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10-30-2003, 11:22 PM
Matt Hughes in my eyes is the perfect MMA fighter. He has good to world class skills in all areas of the fight game. Lets start
His stand-up: Probably the weakest area of his game. However, the fact that it doesn't stand out as a weakness says something. No one really questions his chin as his only knockout loss is from a knee by Pele that would of knocked out a truck.
Wrestling: There are two types of wrestlers in MMA. Ones that are ground and pound types. Tito Ortiz, Mark Coleman, Fedor....guys of that nature. Then there are position wrestlers. The guys at Team Quest are a perfect example of that. Randy Couture, Dan Henderson, Matt Lindland. Matt Hughes is both. Matt can pound away in the guard AND use is wrestling skills to pass to side control or mount. He never just lays on an opponet and holds him down. He works to improve his position and strike at the same time. Matt Hughes takes both types of wrestlers in MMA and combines them to a degree where no matter how good your guard his, Hughes will find a way to pass it if you give him the chance; and if you don't give him the chance, he can still pound your face into the fence.
His guard and submissions: He has never caught a fighter with a submission but in his last few fights has shown he is definitly able to do so. Almost catching Carlos Newton in an armbar and Guillotine Choke and Sean Sherk in a Kimura/Armbar transition series Hughes has shown he can submit people (or at the very least score points with them). He escaped being mounted by Newton and never really let Sherk pass his guard.
Cardio: I don't need to say anything here. The guy is a machine. He can go for 25 mins and not even be breathing heavy. The guy does NOT get tierd.
Finishing ability: Out of his past 5 fights, only one has gone the full 5 rounds. He has finished such people as,
Hayato Sakurai, Gil Castillo and Carlos Newton TWICE. Also, save the first Newton fight and one submission attempt in thier second fight, he has never been in any danger at all.
Matt Hughes is simply the best pound for pound fighter in the world. Murilo Bustamante and Randy Couture have also been talked about as the greatest pound for pound fighters. However, for me there is no question. Matt Hughes is the best pound for pound mixed martial artist in the world today
His stand-up: Probably the weakest area of his game. However, the fact that it doesn't stand out as a weakness says something. No one really questions his chin as his only knockout loss is from a knee by Pele that would of knocked out a truck.
Wrestling: There are two types of wrestlers in MMA. Ones that are ground and pound types. Tito Ortiz, Mark Coleman, Fedor....guys of that nature. Then there are position wrestlers. The guys at Team Quest are a perfect example of that. Randy Couture, Dan Henderson, Matt Lindland. Matt Hughes is both. Matt can pound away in the guard AND use is wrestling skills to pass to side control or mount. He never just lays on an opponet and holds him down. He works to improve his position and strike at the same time. Matt Hughes takes both types of wrestlers in MMA and combines them to a degree where no matter how good your guard his, Hughes will find a way to pass it if you give him the chance; and if you don't give him the chance, he can still pound your face into the fence.
His guard and submissions: He has never caught a fighter with a submission but in his last few fights has shown he is definitly able to do so. Almost catching Carlos Newton in an armbar and Guillotine Choke and Sean Sherk in a Kimura/Armbar transition series Hughes has shown he can submit people (or at the very least score points with them). He escaped being mounted by Newton and never really let Sherk pass his guard.
Cardio: I don't need to say anything here. The guy is a machine. He can go for 25 mins and not even be breathing heavy. The guy does NOT get tierd.
Finishing ability: Out of his past 5 fights, only one has gone the full 5 rounds. He has finished such people as,
Hayato Sakurai, Gil Castillo and Carlos Newton TWICE. Also, save the first Newton fight and one submission attempt in thier second fight, he has never been in any danger at all.
Matt Hughes is simply the best pound for pound fighter in the world. Murilo Bustamante and Randy Couture have also been talked about as the greatest pound for pound fighters. However, for me there is no question. Matt Hughes is the best pound for pound mixed martial artist in the world today