout by Luke Cummo. The knockout left Sam dazed for a couple of minutes. You could tell that Sam really wanted to win. I respect fighters who cry over their def...

By Vince Chan A tremendous monday night line-up pit SpikeTV's Ultimate Fight Night against USA network's WWE Monday Night Raw. I admit that I flipped through the channels and stayed mostly on Raw, but there was no tearing me away from SpikeTV when The Ultimate Fighter 2 began.After the obligatory recap...