It’s weird that I’m now becoming a “old head” at 33… but Hughes was a BEAST back in the day. So many good legends that people don’t even know about today.
Sabes cuanto mide Matt? El tipo era demasiado pequeño para estar en Welter, GSP se veía enorme al lado de Matt, obvio que le iba a hacer frente sí el tipo era enorme... Agregando que GSP era muy Completo y Matt era más Grappler
@@eddiesantana3009yea prime for prime I agree ,Matt was an amazing wrestler GSP used his striking to set up his take downs which made him so great while Matt focused solely on wrestling and jiujitsu
Totally understand that gsp knew the arm bar would he locked in tight so he tapped before any chance of injury. But damn just one more second and he'd have walked away from that. Based on their next fights pretty sure gsp would have ended up winning this first fight as well has he not tapped.
Look at the armbar Charles had tony in. Ik some people are double jointed (genetics ftw) but I think GSP could've completely survived had he known there was 1sec left. He probably thought Matt was going to Olivera-Tony him. Gsp way too buff to be as flexible as Tony is
Nah Hughes was near the end of his prime here. Matt Hughes pushed the stand up and got the take down easily. Matt Hughes manhandled him. Prime Matt Hughes was freaky strong. Gsp would have been gnp to a shorter career
2 of the most impressive things I've seen in the Octagon: 1. pre-prime GSP stifling that Matt Hughes takedown 2. Royce Gracie not submitting to Matt Hughes' armbar. That was fucking insane.
My favorite era of UFC man. So glad I got to grow up watching guys like GSP, Matt Hughes, Vitor Belfort, Mirko cro cop, Chuck Liddell, Rampage Jackson, etc.
The best Belfort run was the time most seem unaware of: the no weight limit UFC Belfort, where he smashed Wanderlei in record time and smashed a super heavyweight Tank Abbot. He was a heavyweight then and much more juiced at that time (at 19 years old as a phenom) than the “TRT Vitor” that people like Rogan only seem to remember.
george's takedown as best recalled, looked like he took down while transitioning into falling on top of his opponent and was able to do it quite abruptly, despite you'd think that the falling on top of part would make the efforts take longer for the final result.
Eu fico de cara com essa performance do Matt. Mas não sei se ele venceria o St Pierre se fosse para o segundo round. Cara que loucura, 1 segundo pra acabar o round, inacreditável.
@@doge-xj7zb That's not the point. GSP's mindset was to tap out as soon as possible, even before the armbar was fully locked in. But Tony didn't seem like he was gonna tap out even if his arm were to hyper extend.
GSP really should've held on here, he definitely would've been able to make it that fraction of a second without his arm breaking or something like people think. It's not that easy to do that shit lol. Doesn't take a whole lotta time, but more than half a second if the guy is resisting. He likely didn't know he was THAT close or he probably would've. I could see how he'd tap if he thinks there's another 3-5 seconds or something but damn.
I completely forgot about Matt Hughes and who he was nfs I forgot he existed I just had so many memories come flooding in lmao that’s actually crazy I remember being 4 yrs old when this fight came out my step dad at the time loved ts so I would watch the fights with him.
After this loss, GSP trained his ass of in Jiu Jitsu. He won the second rematch, and then like a gentleman walks over to Hughes and promised hed give him a rematch. Which did happen, and he won again
I just don’t understand why gsp couldn’t hold off for one damn second. I feel like he gave Matt the win because he looked up to him. He should’ve won this fight he had the skills just didn’t believe he could.
He tapped because he didn’t want a broken arm Einstein. How long do you think it takes to recover from a broken limb?? Man I swear some dudes like yourself are just Grade A geniuses. lol
Never realized till now that GSP tapped before the arm bar even took place. It is Soo wild Matt fought Gracie had his arm bent half into that man made no facial expression@ all but GSP tapped before it even was engaged..lol wow ok well he won the next 2
He probably didnt knew exactly how much he had left. Its a life damaging gamble doubting whether its 2 seconds left or .5 you know. Safe and good tap from GSP, afterwards you can only say bad luck that it was a quarter of a second pre horn
And u fanboys think khabib can beat everyone even heavyweights 😂 when in reality he is afraid to move up the weight class. Welterweight GSP kills khaboob
This was GSP’s 8th fight and Matt Hughes was one of the best in the world at the time. Who was Khabib’s 8th fight against? Some bum with a record of 2-1, lmao. Just admit you didn’t start following this sport till the Conor vs. Khabib fight, you casual.
doesnt work like that buddy... who mauls who we dont know really but if you want to play this game, gsp definitely would win . not my opinion the resumes speak for it.
Even though GSP wasn't quite in his prime yet, it's still so damn impressive to dominate him in the wrestling like that. Prime Hughes is underrated.
matt was in his prime here .
It’s weird that I’m now becoming a “old head” at 33… but Hughes was a BEAST back in the day. So many good legends that people don’t even know about today.
No.. gsp is just overrated
@@tspiv😂😂😂😂😂
Sabes cuanto mide Matt? El tipo era demasiado pequeño para estar en Welter, GSP se veía enorme al lado de Matt, obvio que le iba a hacer frente sí el tipo era enorme... Agregando que GSP era muy Completo y Matt era más Grappler
I was impressed by Matt‘s performance
lmao
🤣🤣🤣
I wasn't impressed by matts performance outside the cage, he beat up his wife and gets hit by trains driving his pickup
@@j-fb4596 And the cleaner of your high school did dirty things to you in secret
@@erozaky1077 lol, you were in Jimmy Savile's class program, that's where he taught you these things
my coach taught me that whenever someone goes for a kimura from closed / half guard, to go for the turnaround armbar and now i’m here lol
Always wanted to see a freestyle wrestling match between these two.
matt would win most likely
@@eddiesantana3009yea prime for prime I agree ,Matt was an amazing wrestler GSP used his striking to set up his take downs which made him so great while Matt focused solely on wrestling and jiujitsu
Totally understand that gsp knew the arm bar would he locked in tight so he tapped before any chance of injury. But damn just one more second and he'd have walked away from that. Based on their next fights pretty sure gsp would have ended up winning this first fight as well has he not tapped.
If he didn't tap he maybe would've had his arm broke & lost anyway.
Look at the armbar Charles had tony in. Ik some people are double jointed (genetics ftw) but I think GSP could've completely survived had he known there was 1sec left. He probably thought Matt was going to Olivera-Tony him. Gsp way too buff to be as flexible as Tony is
Nah Hughes was near the end of his prime here. Matt Hughes pushed the stand up and got the take down easily. Matt Hughes manhandled him. Prime Matt Hughes was freaky strong. Gsp would have been gnp to a shorter career
@@nonyobussiness3440 ya bro Matt would of broke his arm if the ref would of taken one more sec to pull him off lol
GSP wasnt mentally in this one. He spoke about how much respect he had for Matt and how Matt was the WW goat at the time in his eyes.
One of the best rivalries in MMA history
2 of the most impressive things I've seen in the Octagon: 1. pre-prime GSP stifling that Matt Hughes takedown 2. Royce Gracie not submitting to Matt Hughes' armbar. That was fucking insane.
At The Buzzer .. Epic Win.
Outstanding by Matt Hughes
This Lost elevated GSP going forward into greatness.
My favorite era of UFC man. So glad I got to grow up watching guys like GSP, Matt Hughes, Vitor Belfort, Mirko cro cop, Chuck Liddell, Rampage Jackson, etc.
The best Belfort run was the time most seem unaware of: the no weight limit UFC Belfort, where he smashed Wanderlei in record time and smashed a super heavyweight Tank Abbot. He was a heavyweight then and much more juiced at that time (at 19 years old as a phenom) than the “TRT Vitor” that people like Rogan only seem to remember.
GSP watching this video now:
Ok Matt, I am impressed by your performance
How can you not put matt in the hall of fame
He will be, if he’s not yet
Either which way Matt Hughes is 100pct my favorite in top 3 for sure..ALL TIME UFC!!!
Gsp!
What a great submission! Hopefully George is impressed by his performance
Matt Hughes es uno de los mejores peleadores de todos los tiempos, me encantó esta pelea!
GSP didn't forget this. At all....
Matt Hughes is one of the best of all-time.
george's takedown as best recalled, looked like he took down while transitioning into falling on top of his opponent and was able to do it quite abruptly, despite you'd think that the falling on top of part would make the efforts take longer for the final result.
I’m actually very interested by the way you explained this. Care to elaborate? I know it’s been 10 months but I’d love to read your analysis.
Same!
GSP realized after this he needed Vaseline 😆
Eu fico de cara com essa performance do Matt. Mas não sei se ele venceria o St Pierre se fosse para o segundo round.
Cara que loucura, 1 segundo pra acabar o round, inacreditável.
No one is like tony who holded the armbar for 10 seconds by current lightweight champ.
Tony is one of a kind.
Charles doesn't have matt strength
@@doge-xj7zb That's not the point. GSP's mindset was to tap out as soon as possible, even before the armbar was fully locked in. But Tony didn't seem like he was gonna tap out even if his arm were to hyper extend.
different situation
3:03 was that a fence grab?
More like a fence grab push
GSP really should've held on here, he definitely would've been able to make it that fraction of a second without his arm breaking or something like people think. It's not that easy to do that shit lol. Doesn't take a whole lotta time, but more than half a second if the guy is resisting. He likely didn't know he was THAT close or he probably would've. I could see how he'd tap if he thinks there's another 3-5 seconds or something but damn.
I completely forgot about Matt Hughes and who he was nfs I forgot he existed I just had so many memories come flooding in lmao that’s actually crazy I remember being 4 yrs old when this fight came out my step dad at the time loved ts so I would watch the fights with him.
After this loss, GSP trained his ass of in Jiu Jitsu. He won the second rematch, and then like a gentleman walks over to Hughes and promised hed give him a rematch. Which did happen, and he won again
Matt Hughes classic !
GSP wasnt as fast as he was in the 2nd and 3rd fight. Much more stiff. He really improved after this fight.
Or Matt Hughes just got older and more washed which made GSP look faster in the later fights. Everybody gets washed up eventually
Damn that armbar was fast
Matt was a beast ! Part 2 was good too
Wow! Perfect timing!
Matt hughes absolute legend of the sport what a hero
This was at the height of Matt Hughes prime and dominance between 2001-2006. In 5 years he only lost one fight and then avenged it against BJ Penn.
I just don’t understand why gsp couldn’t hold off for one damn second. I feel like he gave Matt the win because he looked up to him. He should’ve won this fight he had the skills just didn’t believe he could.
That's the difference between Jones and GSP, Jon never tapped to Vitor's armbar while GSP tapped in less than 1 second.
6:07 David Blaine in GSP's corner
Please GSP vs Jay Hieron HD🙏🙏
Who was the commentator?
Eddie Bravo I think but doesn’t sound like at all
who is commentating this?
two of my best fighters
George tapped before he even had it set lol
You need to get your eyes checked. That armbar was fully extended.
@@Triumphantchild Jon didn't tap to Vitor's armbar, that's why GSP is not the goat
@@mr.ditkovich6379 Exactly
Good point
Damn Tony Ferguson is a beast.
If matt had striking he would be the goat
No.
Gsp tapped so fast.. must have been because he was 23.. weak.
He tapped because he didn’t want a broken arm Einstein. How long do you think it takes to recover from a broken limb?? Man I swear some dudes like yourself are just Grade A geniuses. lol
@@krov6556 Thanks brother. Of course experience had nothing to do with it, how silly of me!
Under rated fighter... Ask about "Matt Huuuuuuuges" the original UFC cornnfed!!! Top 5 in my book!!!
Are you intoxicated?
GSP only let it happen once. Whipped his ass the next two fights.
The old sponsors tho......
Never realized till now that GSP tapped before the arm bar even took place. It is Soo wild Matt fought Gracie had his arm bent half into that man made no facial expression@ all but GSP tapped before it even was engaged..lol wow ok well he won the next 2
Good example of “live to fight another day.” Rather than risking potential career altering damage, he took the l.
An arm bar can fuck your shit up I wouldn’t set there and try to be tough either
@@akogstoney6911 Guess that's what you told GSP before the fight🤣
Eddie Bravo's voice sounds so different
Yeah wtf, noticed that too. Maybe all the TRT fucked with his vocal chords lol
Are you crazy in your head man
George dominated this fight
👏👏👏
That neon yellow floor is distracting ngl. 😅
Yea (im a year late)
Gsp tapped faster than my girlfriend text reply
3:31 Joe Rogan woulda kicked Hughes into Eddie Bravos flat earth.. Look into it
Just one fucking second
Matt Hughes was a jerk. What happened to him hopefully made him a better man.
I don’t understand why Hugh’s is never talked about in the top fighters of all time. His resume is crazy
Gsp is a lame he literally needed to hold on for like 2 seconds
He would destroy you
@@TheTruth-mv7hm how do you know?
@@clumpyamoeba5598because you’re not a UFC champion, that’s how we know.
Just 1 second more deym
He couldn’t last one more second?
He probably didnt knew exactly how much he had left. Its a life damaging gamble doubting whether its 2 seconds left or .5 you know. Safe and good tap from GSP, afterwards you can only say bad luck that it was a quarter of a second pre horn
@@Mike-mu3fs yea that time his age was 23 he consider his career was more important than this match
@@Mike-mu3fs it was a Fluke maybe he didn’t see da time, GSP was gonna win
Not everyone is Tony
even though he probably didn't know the time, buddy didn't even make an attempt to escape or anything. He tapped immediately
Let’s go to the revenge
St
right at the bell
Nice job he's hard to beat but lost in rematch life...
Gods
That armbar was sus af
Fanboys really see this & think Khbib wouldn't of mauled him too🤣
And u fanboys think khabib can beat everyone even heavyweights 😂 when in reality he is afraid to move up the weight class. Welterweight GSP kills khaboob
How many losses did Khabib have? Oh that's right. None.
This was GSP’s 8th fight and Matt Hughes was one of the best in the world at the time. Who was Khabib’s 8th fight against? Some bum with a record of 2-1, lmao. Just admit you didn’t start following this sport till the Conor vs. Khabib fight, you casual.
@@TooMuchToCareAbout2 How many title defenses does Khabib have? Oh that’s right, only 3. Lmao.
doesnt work like that buddy... who mauls who we dont know really but if you want to play this game, gsp definitely would win . not my opinion the resumes speak for it.
If you actually come back, watch GSP's fights and not buy the hype. He really wasn't that good
Right. I could do that, hold my beer. 😂
i dont know who that other announcer is, but by the sound of it i dont imagine he lasted long lol what a wet blanket.
ggwp
Steroids vs steroids. Steroids ended up winning.
Everyone juices who cares. I want to see the limits the human body can be pushed too anyway.
@@yankees29 how bout u take roids yourself and see it for yourself
Keep crying
It's lame that UFC even bothers to half pretend to care about all the PEDs their guys do.
Their "testing" is a joke to fool 12 yr olds.
I blame steroids
I’m not impressed by your performance
Seconds
Hughes kinda sucked
Sorry bro but you can't really suck if you have victories over GSP and Penn lol
But JIU-JITSU don't work in MMA! lol.