Funny that he'd be your no.1 pick.. My roomates and I actually went down to a pub to watch the last 2 UFC cards.. Anyways I saw Matt Hughes vs Bj Penn and world class athlete is honestly about the last thing that came to my mind watching Matt Hughes.. Standing up on his feet, he sucks.. Sure he may have great conditioning, but that doesn't have anything to do with talent or natural athleticism.. The guy is slow as hell, no coordination on his feet, he was eating slow little jabs and being rocked all over the place by a guy who obviously had some athletic ability, alot more than he seemed to. I know, he won the fight eventually, but Penn wasn't even in shape he just tired out and keeled over, the first 2 rounds he was beating Hughes easily, and Matt seemed very very weak and vulnerable on his feet plus he couldn't take Penn down. Same thing with the last UFC card, Rich Franklin was supposed to be one of the best guys in the UFC, he got absolutely powned by Anderson Silva.. now he is a world class athlete, one of the best in Pride(which has far better athletes imo). Franklin looked just like Matt Hughes to me, slow, rigid, nothing special whatsoever, just a well conditioned strong guy.. If Matt Hughes were to fight a 170 pound version of Silva or any kind of gifted athlete/striker like that I think he'd get beat down. I almost hate the UFC now the more Ive been watching Pride. It's alot better imo.. But I still think boxing has a far larger talent pool then any combat sport.. It just makes sense, it's where the money is.Originally Posted by SeanE


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