Josh Koscheck Could Fight Frank Trigg or Matt Hughes at UFC 103
A welterweight bout pitting recently-signed veteran Frank Trigg against contender Josh Koscheck is likely for September 26th at UFC 103, MMA Mania is reporting.
According to the report, Koscheck is also open to fighting former UFC 170-pound champion Matt Hughes, but a matchup with Trigg appears most-likely for UFC 103, which does not yet have a confirmed location with cities in the UK, Texas, as well as Las Vegas in the mix.
A cast member on the first season of The Ultimate Fighter, Koscheck emerged as a contender in the welterweight division by earning wins in seven of his first eight bouts. After suffering a unanimous decision loss to current champion Georges St-Pierre in mid-2007, Kos rebounded with back-to-back victories over Dustin Hazelett. The former collegiate wrestlerhas has stumbled lately, scoring a first round knockout of Yoshiyuki Yoshida between losses to upcoming title challenger Thiago Alves and newcomer Paulo Thiago, though the latter was a controversial flash knockout protested by Koscheck.
Trigg (19-6), whose return to the UFC was confirmed earlier this week, went 2-3 in his first stint in the Octagon, twice challenging for the welterweight title in his first UFC stint, but falling short on both occasions. Since leaving the UFC in 2005, “Twinkle Toes” has gone 7-2, including an IconSport title bout victory over Jason “Mayhem” Miller as well as wins against Kazuo Misaki, Edwin Dewees, and Falaniko Vitale.
Hughes (43-7), who was victorious over Matt Serra last Saturday at UFC 98, is currently a free agent but confirmed following his recent victory that he has no plans to retire and has vowed to re-sign with the UFC, with his next fight likely to be near his home state of Illinois.
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Update (from Kris Karkoski at 10:00am ET on 5/30/2009): Trigg, via Twitter, has denied rumors that he’ll be fighting Koscheck at UFC 103, writing “Rumors are not true. I have no knowledge who or when”.
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Damn, Koscheck has really gone down the ladder if he’s fighting Frank “Twinkle Toes” Fu*king Trigg. Damn Koscheck put a few wins together bruh!
Has koscheck become the gatekeeper @ ww?!?
If hughes doesn’t fight kos he should fight kampann or condit since no one else will be available.
I would have loved to have seen the Diaz brothers on the douchebagweight championship list. Maybe they could fight each other…”There can be only one.”
Awww..poor Serra gets a bad rap. I love that guy.
What a lot of people dont know is this is to crown the UFC’s 1st ever douchebagweight champion! The weight class consists of Kos, Trigg, Matt Hughes, Ken Shamrock, Serra, Phil Baroni, Rashad Evans, CB Dollaway and Ryan Gracie (oops!)
Hey where the hell is Karo(do you know who i am?)Paresian. Hed be a top contender
Karo is entered in a Grand Prix with Sean Sherk, Tim Sylvia and Chris Leben to crown the Middleroid champion of the world in an event to be refereed by Royce Gracie
This is awesome, I’m looking forward to seeing if Trigg can still be competitive. The division has evolved by far since he left the UFC, but his only losses there were to Hughes and GSP. We’ll see how this plays out.
You know what i dont see this as being that big of a step down for kos. Lets rewind for a second. Before he was injured he was supposed to fight chris wilson, a tough dude yes but no world beater and far from ever being in title contention. Before that he got KTFO out by a completely unknown fighter in the U.S. who was a huge underdog in that fight. who was showing very sloppy stand-up before he rocked kos. and was also i belive thrown in to lose, to poissibly hype up kos for a potential title shot had he beat thiagoand won his next fight.(he did take GSP to a competitive 3 round fight). Even further back down memory lane he fought another relatively unknown fighter in yoshida who i believe only had one win in the UFC, over one of the WW divisions best “WAR MACHINE” lol. anyways you can see that since the loss to alvez he hasnt realy fought any top competition. Therefor a fight with Twinkle toes inst realy a step down. Kos by UD
I think this bout will be a nice illustration of the different talent levels between guys fighting in smaller shows and the current WW UFC roster. I’d be shocked if Koscheck, who I rate as top-shelf in MMA and world-class in douchebaggery, doesn’t finish Trigg inside 4 minutes.
Should be a good match up. Both guys are world class wrestlers.
BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDD
KOSCHECK AND KAMPMANN WOULD DEFINATELY BE ONE TO SEE.
guys seriously we are getting close to fighter bashing… lil annoying and not what the site is for.
Anyways, Kos is no where near gate keeper status. It was a flash KO (but a KO none the less) against a very out matched opponent. It was Koscheck’s fault of not taking the guy seriously and it bit him in the ass there. He is still a great fighter and a fight versus Trigg would actually be entertaining to me but I think the styles would also run the risk of making a “boring” fight/college wrestling match. So I am glad to see that is not Trigg’s opponent as of right now. I have honestly wondered about a Trigg-Hughes(again) fight just because of the timing, I do not know if it would be worth seeing really but the timing is interesting. Probably reading too much into things there.
I think Koscheck versus Kampmann would make sense though. I could also see a Koscheck-Condit possibility as well. As for Trigg I could see a fight with Karo or even Hazlett. If Kos and Trigg do link up though… I could see it working out one of two ways fight of the year candidate or both guys end up hesitant about the others wrestling and spar back and forth on there feet before someone connects on a bomb and the lights are out. Either way I think Kos has the edge due to his youth but Trigg is a crafty veteran in there.
This was a fun thread to read until yours popped up. “Middlerod Champion” Very funny.
I think Kos -Hughes Fight sounds like fun …. Kampmann vs Fitch would be a good fight as well
Condit vs Hazelett maybe