Jan 24 2008
UFC 79 Results – Matt Hughes vs. George St. Pierre, Wanderlei Silva vs. Chuck Liddell
The night got started off with a bag when Rich Clementi got the best of Melvin Guillard and got the RNC sunk in late in the first round. When Melvin was recovering from the choke Rich taunted him with gestures. This prompted Melvin to try to attack Rich once he turned his back. It was a good thing Herb Dean was there to restrain Melvin when Rich was not looking.Eddie Sanchez looked good in his beat down of Sao Paleei that ended in a round 3 TKO. Lyoto Ryoto Machida also took all of Sokoudjou’s wind and choked him out with an arm triangle in the 2nd.
The most anticipated fight in years lived up to the hype and it was a 3 round war for both warriors. When there is entertainment at this level even though one of the fighters lost on paper, No one really loses. In this writer’s opinion the sport wins in the end when legends like Wanderlei Silva and Chuck Liddell meet. Chuck ended up winning the fight with a decisive 3rd round but it was a classic war.
In the title fight for the Interim Welterweight title George St. Pierre crushed Matt Hughes in every aspect of MMA. Took him down at will and beat him up until he saw it was time to end him with a submission. Matt Hughes looks bad after this showing and looks like he has maybe 2 fights or so left in his career.
