Matt Hughes Knee Injury Unlikely To Require Surgery
By: Kris Karkoski (admin) | Aug 27, 2008
Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes announced on Tuesday that his injured knee will likely not require surgery, effectively clearing the way for an eventual return to the octagon to take on rival Matt Serra.
“Last Wednesday, I went in for my second MRI and also a stress x-ray. It all came back very positive and looks as though I will not need surgery,” wrote Hughes on Matt-Hughes.com. “I still have to go back for my three month check-up to find out more; but as of right now I can do more and start exercising a little bit.”
Hughes and Serra are expected to fight in the first-half on 2009.
Good news! I’m looking forward to that fight.
Dude that’s great news. I CANT WAIT to see this match. They both hate eachother like hell and absolutely DO NOT WANT TO LOSE to one another so they are going to give it their best. Should be a good fight! I go for hughes cuz serra was talking all kinds of $hit!!!
IM WITH YOU RLT CAN’T WAIT. WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN TO SERRA IF HE LOSES… FIRST OFF IT’LL SHOW THE GSP WIN WAS A FLUKE. BUT I SEE UFC RELEASING SERRA OR SENDING HIM TO WEC..
I’LL DEFINETLY BE ROOTIN FOR HUGHES… SERRAS VOICE DRIVES ME NUTS
I doubt they get rid of him…he was the welterweight champ…lost to gsp(currently the best welterweight)..and then if he loses to Hughes(the most dominant welterweight of all time)…I don’t think that would be grounds for kicking him out of the ufc…Im sure he’ll fight a couple more…have poor showings and then he will retire…I really can’t wait for hughes to bash his face in and then make him tap like the lil **** he is…
Serra should drop back down to 155 after this fight. Should be a good fight. Serra subs Hughes IMO, but I guess we will have to wait and see.
YZFOX RACING-
Dude, serra doesn’t have to lose to hughes for the world to know that he got lucky against gsp. GIve me a break!! the “terror” got lucky END OF STORY!
I think that hughes AND serra, should BOTH retire after this fight. After watching MIDDLE WEIGHT ALVES kick his @ss, EVERYONE knows hughes is done. And serra wouldn’t be able to keep up in lw or ww. THey should both train hard for this fight and try to end their careers on a posotive note.
IM NOT ARGUEING THAT IT WASN’T LUCK. I KNEW IT WAS. BUT WHEN HUGHES WINS. I SEE SERRA LOSING THE REST OF HIS FIGHTS IN UFC AND MAYBE GO TO ELIT OR EVEN AFFLICTION IF THEY GET A WW DIVISION
Yeah i agree, after serra loses (and he will lose), he should either retire or go to affliction or elite.
i hope hughes gets back…
i just want to see serra be destroyed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope the ****y a$$ b*tch Hughes gets his face hammered in. I can’t believe most of you think Serra is the annoying one. At least he knew how to train people without bringing the damn bible into it.
dannyboy…what does the bibly got to do with not being a good trainer…
if you actually payed attention to the idea..it was a portion of the bible that was intended to teach self discipline..something very important in mma!!!
and how was serra the better trainer…when it was matt hughes fighters in the finals!!!!!!!!
Rhymeskill,
Dude, couldn’t agree more!
Serra is a replica of a 14 yr old girl…I swear he worries more about the drama leading up to a fight, then the actual fight…i like this fight for hughes because athleticism won’t make a difference…this fight will be purely won on skill which hughes has alot more of than serra…
RHYMESKILL,,,, DUDE YOU NAILED IT PERFECT…
are you a northerner dannyboy? that must be why your rooting on serra…because its obvious who the better fighter is…Hughes dominated the welterweight class for 3 years while ol serra was getting knocked out with spinning backfists haha
AND YEAH SERRA HAD THE DAMN BELT FOR A YEAR BUT THE SUN OF A B1TCH WAS RUNNING. I HAVE A BAD HERNIATED DISC FOR 3 YEARS AND THAT SH1T JUST DOESN’T GO AWAY… I FINALLY HAD TO GO THROUGH SURGERY AND ITS STILL KILLING ME… HE WAS SCARED.. THATS WHY HE WAS ROOTING FOR GSP ON THE GSP/HUGHES FIGHT. BECAUSE HE DIDN’T WANT TO FIGHT GSP AGAIN. BUT HE DIDN’T EVEN WANT TO FIGHT HUGHES EITHER
i know this isn’t the topic but….. why does the UFC list Rashad as 16-0-1 and sherdog list as 12-0-1
dannyboy, i’m with you. although i couldn’t stand serra cuz he’s suchhhhhh a typical jersy/new yorker type, he did win me over on both seasons due to the fact that he’s an all around good guy. he showed on a number of occassions that he was a good trainer by basically bein the team leader on the comeback and by having a majority of the wins against hughes. hughe’s team couldn’t stand him on the show and the fact that his guy won is more of a testament to danzig than to hughes. As far as i’ve heard, the whole deal between hughes and serra is a result of hughes bein a prick and serra callin him out on it. i don’t see this bein an easy fight for either fighter, but i do hope serra wins.
11-0-1
I agree with DannyBoy (I think that’s a 1st) Hughes is a complete douche bag. There are so many more fighters that hate Hughes. GSP, Thiago Alves, BJ Penn, to name a few. He’s an arrogant prick and just talks mad **** to everyone else. One of the Big reasons Serra hates Hughes so much is from season 4. He was such a dick to GSP cause they were going to going into their rematch and Hughes had tapped GSP out once before. So Hughes felt he can say whatever and rub it in his face.
Matt Serra was also the better trainer, his team loved him and he had all but 2 victories in the 1st round. Danzig was gonna win it all no matter what, he was just better and had more experience than anyone else. And if you still don’t believe he is a great coach, watch TUF season 4. They didn’t have any real coaches and its Matt that steps up, corners each guy and manages to all but sweep the other team. Shonie carter would have gotten killed by Rich clementi if it wasn’t for Matt.
I can’t emphasis how much I want Matt Serra to break Hughes arm and send him back to the farm.
HAHAHA but that won’t happen cuz Hughes is way better fighter…but yea your right I might be a lil worried if they were to have a coach off…too bad for serra thats not the case…Hughes has the right to talk ****, hes actually good and did something with his mma career…serra on the other hand got lucky and caught gsp…thats the matt serra story beginning to end…I bet serra tries to act all cool with hughes after he gets his ass beat..just like with gsp…he talked all that **** and didnt back it up
EXACTLY COLE… HE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO ACT LIKE THE WAY HE ACTS. HES THE MOST DOMINATE CHAMPION THERE IS… I’LL GIVE IT TO SERRA HE WAS A BETTER COACH BUT THAT DON’T MEAN SH1T…
yeah, but what happens after the fight? hughes retires and serra does what? nothin’. even if serra wins, he’ll never be a legit contender in the WW division. there’s too much top competition in his way for him to really continue a career. keep in mind he was nothing until a “comeback” show, where he was as much a gimmick in the GSP title fight as Kimbo vs. _______ (just fill in the blank). if serra doesn’t move down to LW after this fight, then he’ll lose his credibility as a trainer with all the potential loses he is to rack up. still, he better kick hughes’ ass. **** that bible thumper.
Your wrong Cole, its one thing to talk trash to an opponent. Its another to treat other people like sh*t cause you think you are some unbeatable god and everyone should kiss your ass. He is a classless Jerk that needs to get another beating to help deflate that huge head of his.
Being great doesn’t mean you can just treat people like ****.
And the book of esther thing wasn’t about dedication to MMA, it was how Hughes was the Queen. And in the book the Queen did whatever she could for her people. In other words he’s trying to let everyone know what a great coach he is cause he is sacrificing everything for them, which is such BS. F*ck I really want Matt Serra to beat him into retirement.
in what way does he treat people like sh*t?? please quote him and let me know…what were his exact words that made him out to think he is an “unbeatable god” and that “everyone should kiss his ass”….now if you want to say hes blunt and ****y I will agree, but I don’t know where your gettin the rest of that sh*t…
blunt and c0cky*
I GOT YOUR BACK COLE… I GOT YOU
i think asian star just finds it a tad bit douchey to impose your way of life on other’s because of your supposed position of power (which is how it would appear to cast members on that show, not to us). and when hughes is seemingly abusing his position in that situation, it makes him come off like a holier than thou asshole which a lot of religious folk tend to demonstrate regardless of their mma ability.
im with cole and fox…
what has serra done as a pro fighter that is worth mentioning…other then a lucky win over gsp?!!??!?!?
serra is a punk..after he got a lucky win over gsp…he was all pumped…and he just jumped on the “hughes haters” band wagon…but when he came back to reality and realized he was not all that good..and he got LUCKY!!!!
he all of a sudden had nothing to say about hughes…
Serra is a chump…
hughes on the other hand…has a right to talk as much as he does..he has beaten many top fighters in his divison…including…gsp and penn!!!
and he has held the title…and defended it properly…
the only reason why people talk bad about him is because they know he is the baddest!!!
and they have a hard time dealing with it..
but now that he is older and not as good a fighter..
now people want to talk bad and step up to fight him…
hahha…
thats what i call a chump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!