What is it with Matt Hughes? I’ve never seen a guy so gifted at pissing people off.
The latest tirade comes from Joe Riggs (25-8 MMA, 4-3 UFC), who’s slated to face Diego Sanchez (16-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 7 (Wednesday, Dec. 13 on Spike). Riggs did an interview with Boxingtalk.com and let loose on the former UFC welterweight champ:
PC: What would giving [Sanchez] his first loss mean to you and what would you like to do next if you defeat him?
JR: When I defeat Diego, I’d obviously be looking at a title shot. I want to fight Matt Hughes again. I don’t like that guy. I tried to like the guy. I tried hard to like him because he’s involved with people I’m good friends with. I like a lot of guys out of the Miletich camp, Tim Sylvia, Pat and Robbie, all of those guys are really good guys and he’s just a dick. He had never met my wife before. He was down in Phoenix a couple of days ago because he’s good friends with my sponsor. He comes down and I introduce him to my wife and he’s like, “Hey, sorry I had to beat your husband up!” My wife had never met him before. It’s cool to joke around like that, but that’s my fucking wife. It kind of touched my pride and it really fucking pissed me off. I was cheering for him when he fought B.J. Penn just because I love the guy who he’s with an shit, but you know? He’s a disrespectful muthafucka; fuck him!
Read the entire interview here.
Saturday, December 16, 2006 at 10:26 pm
Matt Hughes got himself owned
just like a little bitch
Georges St. Pierre his master
holding the fateful switch
No punch could Matt dodge
No guard could he pass
GSP with a double leg sweep
knocked Matt on his ass
It’s been a long time comin
Matt’s reign is done
By the end of round one
Matt wanted to cry and run
GSP the agressor wouldnt let up
and caught Matt with a perilous kick, way high up
Hughes went a tumbling, tumbling down
not so cocky now are ya, you silly fucking clown
GSP dove on top to finish him, he wasn’t lettin up
Fist after fist he landed on matt’s ugly mug
two solid steel elbows was the last thing Hughes felt
Congrats GSP on your brand new shiny welterweight champion belt.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 at 6:51 pm
WEEL SAID I HATED THAT SUCKER