Matt Hughes: If Serra Loses I’ll Be Looking To Fight Him
“I feel healthier now than I ever have, I’m really happy with my camp and who I’ve got, and I’ve got to put all the blame on me for that loss,” said Hughes of the St-Pierre fight. “I just didn’t go out there and do the things we worked on. I was hesitant and just wasn’t pulling the trigger like I should have. My camp got me in shape, I was ready to go, and I was just a little bit hesitant, so that’s on me, not on anybody else. So as healthy as I am and as much as I want to compete, I’m not going anywhere. First off, I would never retire off of a loss like that – never. Number two, I just feel super healthy.
I told (UFC President) Dana (White) that I might take a little time off to see my family and because I’m starting this new gym, the H.I.T. Squad, and I’m getting my clothing line out there. But I want to see Georges and Matt fight, and I told Dana that I’d probably like to fight Matt Serra after that fight. If Matt loses, I’ll be looking to fight him.
The fans will definitely see me in the Octagon again. I will be there.”
Former UFC weltweight champion Matt Hughes, fresh off a December title loss to Georges St. Pierre and recent book tour, discusses his future with UFC.com write Thomas Gerbasi.
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hope we get to see serra v hughes, all that bad blood between them i think hughes would own serra tho sure im not the only one but rly do u think we could be see hughes pierre 4? i still think matt would beat most people in that divison, hughes v fitch would give me a good idea how deep the divison is, people keep telling us its stacked but if hughes would still be in the top 4 or 5 which i think he is just think what pierre would do to them. OUCH!
PIERRE
FITCH
HUGHES
HEAT
JOSH
THINK THAT WOULD BE MY TOP 5????
As much as the bad blood was fun for awhile I just can’t bring myself to care about this fight. After GSP destroys Serra they are just 2 guys who are not really good enough to put back in the ring with the Champ. As for a Hughes Vs GSP 4, why? GSP completely owned Hughes in the last 2 fights, it was like watching a man fight a boy – just no contest.
I will agree with your top 5; think Diego could get in there if he gets over himself.
im glad hughes still wants to fight. there was no shame in losing to st pierre. i would still like to see hughes v serra but i actually think it will be a closer fight than most people. it would of been a shame if hughes had went out losing like that and i would still like to see him and bj in a rubber match as well.
This makes me excited. We all know that Serra is going to lose to GSP….so the Hughes Serra fight will probably be in August or September! Helllll yeah. Hughes needs a motivation boost…Serra is just the guy for the job!
Take Karo out of the top 5 hes great and all but his last fight against Ryo Chonan sucked in the arena afterwards you couldnt even hear karo talk everyone was booing him so loud and now hes ducking Fitch for an easier route to the title good luck with that cuz the guy hes suposed to face next also fought at ufc 78 and he was sick Tiago Alves is a beast him and Chris Lytle were trading sick leg kicks that you could hear all the way where I was sitting so my top 5 is more like this
GSP
Fitch
Kos
Gono
Davis
huertarogerhuerta – I agree, why doesn’t Karo address this “ducking Fitch” controversy?? It’s all over the internet MMA sites, and he’s keeping quiet about it.
According to Karo, he was never offered the Fitch fight…maybe because he said he wouldn’t fight him about a thousand times, but who knows?
Kos should not be in the top five and would likely lose to Matt Hughes.
Well GSP is just to damn good. He makes Huges look Bad. John Fitch is also good, but he needs a bigger name than Sanchez to put him in the #2 spot. If he were to fight Huges or Serra assuming Serra is no just a fluke, Fitch would rise to the top and Fight for the title soon. GSP had a very bad night when he lost the title, lets hope he is focused for this next fight with Serra. The Heat is an exciting fighter but he definatly. falls closer to about 6th position next to Kos, Sanchez, Davis,Tiago,Burkman. maybe these fighters are fighting to prove who is in the top 5 catagory.
1 GSP
2 Hughes
3 Fitch
4 Serra (because he got the chance of a lifetime and made it happen)
5 And the rest that are yet to still prove themselves.
I think baby feeding jon fitch with fighters that they know he can beat.
its funny, GSP is undisputably number one in welterweight. as for number 2, 3, 4, 5… its debatable i think. but for sure, GSP #1.
i’d like to see diego sanchez make a comeback though.
as for serra, he has an overdue ass kicking by gsp then hughes