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[jhell]

If Hughes beats Alves and I was Dana: I'd beg Hughes to go up to 185 for one superfight and fight Anderson. Granted Hughes has little chance of winning; it would be a big draw.

[Problematique]

If Hughes beats Alves, and beats Serra then I see him retiring.
He has no intention of making another run at the title.
I just hope he wins these 2 fights then retires on a high.

[Malice]

Putting Hughes against Silva is a complete waste.

If anyone should be fighting UP for Silva it should be the winner of GSP/Fitch, at least they are Andersons size.

If Hughes beats Alves and Serra, he should fight for the title again since it will make him the #1 contender.

Who cares if it is 4th fight with GSP? If he loses he will retire.

But hopefully Fitch will be champ .

[T]

Originally Posted by kc56

I actually agree with this. I think that Hughes would be a complete moron to try to stand with Silva, so that fight will go to the ground. I think Hughes could probably take down Anderson, but I don't see him taking down GSP. Then it would be a matter of how how fast Silva stands up or submits Matt. I think GSP has a huge mental edge over Hughes now. It showed in fight #3. Matt had no clue what to do. He seemed to have pretty much conceded the 'L' before the fight happened.

Agreed

Hughes would be a complete moron to stand with anyone, the guy has no stand up, sure he can defend a little but to win he has to take them to the ground and he knows it.

I think he wins both fights. After that I see him fighting Silva and hopefully Penn again, then the Hall of Fame and possibly co-hosting with Goldberg and Rogan.

[Boo]

Originally Posted by thecoylewis

Did I miss something. When did Hughes say anything about going up to 185 and fighting Silva?

Yes you did. Hughes brought this up as a possibility, but it wasn't recently. I think it was after Silva beat Rich the first time.


I hope Matt Hughes is a financial position to retire after fighting Alves and then Serra. I think he's close to being ready to move on AND going out on a couple wins would preserve his legacy. Serra mentioned recently he would like to fight again in the fall. I'm assuming Hughes is taking this fight with Alves so he's not sitting around for another 5 months waiting on Serra. He might as well make some dollars in the meantime and I'm sure it's also about stepping up when the UFC needs him. In that way he's like Liddell and Franklin.

Originally Posted by T

After that I see him fighting Silva and hopefully Penn again, then the Hall of Fame and possibly co-hosting with Goldberg and Rogan.

Are you joking?

[POINDEXTER]

No more GSP/Hughes fights please.

[T]

Originally Posted by Boo

Are you joking?

Hughes is the one who said that he had 2-3 fights left and also said that if Franklin lost he would move to MW and fight Silva. So what's the problem? Oh the Penn fight is something of my own desire, I just hope that happens but probably not going to.

[Boo]

Originally Posted by T

Hughes is the one who said that he had 2-3 fights left and also said that if Franklin lost he would move to MW and fight Silva. So what's the problem? Oh the Penn fight is something of my own desire, I just hope that happens but probably not going to.

I mentioned in my post that Hughes had said he was considering the Silva fight, so I thought you would realize I was referring to the rest of the post. I'd speculate that it's unlikely he will do it now, no matter what he said in the past. He said that before we really got to see what a badass Anderson really is.

Mainly is was the comment about co-hosting with Goldie and Joe. Hughes isn't exactly known for his skills in that area. I'm not slamming him, it's just not his thing.

[T]

Originally Posted by Boo

I mentioned in my post that Hughes had said he was considering the Silva fight, so I thought you would realize I was referring to the rest of the post. I'd speculate that it's unlikely he will do it now, no matter what he said in the past. He said that before we really got to see what a badass Anderson really is.

Mainly is was the comment about co-hosting with Goldie and Joe. Hughes isn't exactly known for his skills in that area. I'm not slamming him, it's just not his thing.

lol I didn't mean a full time co-hosting position just a guest host every now and then.

I am a little confused, which is easy to do, but I had my thread up before you did, so I didn't make my comment based on anything you had said. No big deal though.

On a side note, I noticed your pic of Neer, I used to work with his cousin. He said that their dads use to make him and another cousin fight Neer, when Neer was little as his cousins are older than Neer. I thought that was interesting, just trying to make him tough I guess. He also told Neer at their last family get together that he was stupid for starting his own gym in the same town as Pat which I agree with. Neer said he still goes to Pats and rolls with guys, so no bad blood there which is good.

[Unreal]

I think if Hughes wins against Thiago and Serra he should just retire and enjoy being a hall of famer. It would be a great way to close his carreer really, he just got beat twice by a better fighter but if he can come back and beat a good up and comer then Serra, the guy whos talked so much smack about him, then I'd say he should call it quits.


Only fights that would make sense after those 2 for Hughes are against BJ or against Anderson if he still the champ at 185.