have Royce Gracie and Matt Hughes fought yet or are they still in preliminary fights if they have who won?
550234
Matt Hughes! I hated to see that!
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.
670124
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.
1103154
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.
308605
Gracie will win he has never lost UFC championship and he is too experienced and has beat people way better and bigger than Hughes.
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.
629425
oh man...he (gracie) lost in the first round a little over 4 minutes...man that completely devastaed me...mostly because i know how he felt loosing...he had more to fight for,his name,his family,his dad,and the art in which his family perfected (gracie ju-jit-su)...i am very heartbroke over it but in my mind gracie is still the best warrior to come to ufc...his age probably had a part in it as well as having kids and a wife...when you have a family you become civilized and less agressive.   but he is still the best and i would walk thru hell with him any time!!!GUARANTEED!\nand i do like matt and i like him being the champ...but i didnt want to see what i saw!  but i guess time palys a big part in all sports and every generation gets twp steps ahead of the last,just like baseball...and all the drugs they have now adays play a big part in their strength.and gracie never took anything like that...hell hes 6' and skinny as a rail!not all buff like all the others.\nbut gracie still rules
995994
I agree with davidc that Wright will win... however, he is going to have to start fighting from the opening bell. Wright has a tendency to start slowly, which is something I just don't think he can do with Taylor (ask the NEW LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD... BERNARD HOPKINS about starting slowly against Taylor). I believe that if Winky does not allow Taylor to get a few rounds under his jockstrap and use his long jab, he will be able to frustrate and confuse the current middleweight champion.\nIf Wright does not let Taylor get comfy in the ring, his southpaw stance, slick defense, and explosive body punching will be too much for Jim Lampley's golden child.\nI think Taylor will be exposed as the protected former Olympian who has not really had to work too much for his title.\nHopefully, upon losing his middleweight title, Taylor will move up to supermiddleweight and fight Calzaghe. He probably won't do that as he will be shown tapes of another overprotected, overhyped former Olympian being decimated.\nAnyways, my answer is Wright!!!
518222
royce gracie. he was 12-2 this past month.
718111
Fight just over and the ground and pound of Hughes took over. I cant waite for Gracie to come back though! and I wouldn't mind if Tank Abbott took out Hughes just to give him a little taste of the mat!
1045437
Well Matt Hughes won.  He dominated the entire time and at the end, Gracie was in a position where he could not defend himself.  I would have much rather seen Gracie win.  Even though he lost, he still fought with dignity considering how Hughes had Gracie's arm bent backwards and he still managed to squirm out.  All in all, it was a dissapointing fight.
365385
Taro7 "wrote"\n\n\nIf it goes to the ground, more likely "Gracie" \n\n___________\n\n\ndepends on who is on his back .. matt hughes is argueably the best ground n pound guy out there .. gracie hasnt been in the octagon in a while .. \n\nHughes for sures .. gracie doesnt have the age to defend the belt even if he does win .
1123870
Last Saturday (June 10) Miguel Cotto went the distance with Paulie Malignaggi before winning a decision.\n\nAnd on another pay-per-view Bernard Hopkins outclassed Antonio Tarver to win a decision.\n\nTaylor - Wright is this weekend, but it's on HBO, not PPV.
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.
611918
Hughes got gracie in a kimura, which very nearly broke his arm, gracie got out of it, but then hughes backed him, got on him, and just kept striking him in the head. The ref called the bout at 4:39 into the first round. SO hughes won by TKO.
654539
Hughes will win in the second round by KO. The first half of the first round Gracie will be trying to take Hughes down while avoiding getting rocked by a hook to the head. The match will eventually be taken to the mat where Gracie will be trying to submit Hughes but will realize that Hughes can grapple and is a strong SOB. The second round Hughes will rock Gracie early and take it to the mat where he will pound Gracie unmercifully to prove his point...Hughes is dominant and Gracie is old and past his prime. \n\nGracie may have helped change the UFC to a more technical competition but he needs to realize that when he first started he was only facing  brawlers who didn't know how to grapple/wrestle or jujitsu. Hughes can grapple, has some jujitsu training and is strong.
581580
it will be a repeat of the royce/shamrock fight...royce will get a little bloody, but with patience and superior ground technique..he will tap out hughes.