Posts Tagged ‘Matt Serra’

Matt Hughes: “The Fans Will Definitely See Me In The Octagon Again”

By Mike MacLeod • Jan 25th, 2008 • Category: Features

The former UFC welterweight champion speaks about his book, his loss to Georges St-Pierre, and his immediate future.



St-Pierre Wants To Be Greatest of All Time

By Mike MacLeod • Jan 17th, 2008 • Category: News

In a recent interview with Sherdog.com, Georges St-Pierre discussed his recent fight with Matt Hughes, his upcoming match against Matt Serra and his ultimate goals in the sport.
Referring to Matt Hughes, St-Pierre still has a lot of respect for the person he once considered his idol:
“Hughes is an amazing fighter,” he said. “I just had […]



BJ Talks: Stevenson, Sherk, GSP, Hughes, Serra

By Mike MacLeod • Jan 15th, 2008 • Category: News

BJ Penn was interviewed by The Sun in the UK recently and he has a lot to say about his fellow UFC fighters. First, he discussed Joe Stevenson and their upcoming fight for the lightweight title at UFC 80.
Penn said: “I’m just pumped about everything this year. I expect big things but I’m not […]



Serra Confirms April Fight With St-Pierre

By Mike MacLeod • Jan 6th, 2008 • Category: News

Matt Serra has confirmed that he will meet Georges St-Pierre will meet for the UFC welterweight title during an April event in Montreal.  Serra made this statement in a conversation with NBCSports.com.
33-year-old Serra, the current champion, upset St-Pierre for the title with a first-round TKO in April of last year.  He had been scheduled to […]



Sylvia Says Hughes Like a Brother, Serra is a Puke

By Mike MacLeod • Jan 4th, 2008 • Category: News

As he told us numerous times both before and after his recent fight with Georges St-Pierre, Matt Hughes has a new book out. Titled “Made in America,” Hughes provides several stories about his life in mixed martial arts. One such story was recently chronicled in an excerpt printed by The Sun in the […]



Hughes Says Serra Still An Option

By Mike MacLeod • Jan 2nd, 2008 • Category: News

Matt Hughes, who lost to Georges St-Pierre at UFC 79 for the second time in three attempts suggests that he still may fight Matt Serra.  As offered here on Bad Man Sports, Serra seems to be at the top of his list of potential opponents.  Hughes offers the following on his official website, Matt-Hughes.com:
I’m going […]



Matt Hughes - What Now?

By Mike MacLeod • Jan 1st, 2008 • Category: News

Matt Hughes’ career as an MMA fighter is over.
On Saturday night, Georges St-Pierre dominated Hughes the way Hughes once dominated the contenders for his welterweight title. He established almost no offense and was defending the aggressive St-Pierre the entire nine minutes and fifty-four seconds until he tapped to an armbar.
Prior to this fight, […]



Eleven Biggest UFC Upsets of 2007

By Mike MacLeod • Dec 31st, 2007 • Category: News

Over on UFC.com, Thomas Gerbasi lists his ten (actually eleven) biggest upsets of 2007. His list is:
10 (tie) - UFC 69 – April 7 - Yushin Okami W3 Mike Swick
10 (tie) – UFC 69 – April 7 - Josh Koscheck W3 Diego Sanchez
9 – UFC 68 – March 3 - Randy Couture W5 […]