Matt Hughes’ thoughts on Brock Lesnar, GSP, UFC 87
Audra and I went up to the UFC in Minneapolis with two other couples: my father-in-law and his wife, Barbara, was one couple; the other couple was Jeff and Tisha. My father-in-law and Barbara have been to many UFCs, but this was the first for Jeff and Tisha. To be honest, I get extremely bored at these UFCs but it was kind of fun having Jeff and Tisha there as I helped them get pictures. Tisha got a picture with Rampage and Dana White. Jeff got his picture with the ringcard girls and Wanderlei. In front of me was Dana White and Lorenzo and some other guys that work for the UFC. They sit right in front of the octagon and they have several TVs in front of them that show exactly what is on Pay Per View. So a couple of times, I got to see Jeff and Tisha’s face on PPV and they also got some texts from their kids saying that they saw them on TV. So that was kind of fun, I went there really to watch one fight, probably not the one you’re expecting. I went there to watch Brock Lesnar. He is so interesting because he is so athletic as well as being so powerful. So that fight went just like I thought it would, Brock took him down whenever he wanted and on the ground he did whatever he wanted. I was also there watching my buddy, Roger, but he didn’t quite look the same. I don’t think him or Kenny fought their best fight on Saturday. Roger looked to have done a few things different and I would say that he needs to go back to what he was doing before.
The last fight of the night was Georges and Fitch. Georges didn’t look as big as he has before and he seemed like he had gotten tired from the first round. Fitch had the game plan of countering Georges and you just can’t do that. You can’t counter a quicker fighter. To be honest, halfway in the third round I got up and walked out of the arena and went to my hotel. The fight wasn’t the most exciting and I wanted to get out of there before everyone else was getting up to leave.
Source: Matt-Hughes.com
GSP, Brock Lesnar, Kenny Florian prevail at UFC 87
Brock Lesnar, Georges St. Pierre and Kenny Florian defeated Heath Herring, Jon Fitch and Roger Huerta via decision last night at UFC 87 in Minnesota
Fast Strike: UFC 87–Georges St. Pierre on Roger Huerta
“He’s one of the greatest fighters in the world,” St. Pierre says of Huerta. “He just wants to work and work and work and is constantly looking to find a way to get better.”
UFC 87 SEEK AND DESTROY COUNTDOWN replay (Brock Lesnar, Herring, Fitch, GSP)
Aug-9-2008 6pm ET/PT
See Georges ‘Rush’ St-Pierre as ghe trains in his hometown to defend his UFC Welterweight Championship at UFC 87: SEEK AND DESTROY against Jon Fitch. First time Welterweight title challenger Jon Fitch prepares to take on the challenge of his fighting career. Also see Heath Herring and Brock Lesnar as they get ready for a Heavyweight battle.
Roger Huerta’s last thoughts on Kenny Florian fight at UFC 87
Roger Huerta is hungry for Saturday night’s battle versus Kenny Florian at UFC 87 in Minnesota:
“Now it’s just time to fight. I know Kenny’s training his butt off for me. I know that I’m training my butt off for him, and I’m self-motivated. I always have been, and I have the trainers that motivate me, the guys that push me every day. And that’s the beautiful thing about our sport – we are professional athletes and we don’t need that animosity between us. At least I don’t. I look at my opponent, I want to beat him when we’re in there and I want him to say ‘hey, that guy was the better man and the better fighter for sure.’ After that I’ll shake his hand and wish him well in his career.
But when the bell rings and you’re in there, all bets are off. The adrenaline’s flowing and you’re not even thinking. The job of me and my opponent is to get the win. The referee’s job is stop the fight if someone’s in trouble. I can’t do the referee’s job for him. ”
Source: UFC.com