Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra Likely For April 2009
Welterweight rivals and former champions Matt Hughes and Matt Serra are likely to headline a yet to-be-announced UFC event in April 2009, according to an entry by Hughes on his official site.
UFC executive Joe Silva confirmed the matchup with Hughes this week, though an exact date and venue have yet to be determined for the featured bout.
Hughes, who held the title for two extended periods before losing to BJ Penn and Georges St-Pierre, was originally booked to face Serra for the belt in November 2007 following Serra’s surprising upset of the then-champion St-Pierre in April of the same year. The matchup was then pushed back to UFC 79 in late-December but was ultimately scratched after Serra withdrew from the bout due to a back injury.
Hughes remained on the UFC 79 card, losing a rubber match for the interim title to St-Pierre. Serra returned in April, also losing to St-Pierre. Following another loss by Hughes, this time to Thiago Alves in the main event of UFC 85 in June, Hughes and Serra are again scheduled to meet.
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can’t wait. i hope serra submits him
I think hughes is gonna gnp serra till the ref stops it
Wow only a 16 month wait…. Ehh…. I would like to see Serra win, yet Hughes probably will
why do you want Serra to win? isn’t it a little redickulous that he trys to talk like he is on the same level as Hughes and GSP? i know he beat GSP (1ST ROUND) but who else has he beat? who else has he fought besides BJ (in the start of BJ’s career)? is he really a top level fighter?
Windmiller,
Good points and question…. Is Serra a top level MMA fighter ehh probably not as most people would percieve him to be. And ya he beat GSP hence the “Serra Effect” (just had to bring it up randomly)…
Serra for me is rather entertaining he is like that little chiauhauha next to the huge bulldog jumpin up and down talking ****, he is funny I don’t know… I’m not the biggest Hughes fan (I respect his great carrer and what he has done) and I would just like to see him go out to pasture if u will
I will enjoy the fight but because I’m not the biggest Hughes fan and Serra makes me laugh that’s why I would like to see Serra win but again he probably will get destroyed by Hughes
i think if hughes was still in his prime this would be no contest but he’s not. I think at this point, there pretty close but i would have to expect hughes to win. i’m hopin for the upset though cuz hughes just seems too ****y. serra seems like a ****y guy as well, but he’s still respectful and i’ve grown to like him after seein him on both seasons of tuf.
I liked Serra until he coached on tuf…he reminded me of a lil high school girl…gettin caught up in the drama..all the he said she said bullsh*t..I wish he would keep big new yorker mouth shut..and let his abilities speak for themselves….that bein said..I liked his attitude on tuf 4 and he does have some pretty good jj…but I just don’t think hes up at hughes level….since they’re both old, athleticism won’t be major factor in this fight..it will rely more on talent which I think Hughes just has better skills than Serra(putting aside that I am a Hughes fan)…should be a great fight tho since they both depise each other can’t wait….a country boy will survive
DIDN’T I MENTION THIS YESTERDAY…
I CAN’T SEE HOW ANYONE CAN LIKE SERRA… HIS WIN OVER GSP IS OBVIOUSLY A FLUKE. LOOK HOW GSP DOMINATED HIM. I CAN’T STAND HOW HE CRADLED THA BELT AND THEN ACTED LIKE HE GOT HURT… THE DUDE SOUNDS LIKE A ****IN QUEER…
Was Serra ever really a champion? The guy held the belt for a year without making a title defense.
SERRA HASN’T WON A FIGHT BY SUBMISSION IN YEARS. KRIS DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG ITS BEEN SINCE HES SUBMITTED SOMEONE…
I lost interest in this fight about 18 months ago.
I like both fighters so i don’t care who wins.
3~22~2002 Kelly Dullanty via Triangle choke
Serra has beat:::
Yves Edwards,Jeff Curran,Chris Lytle,GSP
Serra has lost to::
GSP,BJ Penn, Karo Parisyan,Din Thomas and Mr.International Shonie Carter (hl spinning backfist)
I think Hughes will win, and I prefer that he win. I am a Hughes fan anyways, but I also dislike Serra. But then I’ve never really liked many “typical New Yorkers” like Serra.
Would pull for Hughes, but after the **** he said regarding the GSP/Fitch fight, I hope they both knock each other out Balboa/Creed style.
Willy D….
I think you need to look into things a lil more before making a commment like that….heres what hughes reply was to what was said…
“I usually don’t do this, but I’m going to break my rule this time. There’s been so much talk about my last blog entry that it’s amazing. Some of it is legitimate thinking, some of it is just from idiots. I never said the GSP fight was boring, the reason I walked out was because I wanted to beat the crowd. I didn’t think Fitch was going to get back in the match and the fight wasn’t as exciting as I thought it would be. If you want, you can go look at my last blog entry and see that this is basically what I said. So people criticized me for leaving the fight early and said that was disrespectful to GSP, I disagree, I just wanted to get out of there. Some people just need to realize that this is what I do for a living. Now let’s take what you do for a living, go to a conference every month for a few years and see if you want to leave early during one of them. I even had one guy on Yahoo! Sports report that I said that I thought GSP was on steroids. If you go back to my blog and look at what I actually said, I said that I thought that he looked smaller than he has looked before. Never once did I say that GSP was on steroids for this fight. Just goes to show that you can’t trust some of the journalism for the sport out there.”
FR702 YOUR A GOOD MAN THANKS… SEE HE CAN’T EVEN BEAT SOMEONE WITH HIS OWN SPECIALTY. HOW GAY IS THAT. ALL YOU PEOPLE HATING ON HUGHES… HUGHES IS ONE OF THE ORIGINALS. HE WAS THE “MOST” DOMINANT CHAMPION IN THE HISTORY OF MMA… MORE THEN CHUCK… YOU CAN’T HATE SOMEONE FOR SPEAKIN THERE MIND… HES NOT AFRAID SAY ANYTHING AND THATS WHY I LOVE HUGHES… HES A BADASS….
BOUT DAMN TIME
Spider is the most dominant champion of all time imo. He wins a couple more 185 fights in 2 rounds or under and he might just be the greatest ever. I want to see him kick Okami’s azz next after Cote.
I never liked Serra until i met Hughes. I hope Serra knocks that ****y ego maniac Hughes back to when he was good.
I did not see that update, thanks for letting me know Cole.
16 month wait?…. hughes should win. but anything can happen. thats why they fight…
Go Serra!
T3chn3trium,
Dec 2007 (UFC 79) to April 2009 is aprox 16 months…?…
ok thank you. thought you meant 16 months from now
Considering this was supposed to happen in November its almost an 18 month wait, but no matter the specific time this fight’s a long time coming and I’m looking forward to it.
T3chn3trium, no worries
@Kris sorry for being that specific I forgot about the original injuries of the two Matts
Let the hype machine begin. I can’t wait for this fight.
what we have to realize hear is this:Matt Serra is not that good of fighter, i mean dont get me wrong he did beat GSP, but believe me that was a world class upset not a world class beat down. Hughes in 2 rounds by TKO.
This will be my first time cheering for Hughes, not to mention any Militech fighter ever.
Dear Matt Hughes,
Take care of business. Then retire. Do not pass “mediocre, washed up has-been.” Do not collect an extra $1M. One Ken Shamrock is one too many.
Love,
MMA Fans Everywhere