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Basketball: Since Avery Bradley is likely departing that leaves us with the Trips Right plan for 2010. Barnes failure to land players that fit his scheme and can be long-term program contributors is really burning the team right now, particularly inside where Tristan Thompson is virtually a lock to...
Diego Sanchez Faces Matt Hughes in the Fall
Diego Sanchez has been clamoring for a big fight and in the past has talked about wanting to face Matt Hughes. He'll get his wish this fall. Via UFC.com: "A matchup between two welterweight fan favorites has been verbally agreed to as Diego 'The Dream' Sanchez will face former UFC welterweight...
Never Say Die: BJ Penn Looks to Make Divisional Waves Once Again at UFC 127
Former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion B.J. Penn has seen the pinnacle of mixed martial arts twice in his career. He defeated Matt Hughes to take the welterweight title at UFC 46: Supernatural, in 2004. In 2008 he choked out Joe Stevenson to win the lightweight in the main event of UFC...
Is UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre Boring? Matt Hughes Believes So
UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre is no stranger to criticism, in fact, it's quite common to see him described as "boring" after each of his most recent title defenses. The criticism comes from fans, media, and even other fighters. One such fighter is former UFC welterweight champion,...
Will Royce Gracie Return When the UFC Hits Rio?
The UFC was originally designed to showcase Royce Gracie and his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighting style. Royce's older brother Rorion was one of the co-founders of the UFC and he handpicked Royce, a singularly unintimidating individual, to show that BJJ was truly a martial art whose secrets could...
A History of Violence : Matt Hughes and B.J. Penn
It's been nearly seven years since B.J. Penn and Matt Hughes first stepped into the octagon together at UFC 46. Since then, both men have experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows in their careers. This Saturday, they will meet to find out who really is the better fighter, as they...
How Sentimentalism Changes Our Feelings About Fighters
"Rhetoric is fooling others. Sentimentality is fooling yourself." - W.B. Yates Muhammad Ali and Matt Hughes are two people you would, never ever compare to each other normally. Ali is the greatest heavyweight pugilist of all time; Hughes was a great welterweight champion in mixed martial arts. Ali...
UFC 123 Preview: BJ Penn Talks Matt Hughes
"Say I beat Matt Hughes in the first round and I come out without any scratches, Dana when can I fight again? Two weeks? Perfect let's go. I just want to fight consistently and get my name out there and keep it out there and hold on." "I have to go out and beat the sportsman named Matt Hughes...
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