On this day 2 years ago Georges St. Pierre defeated Matt Hughes to win the UFC welterweight title at UFC 65.
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On September 30, 2000, Matt Hughes defeated Robbie Newman via arm-triangle choke in Illinois.
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On September 23, 2006, Matt Hughes defeated BJ Penn via TKO in the third round. Also on the card, Mike Swick defeated David Loiseau, Melvin Guillard knocked out Gabe Ruediger, Rashad Evans knocked out Jason Lambert and Joe Lauzon knocked out Jens Pulver.
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From Matt-Hughes.com:
Last Wednesday, I went in for my second MRI and also a stress x-ray. It all came back very positive and looks as though I will not need surgery. I still have to go back for my three month check-up to find out more; but as of right now I can do more and start exercising a little bit.
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The knee injured suffered by Matt Hughes at UFC 85 against Thiago Alves could lead the former welterweight champ to be on the sidelines for over a half a year. Hughes explains on his site:
Went to the doctor yesterday, he performed quite a few tests on my knee. With the results of the tests on my knee and from what I have told him, he definitely thinks the MCL and the PCL is rebuilding itself. The next time I go back up there, in a month to a month and a half, I will get an MRI and that way he can get a picture of the knee and he can see better what’s going on. So right now, I’m going to work out lightly, try and build up my quadricep as much as I can. Do nothing with the hamstring really, from what he said and he says possibly being able to fight in 6-7 months.
Source: Matt-Hughes.com
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“I think scoring takedowns is about will—you’ve just believe that guy is going to get taken down. And BJ Penn talks about his takedown defense versus Matt Hughes, he said it’s all about just believing you’re not going to get taken down. And whoever believes the hardest. And I think everyone has been in that situation where something really bad should have happened but you just refused to let it happen. I was in a situation where I almost dropped a 300 pound motor over the side of a boat, and I thought, “No way am I dropping it”, and I just held onto it and didn’t lose it because I didn’t believe it. And I think that’s really important for certain kinds of fighters.”
–Sam Sheridan, author of “A Fighter’s Heart”
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From MMAweekly.com:
“Hopefully by the end of the year…Hopefully by late fall. Like I said, I haven’t been able to do too much of anything since my fight so I’m getting back in shape now. I want two-and-a-half to three months to train for that guy. I’m not losing to him. I don’t give a rat’s ass, no way. Kill me first.”
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From Matt-Hughes.com:
“I found out my results, I’ve got a totally torn MCL that is still attached
to my femur. I’ve got a partially torn PCL. They really think that the PCL
will repair itself and that MCL has a chance of repairing itself. So we’re
going to hold off on surgery right now. I am going to get a second opinion
this week, so that might change; but for now we’re going to hold off on
surgery.”
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On June 19, 2004 Frank Mir defeated Tim Sylvia to win the UFC heavyweight title. Mir defeated Sylvia via armbar.
Also Georges St. Pierre defeated Jay Hieron via TKO. Trevor Prangley defeated Curtis Stout. Matt Serra was victorious over Ivan Menjivar, Evan Tanner once again bested Phil Baroni, Matt Hughes won a decision over Renato Verissimo, Frank Trigg defeated Dennis Hallman and Ken Shamrock knocked out Kimo Leopaldo.
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