whos a better MMA fighter, matt hughes or royce gracie?
441105
Matt Hughes has a better record than royce gracie, o i guess that would mean Matt Hughes is the better mixed martial arts figher
575277
Hughes Batters Gracie\nhttp://15rounds.com/boxing/News/2006/05/ufc-052706.php\n\n"Hughes scores a dominating victory over the legendary Gracie; official time of stoppage 4:39 of the first round."
685307
UFC fighting is fake what a joke. I can't wait till the fight between Royce Gracie and Matt Hughes. May 27 I would love to see that one. The slamming of Hughes vs Brazilian jujitsu of Gracie. I predict one of the best all-time fights hope it goes for awhile.
709847
I agree. I think Shogun is the better of the two, and he is ranked higher than Weinderlai on MMA Weekly. Rua won last year's Grand Prix, and Silva lost in the second round. Hopefully they will square off, despite both coming out of Chute Box. Shogun will win because he has cleaner standup, whereas Weinderlai constantly flurries. Shogun also has won several fights by submission, whereas the champ only has one submission victory (rear naked choke). Hopefully they will run into eachother in one of the open weight tournaments and we can get a non-hypothetical answer to this question.
626547
Oh that would be me.  Although work has crippled me to the point that I have not watched TV for over two weeks.  All I can say is the Ice Man rules.  I love UFC.  I really have to make some time and watch spike.  Oh and Matt Hugh is my favorite to beat Royce Gracie.  Matt is a good fighter.
675858
Matt Hughes defeated Royce Gracie via TKO, due to strikes, at 4:39 of round 1. Hughes appeared to nearly have some sort of an arm-lock submission hold on Gracie a minute or so earlier, but Gracie did not seem bothered by it at all; he showed no pain on his face and was not about to tap out to Hughes, even though it looked like his arm was being bent back pretty badly. It was a dominant win by Hughes, when the referee stopped the fight because Gracie could not intelligently defend himself from the massive strikes Hughes was putting on him.
932362
No excuse!!!! GSP is a far better fighter. Faster hands, better fround game, and more technical. If it wasnt for Matt Huges having such a strong wrestling background he would not have lasted as long as he did. Not to take anything away form Matt, he was a great champ, but his time is up. Now GSP is giving Matt a  rematch just to prove that it wasnt a fluke.
719838
To be perfectly honest I really wouldn't know how to call this fight. I think that they are both good fighters with more less similar physical strenght and power. I think Evan would have some advantage in striking and he'd probably do better standing up in this fight. Matt's wrestling skills on the other hand are some way ahead of Evan's (I think that he was an Olympic silver medalist in greco roman). But then again Tanner is probably a bit more experienced so I really don't know.\nIf I had to pick I'd go with Tanner but that's basically just taking a guess.\n\nAnd to answer the other part of your question I'm from Croatia and I do watch and like Pride more mostly  because of the great competitors and fights that they have in heavyweight and light heavyweight division, and because of Mirko of course. Middleweight division is about even in both organizations, with Rich Franklin and Dan Henderson being completely dominant. Welterweight division Pride doesn't have but their lightweight fighters and fights are better then UFC's in my opinion.\nBut to be honest what I mind the most are all these people who turn up here, know nothing about MMA of course, but still run their mouth about UFC like it's some kind of God given organization, Chuck and Andrei are the best in the world, Pride fighters are minor league and things like that. UFC in my opinion is most overrated MMA organization in the world and that's why I dislike it so much.
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I don't know if you've seen the fight, so I'll try to give you a good play by play.\n\nGoing into the fight we new each fighter had their own advantages. Royce is an expert technician on the ground with dangerous submissions. Hughes is powerful and well rounded.\n\nTo win, Hughes' strategy was most likely to avoid going to the ground for as long as possible, while wearing Royce out on his feet. From the ground, Hughes' goal would be to protect himself from submissions and wear on him with the ground and pound.\n\nTo prepare for the fight Royce worked on his striking skills. He knew that Matt was a well rounded fighter and that he would need to be prepared to face off against him in a striking match until he could take it to the ground. On ground he is a much more technical fighter, but without a gi he knew he would have a harder time defending himself from the 'ground and pound' attack of Hughes.\n\nThe fight started off as expected. Royce showed that he had worked on his striking while Matt avoided the double leg take down that he usually attacked other opponents with. A few minutes in the fighters got into a clench and Matt took Royce down to a side mount, giving himself a good advantage. He worked to keep the pressure on Royce using his elbows while Royce kept a strong defense and worked to slip in his guard.\n\nMatt got an arm lock on Royce, but Royce was able to slip in a half guard to take away his leverage. That combined with his flexibility kept Matt from submitting him. From here the fight took a surprising turn. Matt was able to pass Royce's guard and return to the superior side mount. I think that Royce was too relaxed in letting him do this. He was probably over confident in his ability to control the fight from the ground.\n\nFrom there Royce made yet another mistake. In an attempt to turn Matt he slipped off and gave him his back. It was an incredibly sloppy move for someone of his experience. You could see in his face how disappointed he was with himself after the fight. From there Matt pounded on the back of Royce's head until the fight was called.\n\nI'd like to see a rematch of the fight. Matt definitely controlled the fight, but I was disappointed to see Royce lose by making such a careless mistake. I think that he was over confident in his superiority on the ground, and would likely fight a more careful match if given another chance.
642815
Matt Hughes has only fought GSP once in ufc 50. Matt Hughes won the match in the final seconds of the first round by reversing a submission attempt and to win the fight by arm-bar. GSP is now the number 1 contender after beating BJ Penn in UFC 58 by split decision. However BJ Penn might get a shot first because he has beaten Hughes in the past but to answer your question he has only fought him once but i cant wait for the rematch. \nPlease ask more UFC questions i love it.
455447
royce gracie knows he will have to work faster with the new rules so im sure he is training hard for the new rules. he is a master at what he does and he will adapt to the fighting conditions. gracie by arm bar.
1158695
The thing about MMA is that one lucky punch or kick can knock anyone out. A well trained MMA fighter will win 90% of the time (if not more often) but can be caught with a lucky shot that will end the fight. Matt Hughes has the most weapons, offensively and defensively, in the UFC today to be considered the closest thing to an ultimate fighter.
570438
I think we're all excited to see Royce Gracie And Matt Hughes (only 3 more weeks!).  But I want to see St. Pierre and Hughes fight again.  I am a huge St. Pierre fan.  I think any fight with Diego Sanchez will be awesome!
668064
No. I do not think the fight was fixed. For one thing, the gi is no longer allowed in the UFC. That has been the case for a long time now. It was strange that the Gracies weren't in his corner although Helio was watching from the crowd. He did have his family in the dressing room and he was training with one of them. Gracie has been working on his striking skills and that was part of his strategy going in. But what I found strange was not the fact that he was striking. It was the fact that Hughes made all of the submission attempts and nearly broke Royce's arm. He didn't look like the old Royce but to say that he threw the fight for some unknown political reason seems a bit far fetched. The Gracie's are very proud of their reputation and I don't think they would throw a fight. I think Matt Hughes is just the better fighter of them in today's world. If Matt had fought Royce while he was in his prime, I think the outcome would have been different.
947957
My favorite fighters are Chuck Liddell because he kicks a lot of ass and has an awesome mohawk, Forrest Griffin because that fight he has with Stephan Bonnar was the best fight I'd ever seen, and Georges St. Pierre because I think he has the best shot to beat Matt Hughes.
656467
Matt hughes won the fight, but Gracie wins the battle! Matt Hughes will get beat one day and then he will be the "Old school" fighter!! Gracie is the sure thing and Hughes is the One (1) ufc champion winner, was he scarred to put the belt on the line tonight??\nAt least he didn't get the submission!
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Hughes Won!\nGracie opened the fight with a couple of range-finding kicks.  Hughes answered with an overhand left that briefly jarred the Brazilian.  Gracie quickly regained his bearings though and kept kicking at Hughes, who drove him into the fence.  With 3:45 left in the round, the fight went to the mat, with the crowd erupting as Gracie looked for a submission.  Hughes kept his cool though and worked his strikes from the top position, eventually locking up Gracie’s left arm.  After some tense moments, Gracie escaped, but soon Hughes got his back and opened up with elbows and strikes.  Seconds later, after a series of unanswered blows to the head, referee John McCarthy had no choice but to halt the bout at 4:39 of the frame.