any other UFC fan see Royce Gracie vs. Matt Hughes?  Were you disappointed with the fight too?
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Yeah. I was. I thought the Gracie vs. Hughes fight would go to a decision.
1138096
I love the matches last night and with D/X doing it again not only to the spiritsquad but both of the mannon's that was great and I laugh allot.\n I enjoy the match fight with John and rob but then edge just had to interfere one more time so john could not get the belt.\n I think that edge will get exacting what he deserve and get the shit kicked out of him. He need to grow up and stop acting like a damn ass
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Here's my play by play of the fight.\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.
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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.
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Royce too old???? I have trained with Royce, and even Helio who is in his 70"s and could still beat the average guy on the street...Royce is in great condition and by BJJ technique he does not have to stay active..it takes patience and energy conservation. Hughes is a wrestler..they have bad habits..he will do everything to keep Royce from putting him on his back..which means he will give his back...choke...Hughes does not pass the guard very well...it won't be that exciting of a match..all technique...Just like Royce vs. Ken Shamrock...Hughes will do the same ground and pound crap Ken did, but Royce will protect himself ..bleed a little bit..and tap Hughes out...\nwin by submission....
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It will be a great night of fights\n\nI hope ken wins but i have to put my money on Tito\nKen has been working on submissions again witch he didn't spend much time on the last time they fought but i will be looking at the same outcome. Ken will retire win or lose.\n\nTim and Andrei will be more of an edge of your seat battle no doubt the fight of the night Tim will be looking for a different game plan I'm guessing he will try to take Andrei down in the first for a little ground and pound then try KO him in the second. Who ever wins hope it is a KO.
878275
George St. Pierre dominated Matt Hughes in 2 round knockout to get the title. Silvia defended against Monson in a 5 round boring @$$ decision...
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My favourite martial artists at thee moment are Matt Hughes and Royce Gracie and to have them fight each other on the 27th of may at UFC 60 is a dream come true. I live in Australia and i am going to watch the fight live in California and i cant wait.
634341
I won with Hughes! Everyone was so confident that Gracie's comeback was going to be spectacular, but 11 years out of the octagon were too much. The game has changed since UFC 1 and 2.
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I think Hughes would take this fight.\n\nKazushi Sakuraba is a great fighter and  MMA legend, no question about that. He has beaten many excellent opponents such as Quinton Jackson, Kevin Randelman, Royce Gracie, Ken Shamrock, Vitor Belfort and so on. But over the years he has also competed (specially in PRIDE) against fighters a lot bigger then his size and taken horrible beatings and injuries against some of them. Silva really broke and injured him badly in all of their matches, Mirko also in their fight and in the match against Ricardo Arona he was literally almost killed. He was left laying on the canvas after the first round  badly hurt, bloodied and beaten, with blood even coming from his ears and it was really a terrible sight. So those matches really left a huge impact on his body and ability to fight at his best.\n\nAnd Matt Hughes is on the other hand in my opinion the best fighter in UFC history, a man at the peak of his career and on top of his game. His striking is good, wrestling and groundwork nothing less then incredible (the way he dominated Gracie was awesome) and he is by far physically strongest and most powerfull man in his weight class and I have no doubt that he would severely overpower Sakuraba even though he weighs a bit more.\n\nSo if the fight was 5 or 6 years ago I would maybe go with Kazushi, but now he has no chance of beating Hughes. So I pick Matt by TKO or a very convincing decision.
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It was GSP. But it was a KO. GSP actually knocke Hughes out at the end of the first but the horn went before he could finish it. \nThen in to the second he continued to dominate Hughes with strikes and kicked him in the head hitting him with his shin. Hughes dropped and GSP jump on him and hit him with 3 good punches and a couple elbows Big John called it cause Matt was esentially out. It was sweet GSP made Hughes look like an d amature. \nBring in the new blood. GSP is gonna be there for a while. There is no one there who casn beat him now...
880767
That guy that beat matt hughes was a fairy.  He can take the belt anywhere he wants.  Know one will pay to see him fight anyway.  He needs to get his bucked teeth fixed.
659296
I watched it!  It was bad azz!  Man, I'm glad Mayorga lost, he was talking to much crap about la raza man, and I can't stand that!  Hell, no one talks about mi raza!  De La Hoya put him in his place!  And for those of you who didn't watch it, De La Hoya won, he knocked out mayorga in the sixth round!
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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.
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I agree with Clicker. I think the rest of the fight card is rather lame, mostly because I haven't heard of half of the people who are fighting besides Hughes and Gracie. However, Diego Sanchez and Dean Lister are fighting and I like to watch them, regardless of who they fight so I think apart from the main event, that is a good reason to order it. In all fairness, I think it really depends on you. How deep are you into MMA? Are you highly educated about the different techniques and fighters in the UFC? If the answer is yes, then I think it would be worth the money. I am personally interested in seeing how effective Gracie can be without his gi. If it's not that big of a deal to you and you want to save money, you can always wait for it to come out on DVD and rent it when it hits blockbuster.
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Lutter totally imposed his gameplan on Patrick Cote, took him down as Cote attempted a to stand back up Lutter caught him in an armbar. \n\nMatt Sera won a decision over Chris Lytle, I think Lytle fought well but matt was constantly the agressor dispite the fact the Lytle (the striker) constantly stuffed his jui-jitsu attempts that would have smothered a lesser opponent, it was a decision surrounded by contraversy as serra was booed constantly during the trophy presentation and even had the balls to call the current Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes a "Fu.cking D.ckhead". \n\nJorge Rivera mounted an excellent standup offense forcing Edwin "Bam Bam" Deewees into the cage taking punishment and although he took very little if any actual damage he made no attempt to be offensive or even better his position forcing the referee to end the fight\n\nThales Leites faced Martin Kampmann. Heavily hyped fighters can have a huge impact on the sport (Anderson Silva), while others are just that... hype (Sean Gannon). Thales Leites had quite a bit of hype coming into his bout with Martin Kampmann, but the Brazilian was unable to live up to the fans' anticipation after gassing out late in the first round and getting knocked around for the remainder of the fight. Kampmann looked very good with his stand-up, and to Leites credit, he withstood a world of punishment in the second and third rounds without being finished. At the end of the day, Martin Kampmann is the fighter walking out still undefeated in the UFC, while Leites heads back to Brazil to figure out what went wrong.\n \nIn what was one of the most exciting fights in recent UFC history, Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith squared off with his good friend from the show, Pete “Drago” Sell. This fight was taped as a preliminary bout earlier in the night and aired during the Spike TV broadcast. \n\nOn paper, it seemed like Sell would want to take the fight to the ground, where he would have the advantage over Smith, but it was much the opposite as these two threw everything, including the kitchen sink, at each other while standing up. They both smiled continuously as they pounded on one another and at the end of the first round, they hugged and almost looked like they were going to the same corner after the round. The second round saw much of the same but with a couple of minutes remaining, Pete Sell landed a very big shot to Scott Smith’s ribs, causing him to buckle and stumble towards the corner. Just as Smith fell to one knee and “Drago” moved in for the kill, the former WEC Light Heavyweight Champion mustered just enough strength to throw one more punch, and in dramatic fashion he absolutely floored Sell with the shot. Just barely having the strength to jump up and finish the fight, Smith instantly crumbled afterwards, holding his stomach in obvious pain. There’s not much of a chance that the UFC won't bring back both of these fighters after what has to be considered fight of the night.\n\nAlso, Rich “No Love” Clementi and Din Thomas put on an action packed fight, as the 155-pound fighters usually seem to do. The fight remained standing for a big part of the first round with Clementi throwing heavy shots but Thomas was the definitively better striker, landing the crisper punches throughout. \n\nIn the 2nd round, the action was moving at a feverish pace and Thomas was able to truly display how much his stand-up game has advanced when he picked Clementi apart. After a few heavy shots, Thomas moved to take Clementi’s back, where he secured a rear naked choke, forcing the submission and getting the win. Din Thomas is just another very dangerous opponent in an already stacked UFC lightweight division, but he made no bones about who he wants next when he called out UFC Lightweight Champion Sean Sherk, saying that Sherk had his title.
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He stank up the joint like a pregnant buffalo. He was so tired after each flurry that he couldn't punch for several rounds at a time. It made for a boring fight. Even at the end he almost let the fight slip away because he was so tired he could barely finish. After doing what he had to to get the win he couldn't even stand up. I like Shannon Briggs but that was a poor performance and at the weigh in he was an embarrassment calling Sergeui a fag and using the f word -- all unnecessary. I would much rather have a humble disciplined Russian champion than a vulgar out of shape American champion. I will give Briggs the benefit of the doubt that he let the moment at the weigh in get the best of him as he was gracious after the fight but I think he has to do a lot more than that to realize his true potential.