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[rugoatee]

Originally Posted by djpowers33

GSP needs to defend the takedown, and if he does end up on the ground he needs to try and get the hell up asap. GSP has a reach advantage that he must use to soften up Hughes and possibly KO him. Hughes will be able to defend everything GSP throws his way in terms of grappling/submissions. So I think GSP will have to land some huge shots and then follow them up with finishing strikes in order to win. In their first fight I thought after he landed that kick to Hughes' midsection he should have tried to flury and finish the fight or follow with a knee like David Louisea did agains Chalres McCarthy. However it ends up, I think it will be action pakced and Hughes will come out on top.

Just keep the fight standing up. He should do very well there. As seen in against Penn, Matt's stand up is still lacking. And even if it does go to the ground, he is probably not in as much trouble as people think.

[Afro]

GSPs bread and butter is Jui-Jitsu if it goes to the ground he can submit Matt, he can even take Matt down as his Wrestling is pretty good, and if it stays standing he'll punish Hughes.. this is another bad matchup for Matt Hughes and the only thing that makes it not as bad as Penn is GSP doesnt have that amazing takedown D that Penn has, but still keeping GSP down is hard to do, people say Matt is stronger well I believe GSP matches him in strength because in the first fight Matt was tryna take GSP down and he would toss him aside, overpower him if you will.

[Cromm]

I would actually say GSP's BJJ is hand in hand w/ Hughes. I think GSP has better form, but Hughs is stupidly strong. GSP does have a strong edge when it comes to the standup by leaps and bounds. It really depends on who cn enforce their gameplan(alot will be decided by who comes to the fight w/ the best cardio see Penn-Hughes II lol) and obviosly who slips first. This is not a match that can really be decided on paper, to many variables

[JPeezy]

GSP needs to end it quick. The fights Hughes has lost have been because the opponent got on him quick and submitted him. Hughes can be a slow starter.

If you let Hughes hang around with you for a few rounds his skill will take over eventually and he will beat you. Only chance is to get on him early and submit him!

[b0sH]

I dont think there's a lot GSP can do, the main thing would be to capitilize on every single mistake Hughes makes and keep it on the feet for as long of each round as possible.

Penn is a freak of nature with his dexterity and even he couldn't avoid the take down for ever. GSP is gona get taken down, he's just gota hope and pray its towards the end of the round and he can survive in his guard till its stood back up for the start of the next.

[Tokyo's bad boy]

Originally Posted by Afro Samurai

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I agree.

[chungt79]

Originally Posted by b0sH

I dont think there's a lot GSP can do, the main thing would be to capitilize on every single mistake Hughes makes and keep it on the feet for as long of each round as possible.

Penn is a freak of nature with his dexterity and even he couldn't avoid the take down for ever. GSP is gona get taken down, he's just gota hope and pray its towards the end of the round and he can survive in his guard till its stood back up for the start of the next.

Ok, here we go again.

Yeah, BJ got taken down but he almost choked him out and Matt did not do any damage while he was on top. In the third, BJ injured his rib and he was out. it wasn't Matt hughes, it was BJ's inability to breathe and move due to the injury.

Yeah, I know that wasn't the point of your post. But hell, I could care less about GSP-Hughes, although it will be a great fight.

[sublime4ace]

if i was GSP this would be my game plan.

1) Avoind the take down !!!
he can not do it the way BJ did though. BJ's flexability is why Matt had sucha hard time takeing him down. GSP needs to use his strength and mobility to avoid the single leg.

2) Strike Strike Strike !!!!
Matts stand up is below average plain and simple. BJ was picking him a part the first 2 rounds. When Matt cant take you down and is getting hit in the face he gets fustrated and makes stupid mistakes. Case in point when he finnaly got BJ down instead of staying to his game plain he started trying to end the fight right then and there with huge elbows, well we saw how that turned out BJ took his back from the bottom and if he would have went for a wrist lock instead of the triangel or arm bar the fight might have turned out diffrently. maybe round 3 is fought with BJ and his hurt ribs and Matt with a broken wrist who knows.

3) Go for the take down !!!!!!!!
as im sitting here typing this i can not remember a fight where Matt was on his back, ( im kinda a little enibriated so i could be wrong) so we really dont know how his guard is. If Gsp can take Matt down, can he keep him there? Who knows. Its worth finding out though. If Matt sweeps him he should be in guard and if that happens he will do the same thing he did against BJ semi panic and go for the kill and make a careless mistake like he did against Carlos Newton in there first fight when Newton caught him in a triangel. Matt got lucky and picked him up and dropped newton on his head to win befor Newton put him to sleep.(or as i see the end of the fight matt went to sleepy land and woke up the champ) If GSP can stay on top of Matt he has the tools to GNP or submitt him out.

4) push the pace !!!!!!!!!
Matts not a spring chicken anymore. Matt always says his cardio is ready to go 5 rounds. ok thats good but is it ready to go and a blistering fast pace.
GSP should train like the fight has 5 ten round minutes take the center of the octagon and push the pace with his striking. which plays into key 1 if he is striking efectivly there will be very few chance for Matt to shoot on him. which plays into my final key

5) fustrate him!!!!!!!!!!
I think the only way to beat hughs is to fustrate him into makeing care less mistakes. He is use to haveing his way with people and when he can't you can see his body language and deminer changes. and when he dose get an advantage he get careless.

Matt is very 1 Dimensional. He take you down then pounds on you or submitts you. Take that dimension away and you have a champion that cant end the fight and a score card that should read 50-45 50-45 50-45 GSP