Former UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes was sitting right front and center by the Octagon this past Saturday night at UFC 87: Seek and Destroy, but claims that he did not stay to watch the entire card. Hughes had this to say on his personal blog:"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. "
One would think that Hughes would have nothing but the up most respect for St. Pierre after he (GSP) has beaten him in not one but two UFC welterweight title bouts, but Hughes still remains to be St. Pierre's biggest critic even after all he has accomplished in this sport. Something that is interesting in his blog though was his praise for Lesnar. My partner "The Narcisist" and I were talking about this the other night that Hughes would be a great guy to have in Lesnar's corner and that he could learn so much under the tutelage of Hughes. Maybe one day it could happen, but only time will tell.
