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Wrestlers Name: Matt Hughes
Nickname: The Future Hall Of Famer
Gimmick: A 2x UFC Welter Weight Champion
Hometown: Hillsboro, Illinois
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight: 200 lb
Weight Class: Heavy Weight
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Heel or Face: Face
Wrestlers Appearance
Entrance Look:
In-Ring Look:
Backstage/Promo:
Entrance music: Im Still Fly By Drake
Entrance Description: He Walks out with his coaches.
Signature Moves:Take Down
Arm Bar
Kimura
guillotine
Spear
Suplex
Finishers:Rear Naked Choke
PowerBomb
Triangle Choke
are good at: Hell n Cell ,Steel Cage, Last Man Standing, Submission
Match you are bad at: TLC, Ladder
Achievements:
44-7-0
Wins by Ko 14
Wins by Submission 19
Wins by Decision 11
Win 43–7 Matt Serra Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 2009-05-23 UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida Won Fight of the Night
Loss 42–7 Thiago Alves TKO (knee and punches) 2 1:02 2008-06-07 UFC 85: Bedlam Catchweight fight; Alves's official weight was 174.
Loss 42–6 Georges St-Pierre Verbal Submission (armbar) 2 4:54 2007-12-29 UFC 79: Nemesis For UFC Interim Welterweight Championship
Win 42–5 Chris Lytle Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 2007-03-03 UFC 68: The Uprising
Loss 41–5 Georges St-Pierre TKO (strikes) 2 1:25 2006-11-18 UFC 65: Bad Intentions Lost UFC Welterweight Championship
Win 41–4 B.J. Penn TKO (Punches) 3 3:53 2006-09-23 UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn Defended UFC Welterweight Championship
Win 40–4 Royce Gracie TKO (Punches) 1 4:39 2006-05-27 UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie Catchweight non-title fight.
Win 39–4 Joe Riggs Submission (kimura) 1 3:26 2005-11-19 UFC 56: Full Force Non-title fight; Riggs failed to
make weight.
Win 38–4 Frank Trigg Submission (rear naked choke) 1 4:05 2005-04-16 UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2 Defended UFC Welterweight Championship
Win 37–4 Georges St-Pierre Submission (armbar) 1 4:59 2004-10-22 UFC 50: The War of '04 Won UFC Welterweight Championship
Win 36–4 Renato Verissimo Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 2004-06-19 UFC 48: Payback
Loss 35–4 B.J. Penn Submission (rear naked choke) 1 4:39 2004-01-31 UFC 46: Supernatural Lost UFC Welterweight Championship
Win 35–3 Frank Trigg Submission (rear naked choke) 1 3:54 2003-11-21 UFC 45: Revolution Defended UFC Welterweight Championship
Win 34–3 Sean Sherk Decision (unanimous) 5 5:00 2003-04-25 UFC 42: Sudden Impact Defended UFC Welterweight Championship
Win 33–3 Gil Castillo TKO (cut) 1 5:00 2002-11-22 UFC 40: Vendetta Defended UFC Welterweight Championship
Win 32–3 Carlos Newton TKO (strikes) 4 3:27 2002-07-13 UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall Defended UFC Welterweight Championship
Win 31–3 Hayato Sakurai TKO (strikes) 4 3:01 2002-03-22 UFC 36: Worlds Collide Defended UFC Welterweight Championship
Win 30–3 Carlos Newton KO (slam) 2 1:27 2001-11-02 UFC 34: High Voltage Won UFC Welterweight Championship
Win 29–3 Steve Gomm TKO 2 3:18 2001-09-08 Extreme Challenge 43
Win 28–3 Hiromitsu Kanehara Decision (majority) 3 5:00 2001-08-11 RINGS: 10th Anniversary
Win 27–3 Chatt Lavender Submission (side choke) 3 2:31 2001-07-13 Extreme Challenge 41
Win 26–3 Scott Johnson KO (Punch) 1 3:24 2001-06-16 Extreme Challenge 40
Win 25–3 John Cronk Submission (strikes) N/A 2001-05-11 Gladiators 14
Win 24–3 Bruce Nelson Submission (strikes) 1 3:01 2001-03-31 Freestyle Combat Challenge 4
Win 23–3 Brett Al-azzawi Submission (armbar) 1 3:27 2001-03-17 RINGS USA: Battle of Champions
Loss 22–3 Jose Landi-Jons KO (knee to head) 1 4:45 2001-02-08 Shidokan Jitsu: Warriors War 1
Loss 22–2 Dennis Hallman Submission (armbar) 1 0:20 2000-12-16 UFC 29: Defense of the Belts
Win 22–1 Maynard Marcum Submission (keylock) 1 6:29 2000-11-12 RINGS Australia: Free Fight Battle
Win 21–1 Robbie Newman Submission (arm triangle choke) 1 1:40 2000-09-30 RINGS USA: Rising Stars Final
Win 20–1 Chris Haseman Decision (unanimous) 2 5:00 2000-08-23 RINGS: Millennium Combine 3
Win 19–1 Joe Guist Submission (armbar) 1 2:45 2000-06-29 Extreme Challenge 35
Win 18–1 Marcelo Aguiar TKO (cut) 1 4:34 2000-06-09 UFC 26: Ultimate Field of Dreams
Win 17–1 Shawn Peters Submission (arm triangle choke) 1 2:52 2000-05-21 Extreme Challenge 32
Win 16–1 Alexandre Barros Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 2000-05-13 WEF 9: World Class
Win 15–1 Eric DaVila Submission (keylock) 2 3:24 2000-04-15 SuperBrawl 17
Win 14–1 Jorge Pereira TKO (cut) 1 6:00 2000-01-15 WEF 8: Goin' Platinum
Win 13–1 Daniel Vianna TKO (slam) 1 1999-11-20 Independent Event
Win 12–1 LaVerne Clark Submission (rear naked choke) 2 1:35 1999-11-13 Extreme Challenge 29
Win 11–1 Tom Schmitz Submission (eye injury) 1 0:48 1999-11-13 Extreme Challenge 29
Win 10–1 Joe Doerksen Submission (strikes) 2 0:25 1999-11-13 Extreme Challenge 29
Win 9–1 Valeri Ignatov Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 1999-09-24 UFC 22: Only One Can Be Champion
Win 8–1 Akihiro Gono Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 1999-05-29 Shooto: 10th Anniversary Event
Win 7–1 Erick Snyder TKO (slam) N/A 1999-04-24 Jeet Kune Do Challenge 4
Win 6–1 Joe Stern Submission (strikes) 1 2:30 1999-04-02 Extreme Challenge 23
Win 5–1 Ryan Stout TKO (towel) 2 5:00 1998-12-11 Extreme Shootfighting
Loss 4–1 Dennis Hallman TKO (guillotine choke) 1 0:18 1998-10-17 Extreme Challenge 21
Win 4–0 Dave Menne Decision (unanimous) 1 15:00 1998-10-17 Extreme Challenge 21
Win 3–0 Victor Hunsaker TKO (strikes) 1 1:39 1998-10-17 Extreme Challenge 21
Win 2–0 Craig Quick Submission (strikes) N/A 1998-04-25 Jeet Kune Do Challenge 1
Win 1–0 Erick Snyder Submission (Slam) 1 0:15 1998-01-01 JKD – Challenge 2
Win Matt Serra Unanimous Decision UFC® 98 EVANS vs MACHIDA May-23-2009 3 5:00
UFC Welter Weight Champion (2x)
UFC Light weight Champion (Current) (on WXW)
IFL Light Weight Champion (Current) (on WXW)
Two-time state champion at Hillsboro High School, a High School All-American, and a four-time collegiate All American at Lincoln Community College and Eastern Illinois University. Middleweight Advanced Champion at the 2002 Grapplers Quest West Championships (2/23/02). Was a coach on the Ultimate Fighter, seasons two and six.
Bio: Matt Hughes was born in Hillsboro, Illinois.[5] Hughes has two siblings, a sister and his twin brother Mark. He and Mark spent a lot of time on the family farm in their childhood. During their high school days, they both played football and wrestled.[6] Matt went to college at Southwestern Illinois College, a two-year college located in Belleville, Illinois before transferring to Lincoln College, in Lincoln, Illinois and then on to Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. His freshman and sophomore years, he made the NJCAA All-American Team, and his final two years he was listed on the NCAA Division I All-American Teams.
Matt and his wife, Audra have one daughter together, and they each have a son from a previous relationship.[6] The couple is expecting their second child together. [7] He recently published his autobiography, Made in America: The Most Dominant Champion in UFC History.
[edit] Wrestling
Hughes was a two-time 145 lb. state wrestling champion for IHSA (Illinois High School Association) Class A in 1991 and 1992. Furthermore, Matt is a two-time Division I All-American wrestler, with an 8th and a 5th place finish in the 158 lb. division.
Hughes has competed in the prestigious ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, in which he held a record of 2-2. This consists of wins over Ricardo Almeida and Jeremy Horn, and losses to former UFC fighters Jeff Monson and Tito Ortiz.
[edit] Ultimate Fighting Championship
Hughes won his first UFC World Welterweight title at UFC 34: High Voltage on November 2, 2001. Hughes was caught in a triangle choke by Carlos Newton, but Hughes lifted Newton in the air and 'powerbomb'-style slammed him to the mat, causing Newton to hit his head and lose consciousness just as Hughes was on the verge of blacking out himself from the choke.[8] After the match Carlos stated that he felt the reason Hughes fell to the mat was because he was rendered unconscious from the triangle choke.[9] This was confirmed by Hughes himself upon reviewing the tape of the match Hughes can be heard telling his corner after the fight "I was out." In their subsequent rematch, Hughes won by technical knockout when he successfully trapped Newton in a modified crucifix position, which allowed him to rain unanswered blows on Newton's defenseless face.
He successfully defended his championship belt several times thereafter, defeating Hayato Sakurai, Carlos Newton (in a rematch), Gil Castillo, Sean Sherk, and Frank Trigg. He kept the title until UFC 46, when he was submitted by Hawaiian Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu specialist B.J. Penn via rear naked choke. The title was vacated upon a contract dispute between Penn and the UFC. Hughes regained the vacant welterweight title by submitting Canadian contender Georges St. Pierre via armbar in the final second of the first round at UFC 50.
After regaining his title, Hughes successfully retained it in a rematch with Frank Trigg at UFC 52. After being accidentally hit in the groin early in the first round, Hughes looked to the referee for assistance; however, the referee had not seen the strike and Trigg capitalized on Hughes' distraction by staggering Hughes with a barrage of punches. The fight quickly went to the ground, with Trigg ground-and-pounding Hughes, then attempting a rear naked choke. After nearly two minutes of struggling, Hughes broke free of Trigg's choke attempt, then picked Trigg up, carried him across the Octagon, and slammed him to the ground. Hughes then ground-and-pounded Trigg before securing the victory with a rear naked choke of his own. Hughes' next fight took place at UFC 56, where he was scheduled to fight Judo practitioner Karo Parisyan. After Parysian suffered a hamstring injury and could not fight, Joe Riggs took his place. The match was originally scheduled as a title bout, but since Riggs could not meet the 170-pound weight limit, it became a non-title fight. Hughes defeated Riggs in the first round by kimura. In UFC 60, on May 27, 2006, Hughes defeated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu legend Royce Gracie in a non-title, catch-weight bout by TKO (strikes). Before the stoppage, Gracie was caught in an armlock from the side mount position; although Hughes appeared to have the submission in place, Gracie would not tap out and Hughes chose to release the hold instead of breaking Gracie's arm.
Hughes and Penn before their match at UFC 63: Hughes vs. PennIn September 2006, Hughes defended his title in a rematch against B.J. Penn, stopping him in the third round. Although Penn dominated the first 2 rounds, he struggled in the third with Hughes taking advantage. British MMA/wrestling magazine "Fighting Spirit" reported that Penn had sustained a rib injury late in round 2, leaving him gasping for air. This may explain his lack of performance in the latter round, though some attribute this to a lack of cardiovascular endurance training. Afterwards, Georges St. Pierre (who was supposed to face Hughes at this event but pulled out due to injury) stepped into the ring and congratulated Hughes on his win, but also stated, "I was not impressed by your performance."
[edit] Losing his belt to St. Pierre
On November 18, 2006 at UFC 65: Bad Intentions, Georges St. Pierre defeated Hughes by TKO via strikes at 1:25 of round two, ending Hughes' title reign.[10] In the first round, Hughes sustained two unintentional kicks near the groin; after Hughes went down from the second kick, St. Pierre was given a warning by referee "Big" John McCarthy.[11] Hughes however stated in his post fight interview that the second kick mainly affected his legs, rather than his groin.[12] Nearing the end of the first round, St. Pierre landed a 'superman' punch, which floored Hughes. St. Pierre then followed up with strikes on his stunned opponent.[13] When it appeared that the fight would be stopped, the bell rang signaling the end of the first round.[14] It was in the second round that St. Pierre ended the fight with a head kick which stunned Hughes and knocked him to the mat, following up with a flurry of punches and elbows that forced McCarthy to call a stop to the contest at 1:25 of round 2.[15]
On March 3 2007, Hughes returned to the Octagon for UFC 68: Uprising, defeating Chris Lytle by unanimous decision, winning 30-27 on all three judges' scorecards.[16]
Following a championship win by Matt Serra over Georges St. Pierre at UFC 69, it was announced by UFC President Dana White that Hughes will again be fighting for the World Welterweight title in November 2007 against Serra. This fight was later changed to December 29, 2007 in Las Vegas, at UFC 79: Nemesis. On November 24, however, Matt Serra sustained a herniated disc in his lower back and had to inform the UFC that he would not be able to compete for an indeterminate time.[17] As a replacement for the Serra/Hughes title match, the UFC quickly signed a rubber match between Hughes and St. Pierre which would also be for the UFC Interim Welterweight Championship. Despite his best efforts, Hughes was unable to mount any serious offense on St. Pierre, who easily avoided all of Hughes' takedown attempts while also taking Hughes down at will and using Hughes' own ground-and-pound style against him.[18] Near the end of the second round, St. Pierre attempted a kimura on Matt's right arm that he escaped,[19] but in a reversal of their first fight, St. Pierre was able to twist it into a straight armbar with fifteen seconds remaining in the round. Hughes fought the extension, but with his left hand trapped between the mat and St. Pierre's legs, was forced to verbally submit at 4:54 of the second round.[20] In the post-fight interview, Hughes praised St. Pierre as the better fighter and stated his intention to take some time off and spend with his family.
Hughes also expressed interest in going up a weight class to middleweight to fight champion Anderson Silva if former champion, Rich Franklin was unable to beat Silva in their rematch at UFC 77, a match that Silva did win. Hughes stated that if this fight occurs, it would happen in 2008 following his scheduled title shot against Serra, although the fight with Serra has now been postponed indefinitely. He also recently revealed his intention to retire from MMA within the next few years on the second episode of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra.
In late mid 2007, Hughes left the Miletich camp with Miletich stablemate Robbie Lawler, longtime boxing coach Matt Pena, and wrestling/conditioning teacher Marc Fiore to form The H.I.T.(Hughes Intensive Training) Squad in Granite City, Illinois.
Matt Hughes fought Thiago Alves in a highly anticipated welterweight fight at UFC 85: BEDLAM on June 7, 2008. Matt lost the fight to Thiago Alves due to referee stoppage (TKO strikes) at 1:02 in round 2. After receiving a powerful flying knee from Alves he dropped to the ground with his own left knee pinned behind his hips. He indicated during post-fight interviews that the landing did injure his knee.
Hughes has been very vocal about his career being in its twilight, evidenced by his speech after his loss to Georges St. Pierre at UFC 79, in which he hinted at the possibility of retiring in an effort to afford time to his family and a potential second book. However, a bout was confirmed shortly thereafter for UFC 85 against Thiago Alves, whom Hughes lost to by TKO,[21] ultimately leaving Hughes with a torn MCL and partially torn PCL.
[edit] The Ultimate Fighter
In 2005, Hughes participated as a coach opposite Rich Franklin in the second season of the Spike TV reality television series, The Ultimate Fighter. In 2007, Hughes participated as a guest coach for long time friend and training partner, Jens Pulver during The Ultimate Fighter 5 season.
Hughes agreed to be head coach again for the The Ultimate Fighter 6, alongside former UFC World welterweight champion, Matt Serra.[22] Despite the fact that after the preliminary round, Team Hughes' record was 2-6, both Mac Danzig and Tommy Speer of Team Hughes made it to the finals.
[edit] Hughes vs. Serra
Immediately after the Alves fight, Hughes stated that he has "one last fight" left, and that he wants to fight Matt Serra.[23] On January 9, 2009, Hughes confirmed on his web-site blog, that UFC 98 will likely be the day he and Serra meet in the Octagon. The fight was confirmed by the UFC.[24]
Matt Hughes won his fight against Serra at UFC 98 via unanimous decision. After the fight Matt Hughes and Matt Serra embraced and exchanged some words congratulating each other. Hughes posted on his blog: "When the fight was over, I was pretty confident I was going to get my hand raised. Some people have asked why I raised his hand at the end. Actually I didn’t, he raised mine. He also told me that, no matter what the decision was, he was done with the rivalry".[25] After the fight Matt Hughes said" I think I have a few more fights left in me."
