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[Brutus]

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In the UFC, when one door closes, another opens, and on December 29th, that adage will ring true once against when Matt Hughes battles Georges St. Pierre for the interim UFC Welterweight Championship in the main event of UFC 79: Nemesis, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

St-Pierre replaces UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Serra, who was forced to withdraw from his bout with Hughes last week due to a herniated disc in his back.

“Obviously, the loss of Matt Serra was brutal, but the great thing about the UFC is that we can put together great fights like Hughes-St-Pierre at a moment’s notice and bounce right back,” said UFC President Dana White. “I have the utmost respect for both Hughes and St-Pierre for stepping up for this fight, and not only are the fans going to see two of the greatest welterweights of all-time settle their score in a rubber match, but they're going to do it in a five round interim title fight, and the winner is going to face off next year against Matt Serra for the undisputed title.”

Hughes and St-Pierre are no strangers to one another, having fought twice with vastly different results. In their first bout at UFC 50 in October of 2004, Hughes won the vacant welterweight crown with a first round submission victory. In their November 2006 rematch, St-Pierre evened the score with a second round TKO of Hughes to win the 170-pound title. On December 29th, the two will settle matters once and for all.

“I’m so excited to get this fight,” said St-Pierre. “I’m fighting Matt Hughes for the interim title right now, and then after that I’m going to go after Serra. I’ve wanted that rematch against Serra, and this is the best scenario that can happen.”

Waiting in the wings will be the champion, Serra, who will have an odd rooting interest that night.

“I can’t believe the position this puts me in,” said the New Yorker, who won the title from St-Pierre and was looking forward to settling the score with the man he has been coaching against and trading barbs with on the sixth season of The Ultimate Fighter, Hughes. “I’m actually rooting for Matt Hughes so I can beat his ass.”

I dont think i've seen this before but if it's been posted oh well, i'm bored.

[LefthookStcrook]

Yea i think it's been posted lol i read it at like 4:30 this afternoon(maybe it was on the main page?:headscratch: ), its all good tho still a good read

[kingrobert]

I wonder if GSP will make any excuses when he looses this time?? One minute he has the greatest training camp ever and the next he has an excuse for loosing. I just dont think he is going to have enough time to train properly for this fight. The longer the fight goes the more Hughes will pound him and wear him down.

[foutch550]

Originally Posted by kingrobert

I wonder if GSP will make any excuses when he looses this time?? One minute he has the greatest training camp ever and the next he has an excuse for loosing. I just dont think he is going to have enough time to train properly for this fight. The longer the fight goes the more Hughes will pound him and wear him down.

Ya answered your own question bro. Short camp. Like Serra, tho, Im torn. I wanna see Hughes/Serra, but I dont want GSP to lose to Hughes either. Hell..I dont know.

[iverbure]

I don't think GSP should have something to complain about if he losses because everyone is going to know that he took the fight on pretty short notice. and when i say everyone, how many times at UFC 79 are we going to here Goldberg say GSP only had 5 weeks to train.

Well i guess if Hughes knocks him out than GSP could complain about his genenics and thats why he has a glass jaw. (this will only apply if Hughes knocks him out because than everyone and their grandmother will say he has a glass jaw and probably rightfully so if Hughes Ko's him) it won't happen i'd just love to here a fighter blame their parents for getting knocked out.

[UFC-chef/Hughes-fan]

Originally Posted by kingrobert

I wonder if GSP will make any excuses when he looses this time?? One minute he has the greatest training camp ever and the next he has an excuse for loosing. I just dont think he is going to have enough time to train properly for this fight. The longer the fight goes the more Hughes will pound him and wear him down.

agree 100% Hughes will wear him and pound him out or submit him.

[twankydawg]

Originally Posted by UFC-chef/Hughes-fan

agree 100% Hughes will wear him and pound him out or submit him.

How so? Hughes couldn't even take GSP down in their last fight. Hughes is going to get KO'd AGAIN! We may see Hughes get beat like he's never been beaten before.

[Brutus]

Originally Posted by twankydawg

How so? Hughes couldn't even take GSP down in their last fight. Hughes is going to get KO'd AGAIN! We may see Hughes get beat like he's never been beaten before.

i agree w/ ya twanky, no way hughes wins this one. st. pierre could train for 4 minutes for this fight and i still think he'd win. it'll prolly look like the fight they had the 2nd time. st. pierre by tko.

[TN94z]

Originally Posted by twankydawg

How so? Hughes couldn't even take GSP down in their last fight. Hughes is going to get KO'd AGAIN! We may see Hughes get beat like he's never been beaten before.

I agree 100%. How can anyone say that about St.Pierre when he completely demolished Hughes the last time? Different fight same result. I just hate that it is happening like this. Although I don't really like Hughes or Serra, I would love to see Hughes shut Serra's mouth. Serra was kind of funny at first, but he is worse than Hughes now. I think Serra is the one with the big mouth. With that being said, I want to see St.Pierre win because I don't think Hughes will be around much longer.

[twankydawg]

Originally Posted by TN94z

I agree 100%. How can anyone say that about St.Pierre when he completely demolished Hughes the last time? Different fight same result. I just hate that it is happening like this. Although I don't really like Hughes or Serra, I would love to see Hughes shut Serra's mouth. Serra was kind of funny at first, but he is worse than Hughes now. I think Serra is the one with the big mouth. With that being said, I want to see St.Pierre win because I don't think Hughes will be around much longer.

I despise Hughes and I think he would've lost to Serra. I think GSP has that mental edge over Hughes and that's something that will be hard for him to overcome. Once GSP stuffs a takedown or two, Hughes will break.