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[Afro]

Originally Posted by boaz33

He said he was training real hard getting Rashad ready for his fight, and also he kind of had a premonition or a feeling that he would get a chance to fight on the 29th. He said he was working on his weaknesses (wrestling, and boxing) and now hes focusing on increasing his cardio and changed up his diet. At least thats what he said on Sherdog radio today during an interview.

Well staying in shape is nothing, he wasnt training for Matt Hughes the whole time.. he has less then a month to do that.. still not a whole lot of time, im not making excuses.. im picking Matt Hughes because Matt Hughes stylistically will be more prepared.

[Bigshanks666]

GSP is coming into his prime while Hughes is on his way out. Personal opinion aside (I hate Hughes) GSP will be around for a long time after Hughes is gone regardless of the outcome of this fight. Many make the argument that Hughes will be better prepared because GSP took the fight on short notice but you must consider that Hughes has been training for Matt Serra who is a vastly different fighter than GSP. I dont think either of them will be properly prepared for the other but it should be an exciting fight and IMO it will end similarly to the last one.

[dbader08]

Originally Posted by Bigshanks666

GSP is coming into his prime while Hughes is on his way out. Personal opinion aside (I hate Hughes) GSP will be around for a long time after Hughes is gone regardless of the outcome of this fight. Many make the argument that Hughes will be better prepared because GSP took the fight on short notice but you must consider that Hughes has been training for Matt Serra who is a vastly different fighter than GSP. I dont think either of them will be properly prepared for the other but it should be an exciting fight and IMO it will end similarly to the last one.

I'd imagine that Hughes' training for all of his fights is very similiar

considering that he does the same thing in all of his fights

unless he tries to stand with gsp again.

[boaz33]

Originally Posted by Afro

Well staying in shape is nothing, he wasnt training for Matt Hughes the whole time.. he has less then a month to do that.. still not a whole lot of time, im not making excuses.. im picking Matt Hughes because Matt Hughes stylistically will be more prepared.

Your first point was exactly what I was thinking when I was listening to him, but he sounded pretty confident about being ready for this fight. I honestly can't pick either guy to win this fight, it could go either way, I'm just stoked this fight is gonna happen.

[jukon]

lol good point about Penn.

So Hughes didn't look very impressive in his last fight (against Lytle), and lost the one before that in devastating fashion (against GSP). Well guess what?

So did GSP..
His last he didn't look very impressive, granted it was against a slightly more talented opponent than Lytle. And the fight before that was a devastating loss (to Serra).

Then why is everyone saying Hughes is over the hill and GSP is in his prime?

[Bigshanks666]

Originally Posted by jukon

lol good point about Penn.

So Hughes didn't look very impressive in his last fight (against Lytle), and lost the one before that in devastating fashion (against GSP). Well guess what?

So did GSP..
His last he didn't look very impressive, granted it was against a slightly more talented opponent than Lytle. And the fight before that was a devastating loss (to Serra).

Then why is everyone saying Hughes is over the hill and GSP is in his prime?

Well probably because GSP is 26 and Hughes is 34. IMO GSP dominated Kos a heck of a lot more than Hughes did Lytle. Also GSP was taking Hughes apart for the entire first round then ended it in the 2nd which IMO is very different than getting caught with a big punch and finished 3 minutes into the fight.

[AJL416AZ]

theres a difference between the Serra/GSP fight and the Hughes/GSP fight


Serra and GSP were matched fairly evenly, but Serra was timing the big hole in GSPs standup game, his lack of head movement. then he caught him, followed up with like 30 more punches, and finished.


Serra vs GSP was much a closer fight, with one guy taking advantage of an available hole in his opponents game. Serra timed GSP, and caught him. very impressive for Serra, the fact that he was in the game enough to time GSP proves that in the standup, he should not be fucked with. he slings heavy leather, and knows some boxing, despite being a little technically ugly

but Hughes vs GSP was domination straight up. GSP hit him with punch after punch, leg kicks, got the takedown, defended the takedown, and knocked him out twice in the same fight. Hughes was in no way in charge of any aspect, because GSP was just taking over. a superior athlete that had let his experience against the top match his skillset and experience.

[jukon]

Kos vs GSP more dominant? Not even close.

This may come as a shock to you, but getting knocked out in Round 1 is worse than being knocked out in the second.


Anyways.. You guys have motivated me to cheer for Hughes on this one. Since its 1-1, and eerily even in other respects this upcoming card will prove a lot.

[peno]

Originally Posted by Noob

There is a highlight reel kick to the dome that says otherwise.




Hughes has a better legacy than GSP. And if time stopped today, he would be remembered as a more accomplished, and possible greater, fighter than GSP.


But that doesn't mean he is actually a better fighter today. Or on December 29th.

Word. GSP is gonna murder Hughes.

[TapOut27]

Originally Posted by jukon

Kos vs GSP more dominant? Not even close.

This may come as a shock to you, but getting knocked out in Round 1 is worse than being knocked out in the second.


Anyways.. You guys have motivated me to cheer for Hughes on this one. Since its 1-1, and eerily even in other respects this upcoming card will prove a lot.

But hughes was knocked out in the first....BJM was stopping the fight when the bell rang, and let it go into round 2.

I believe others share this opinion too.

Kos vs GSP, gsp out wrestled the best wrestler in the WW division in the UFC, hughes laid on lytle for 3 rounds.

GSP by tko round 2.