this ones to all who follow the UFC ,  im a huge fan.......Matt Hughes or Joyce Gracie?
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I am pretty sure that Hughes will win. The Gracie of the early 90's I would've had my money on but he's getting old. He pretty much relies on submissions and I'm sure Hughes is training like hell to counter the subissions.
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My favourite fighter has always been Royce Gracie i love watching him fight. I am also a big fan of Matt Hughes and to see them fight each other will be AWESOME i am sure it will be the fight of the year. I live in Australia and i am going to California to see it live at UFC 60. I hope Royce wins so we can see more of him if he losses i think he will retire. I am also a big fan of Ken Shamrock but i am afraid Tito will retire him unless Ken goes for Tito's bad leg but he won't. As for GSP i think he is great fighter he may just beat Matt Hughes in a rematch that will also be a great fight. I think that Chuck Liddel is the most exiting fighter in the ufc today and at the moment he looks unstoppable. This year has been filled with the best fights and match ups ever in mma i wish they could find more heavyweight contenders though.\nPlease ask more UFC questions i love it.
1140927
I hated Tito before tuf3 . He was an awesome coach and now has my respect and support all the way Tito!!!!Just plz don't kill shamrock!!
364459
Matt Hughes first won the belt against Carlos Newton in a very weired fashion with Matt Hughes in a triangle hold and had Newton lifted up on top of the cage when Matt passed out and dropped Newton on his head Knocking him out hard to explain really but Matt beat him in a rematch in UFC 38
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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu changed the way we trained for fighting in the US.  If you pick up a copy of the first UFC you'll see that Shamrock, who was at the time a champion Japanese shoot fighter, was the only fighter prepared to fight on the ground besides Gracie.  Royce shut all of his opponents down within minutes because of that advantage.  Fighters like Matt Hughes are as rounded as they are because of that Gracie influence.  They've stepped up their ground skills to be able to survive on the mat.  But that's also created a need for ground fighters to step up their striking skills as well.  You probably noticed that Royce looked a little more prepared to strike on his feet than he has been in previous matches.\n\nThe Huges vs Gracie fight was disappointing, though.  If you've ever trained in BJJ you'd know that Royce made an amateur mistake when he gave up his back to Matt.  People have brought up that he is past his prime, but he didn't lose because he wasn't physically prepared.  He lost because of a critical error that gave Hughes and incredible position.\n\nI'd like to see a rematch.  I'm not saying that Royce would win.  I would just rather see him lose a better fight than that.
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I think that Royce Gracie is going 2 win But it should be an AMAZING fight. Matt Hughes is a really great fighter but I think that Royce will win because it's all about pride, he would not only shame himself by losing but his whole family.
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Hughes.....Gracie is washed up and just doesn't have the sheer power....Ultimate Fighter ROCKS!!!!
596991
I'm imagining that you are asking this question for the ignorant people out there who think that Gracie won the fight. Well unfortunately, I am not one of them so I will watch the answer sequence and see if one of these people happen to pop up and give some ludicrous answer. I love Royce but he lost. We need to move on.
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Royce, not Hoyce has a lot of family members. i train at Rorion Gracie's academy in Torrance and his two sons Rener and Ryron are two incredible masters of jiu-jitsu. they are both tall, strong, and fast, with an incredible knowledge and understanding of jiu-jitsu. watch for ryron in the mixed martial arts organizations soon. i feel strongly that he would defeat hughes in the very near future.
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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!
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Gracie is already a legend and will continue to be but I don't think that its going to be his night.  Hughes has some serious fitness going and is strong in all aspects of the game.  I think it'll be a referee's stoppage from ground and pound.  Gracie's a tough guy, I don't want to say otherwise but Hughes is going to dish out some major punishment.
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I am not really sure.  I was at the UFC (was it 59?) live in Las Vegas for the USA vs. Canada matches when GSP beat BJ Penn and frankly the whole crowd was in an uproar because we really felt BJP should have won.  I was not impressed with GSP's performance that night (a little sarcasm for you there).  I also think GSP is a little overconfident going into this fight, which could be his downfall.  Lots of people say Matt is cocky, well have you watched UFC Unleashed (the special about the upcoming matches)?  GSP did nothing but talk about how great he is and how much training he has, how superior his training is over Matt's and how much better than Matt he is all around.  Everything Matt said was in response to GSP's constant macho uptalk about himself.  I really like Matt Hughes - he impressed the heck out of me with his win over Royce Gracie.  However, I think he should have put BJ Penn away a lot sooner in the match than he did.  So I'm nervous about the fight.  I WANT Matt to win (badly) but I think GSP has a good chance at it.
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This is definitely an interesting question. Jet Li is an actor but has trained in martial arts for a long time. Matt Hughes is a competitor in full contact fight organizations. Although I believe a UFC fighter is definitely a good fighter and could hold his own on the street, I don't believe that a UFC fighter is necessarily the best street fighter in the world. So is this question based upon a fight in the street or within the confines of UFC? If UFC, then I would say Hughes. Hughes would probably out-grapple Jet Li and win, although none of us know for sure what Jet Li is like on the ground. I do know from personal experience that some Kung Fu fighters train in ground fighting within their own style. So I wouldn't be surprised if he was great on the ground. If we are talking about a street fight, I think Jet Li could do some serious damage unless Matt Hughes has some finishing moves that he could execute before Jet Li makes his move. Jet Li acts in movies and has choreographed fight sequences. So what? He is still trained in a fighting art and he has built responses to agressive actions in his muscle memory. Bruce Lee was also an actor with Choreographed fight sequences. If he were alive today, I doubt any of you would challenge him to a fight because he would still take you to school.
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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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We will never know because the UFC never talks about Pride. If I had to choose I would have to go with Dan Henderson. He has so much experience
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Matt Hughes won. And in decisive fashion. The two started out on their feet before Hughes took Gracie down, but Gracie went straight to guard. Hughes passed Gracie's guard and managed to lock Gracie's right arm in a kimura. To his credit, Gracie retained his composure and never flinched once. He got out of it only to give up his back. Hughes grapevined both of Gracie's legs and proceeded to land 3 straight right hands to the side of Gracie's head. Gracie could only put up his hand in defense. Hughes landed 2 more unanswered punches before landing several right-left-right-left-right-left-right hands to Gracie's head before Big John McCarthy stepped in and stopped the fight.
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I am a huge fan of the UFC and all other mixed martial arts events other than that i would have to say ECW because my son loves it and i usually watch it with him its good for a laugh.