It Had to Happen: Matt Hughes Says GSP “Felt Greasy”
('An opportunity to criticize GSP, you say? Count me in!')
Well, LubeGate has officially run the gauntlet. Matt Hughes is the latest former opponent of Georges St. Pierre to add fuel the greasy fire. In a blog post to his website today, Hughes had this to say:
I’m not the only one who has said that GSP felt greasy during a fight. I know Matt Serra has mentioned it and, even in their first fight, I think BJ said something. I’m not saying GSP did something wrong and I’m not saying that it would have changed any outcomes of any fights; but what I am saying is, for my last two fights against Georges, he felt greasy.
Weird, he felt greasy in those last two fights? As in, the two that Hughes lost? Interesting.
Having more opponents jump on this bandwagon doesn’t help GSP’s case any, but what I’m wondering is, if he’s been greasing himself up for years why hasn’t he been caught before now? The boys from the NSAC jumped all over him when they saw it at UFC 94. How has he managed to apply Vaseline to his body in front of cameras and athletic commission observers for so long? Is he taking a Vaseline supplement that makes it come out of his pores?
If I recall, he was handling Hughes well in the first round in both of those last two fights. And since fighters get checked over on their way into the Octagon, I don’t see how he would have applied grease to his skin before the start of the fight without being detected. I also don’t see why his camp would take the risk of greasing him for the second round after he’d done so well in the first without it.
In order to believe that GSP has been greasing for the last three or four years -- against everyone from Matt Serra to Jason Miller -- you either have to believe that his trainers are some of the sneakiest Vaseline-applying jokers in the world (and they aren’t, obviously), or that the athletic commissions have been grossly incompetent in detecting it, if not downright complicit in allowing it.
Those explanations seem far-fetched, and yet the accusations keep coming. Somebody better go ask Pete Spratt if GSP felt greasy to him, too.
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Sheps Says:
I actually met George after UFC 94, i shook his hand and left with a hand full of grease, i think its just a fact that GSP is a slimey bastard....
See what i did there?
LgS Says:
GsP is not a cheater....
doctor satan Says:
if GSP was Mexican this whole thing would be racist
Anonymous Says:
First.
Oh, and this is ridiculous.
Chouda-head Says:
oh fuck you matt hughes. Any respect I had for this inbred, has been lost. There was no footage of anything being put on Peirre's body throughout his whole career until this Penn fight. Then his trainer wipes his face, and with the little that might be left touches a portion of his back. The security guys then hear about this and wipe his whole back down with a towel before he goes in. Leaving pretty much no chance for there to be anything left. So even BJ's bitching is unfounded, since he didnt step in there with anything on his back. Matt hughes is a cocksucker. Just jumps on the bandwagon as soon as we forgot about him. And I thought my name was chouda-head. Im no Peirre nut hugger, and even had money on Penn (just because he was an underdog, but whatever), but Peirre dominated that fight, fair and square. Id hate for something this dumb to taint this great performance.
Bob Loblaw Says:
So Matt Hughes picks this occasion, of all times, to throw his observations in? Tell me, Matt, how much Vaseline was on that shin that took your head off? A blow that came in so fast you confessed you thought you'd been punched? Did the [stealthy] application of Ninja-Vas on his body allow all those blows that you took to move so fast they were existing outside your ability to perceive them?
Come on, dude. You're still upset because after your last bout against Thiago Alves Joe Rogan asked you in the post fight interview if it was time for you to hang up the gloves.
Take a good, hard look at the condition of your face in the photo for this story and ask yourself, honestly, if GSP's alleged NinjaVas did that to you. Or, maybe it was all those fists and feet and shins that wrecked you up but good.
I'll admit that you night have had grounds to protest due to the number of shots to the balls that you took against GSP, but here's you waiting a couple of years just to jump on BJ's Vaseline bandwagon. Bye bye credibility....
snicket916 Says:
just something for thought....... Roger Huerta was training with Jackson's camp for his last few fights, and after his fight with florian, kenblow accused him of being super greasy. the accusations got lost in space because huerta didnt win, but i would like to interview Kenny florian to see what he has to say. Jacksons camp is sketchy, to say the least.
"Its not cheating if you dont get caught." -adam hutchings
Byahh` Says:
Matt Hughes. Take a step back out of the limelight, take off that checkered shirt with horse shit all over it, wipe that face down. And go fuck a Cow.
auzzy Says:
This is a bummer. I am sure there is a way to compile all of the corner video of all his past fights in the UFC and have a professional unbiased inspector look it over and or compare the move that Phil Nurse was doing to videos of muy thai fighters and see if Greg Jacksons explanation matches up. I have a feeling everybody has just blown this up way out of proportion. GSP was bigger and trained harder and smarter than BJ. All the investigations will point to only that, but all BJ fans and people who want nothing but ill for the sport and GSP will never accept anything but their own opinion.
GOD Says:
Its true; Matt Hughes prayed for a victory before both matches with GSP.
I, for one, fucking hate Matt Hughes. I personally flew down into the octagon in the form of the Holy Spirit and lubed GSPs back for him.. just go Matt Hughes could lose.
Who says morphing into the Holy Spirit should only be used for knocking the Virgin Mary up? My spirit gets around... in fact, Jesus is going to be coming back, straight from Arianny's vagina. Trust me, any day now I am going to drop a load into her with my holy penis.
SpaceAlias Says:
Matt Hughes is like a washed up supermodel still trying to stay relevant by holding a press conference to disucss what stars she had sex with when she was 22 and hot.
Dana White Says:
OMFG GSP is going to lose his next match, no grease this time!!! NOooooOO!!!
shiki31 Says:
what everyone fails to mention is that they don't need gobs of vaseline for it to make a difference. if they are constantly rubbing him down on his shoulders, neck, arms and back with hands that have vaseline on them, then he will be greasy throughout the whole fight. let's also remember that vaseline is water proof, colorless, odorless, and basically non detectable...if you have vaseline or other similar substances on your hand, you shouldn't be touching anywhere on the fighter's body except his face. finally, ask yourself this...this was one of the biggest fights in ufc history, definately the biggest fight of penn's and st pierre's careers. would bj really come in that unprepared? is bj's guard so weak that gsp could pass without resistance? hard to say i guess. gsp is a great fighter, no doubt. he pounded bj for four rounds and won the fight, no doubt about that either. but being born and raised and living in hilo for the past 31 years, it just left a bad taste in my mouth when I saw bj get cracks and now to hear all of these allegations makes the loss even more hurtful because maybe, just maybe it shouldn't have happened.
Anonymous Says:
GSP is a greaser. His legacy is tainted.
Greasing against BJJ guys (e.g. Mayhem and BJ) is like a boxer putting lead in his gloves.
There is too much damning evidence, from what was caught on camera, to the fact that Jackson fighters are notorious greasers, to the fact that around 5 different opponents of GSP have accused him of the same thing.
portlandmma Says:
You know its a lie when Matt Hughes agree's with Serra. I think its indeed cheap if that is what Georges was doing, but to give the guys he slaughtered (who by the way are all egomaniacs) a route to lessen the blow of him beating their asses they're going to take it. Did the guy who you fought for 15 minutes feel greasy at anytime during the fight? Fucking obviously. I don't trust a fucking syllable out of Matt Hughes' mouth when talking about a past defeat.
IllegalUpKick Says:
All I gotta say is what happens when GSP continues to dominant with all eyes on him after this nonsense?
Seriously, what are you guys going to say?
Bootylam! Says:
No way, man! Now all the excuses will just get worse. Anderson Silva had itching powder. Fedor has thorns. Mir whispered subliminal messages to Nog. Guida's burp breath won him the fight. GSP was greasy, Matt? I don't hear him complaining about the "cracker" crumbs you got in his eye and the shine on your "red neck" distracting him.
shiki31 Says:
just to comment on your comment chouda.....there also isn't any footage of the NSAC worker wiping st.pierre's "whole back" down. the footage from the ufc that night showed the guy wiping gsp's left arm and left shouder blade. what about his neck and chest or the right side of his body as well? what isn't being mentioned is how hard it is to get vaseline off your body. that shit doesn't come off easily. even if st pierre did have some on his chest and neck, when another fighter comes into contact with that part of his body, it's going on them too making everybody greasy and making subs and even holding guard properly, impossible. gsp did win, no doubt but to me ( and maybe only me) the win is tainted but it is a win nonetheless.
Ron Burgundy Says:
you stay classy, Matt Hughes
Surprise Says:
Vaseline isn't waterproof. I've used it for years as a moisturizer when I lived in colder climates & every single times washed it right off my hands.
and secondly....I'm sure the fact that GSP is pretty much hairless and sweats during matches has nothing to do with the fact that he feels "greasy" during matches.
Way to stay relevant Hughes!
Astroninja Says:
There is a way....
If you massage oil into a person BEFORE their fight, and dry it off, it seems like the skin is dry. But that oil stays locked in the dermal layer. If that person starts to sweat, by, oh say two to three minutes in a round, they will sweat out that oil that has been trapped. This is an old trick, actually. It can pass the pre fight inspection, and is guarenteed to kick in at just the right time.
ButItHurts Says:
Come to think of it you're right. I think that one time five or six years ago when I got into a fight with GSP at a bar he was really slippery. If it weren't for that I would have dominated him.
Jenoir Says:
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Thanks!
Dr. Gonzo Says:
If you believe that GSP has been greasing, especially in the Mayhem fight, then HE HIMSELF has to initiate it. He was not in Greg Jackson's camp back then.
Go home and get ya fucking shinebox Says:
matt hughes is a faggot.
Surprise Says:
Then why do they insist on gobbing it on EVERYONES face before a fight. Watch the first thing any of them usually do when they clinch up.....it's put their head down, usually against someone elses arm or chest.
There is no way it's not transferring from faces to other body parts.
Everyone probably ends up "greased" no matter what.
Tpark Says:
Theres only one way to settle this indignity! Make GSP fight hughes, penn, and any other motherfucker accusing him of lubing up all at the same time
Bootylam! Says:
@ Anonymous. C'mon man, what does vas on his back have to do with not being able to get GSP off him or move off the cage when GSP had him pushed back while standing? Shouldn't it have been easier? What about taking punches to the head and body standing? Doesn't being slick make it easier to slide in a choke? Why is nobody talking about how slick Daddy must have been in that bloodbath? BJ didn't cry then, did he? Penn just doesn't have what it takes to truly hang with GSP, and it was proven no matter what the excuses.
99th in line to bang Tuf Guys Mom Says:
GREAT!!!!! finally my turn to unload on TUF's Mom's dome and ego-manic Hughes spoils the moneyshot and "taints" my eruption!
last thing anyone wants to see prior to unloading is Matt's country-boy, cow-lovin, chickin-feedin hilbilly ass....
damit Matt!!!!
dualdiagnosis Says:
Look, making this kind of accusation against another fighter is a no win proposition, that's why fighters haven't been doing it. Look at how these charges are treated- Hughes is lying, Serra lying, Mayhem Miller is lying, BJ is lying, Keith Kizer is lying, Chuck Liddell is lying.
We now have clear video evidence and still the same names are being called- "sore loser" and so on.
GSP in his fight with BJ got greased down between rds 1 and 2, the commission was given a heads up and was watching, they saw it happen. It happened again between 2 and 3 and 3 and 4. They were able to intervene in the last two attempts but not between rds 1 and 2.
After rd 1, GSP came out and fought with Vaseline on his upper body- what happened in rd 2? BJ on his back attempting high guard, slipping off and then eating strikes to his thoracic cage.
JD Says:
You do realize that the NSAC didnt "jump all over it", right? It took Chuck Liddell getting visibly upset about it at ringside and running to a NSAC official before they knew what was happening.
Kind of like how Antonio Margarito was able to wraps his hands under the supervision of a CSAC official without incident. If took Mosleys trainer feeling the wraps and accidently causing something to fall out before anybody knew that Margarito had loaded gloves.
Many athletic commisions have had an awful reputation in Boxing and MMA for a reason. People have been calling for reform for forever. The only thing that commisions do a lockdown job on is making sure fees to them are being paid.
Either sour grapes from Jason Miller, Sean Sherk, Matt Hughes, Matt Serra and BJ Penn, or GSP has some ritual to getting away with greasing. Either way it needs to stop.
Vrax Says:
Wait just one second. Let's examine this:
"I’m not the only one who has said that GSP felt greasy during a fight. I know Matt Serra has mentioned it..."
Matt Serra? Mentioned it, to Matt Hughes? Hmm. Here's how that conversation must've gone down -
[The night that Matt Serra lost to GSP]
*Ring Ring*
Matt Hughes:"This is Matt Hughes"
Matt Serra:"Matt, er, Queen Esther, it's me Matt Serra"
Hughes:"Ahahaha Frenchie beat you, nah nah. And you know you can just call me 'Esther'"
Serra: "Well you see that's just it, he, he felt greasy."
Hughes: "Hey you know what? He felt greasy to me too!"
Serra: "Hey let's not do anything about this for years ok?"
Hughes: Oh certainly, I'm not one to complain after a loss. Especially a loss to Georges St. Pierre. Since we're such good friends, like you and I.
Serra: "Ok I'm glad we had this talk."
WTF!!!
The Duke Of New York A #1 Says:
I come away with a greasy feeling after looking at pictures of GSP
hello_cagepotato Says:
Bootylam! Says:
Tue, 02/03/2009 - 16:24
No way, man! Now all the excuses will just get worse. Anderson Silva had itching powder. Fedor has thorns. Mir whispered subliminal messages to Nog. Guida's burp breath won him the fight. GSP was greasy, Matt? I don't hear him complaining about the "cracker" crumbs you got in his eye and the shine on your "red neck" distracting him.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! so true man...shut the fu ck up GSP haters....
ButItHurts Says:
Seriously? GSP has one of the best wax jobs of any fighter when he steps in the ring. The man looks silky smooth like my girlfriend's legs.
Bottom Line: Smooth body + Sweat = Slimy
machete for hands Says:
Surprise has a good point. Yo chouda head....your name reminds me of chouda-boy from orgazmo hahaha
Fightguy189 Says:
i sweat a lot when im active and when i wrestled in high school and i used to get accused of greasing. of course there isnt much of a case when u wait til the 2nd or third round to complain.
Anonymous Says:
It must suck to be GSP. He says nothing but nice things to everyone he has ever fought and in return they all accuse him of cheating just because they can't accept the fact that they got beat like they didn't even know what the letters MMA meant
10pound Says:
bah.......since when are you relevant, ya washout? retire gracefully will ya?
Bob Loblaw Says:
holy fuck. gsp is greasy. so's jenna's chin. do you figure maybe bj felt greasy as well, being another nearly hairless, practically naked guy sweating his bag off while fighting for his life in the cage? you could put the missing link in there and he'd feel like a greasy bastard after the first 2 minutes of fighting with a top level guy like gsp or a. silva.
i encourage anyone to go to the video, and what they're going to find is gsp beating the shit out of everyone he encounters, historically.
speaking of guys coming out (ha ha) and mentioning that yes, your honor, gsp was in fact a little slippy, years after the fact, what about the other loudmouths gsp has beaten that had nothing to say about the greasiness? kos, a notorious loudmouth, had nothing to say. fitch had nothing to say either, although he's nowhere near the mouthpiece kos is. anyway, think about it a while.
something is not stirring the kool aid here.
tallkitchenbags Says:
hughes sucks. does anyone care what that punch drunk redneck thinks? he's confusing the KY he rubs on his jebus statue evry night before he sticks up his ass.
Delareese Says:
I hear sweat causes grease.
Perhaps he sweats a lot, you know, being a pro athlete and all.
Contraband Says:
I'm a big gsp fan and I study everything about him and i know for a fact he likes french fries, and i think the grease is coming out his pours
Big Shafty Says:
Maybe GSP just has overactive sweat glands like that 2nd bully from that old ass nickelodeon show Pete and Pete. Anybody remember that show?
Anonymous Says:
is anyone watching the UNC game? Tar Heels can't miss from 3. i think the rims are greased.
Barack Obama Says:
I'm convinced that CAGEPOTATO is bias on their opinion in this matter, its a big deal and your making a joke out of it.
Byahh` Says:
shiki31, your a pretty big BJ nut hugger. You making vasoline sound like some freaking amazing undetectable cream. The fact is... GSP won that fight, and little pinches of vasoline didnt do it. Lets start banning sweaty fighters from the UFC all together. Give it up. BJ is amazing... at 155. At 170 he gasses too quick and just seemes less agile. Sorry to burst your bubble.
Anonymous Says:
Big Shafty, are you talking about Pit Stain? if GSP is anybody from Pete and Pete he's ARTIE! The strongest man......in the world!
Anonymous Says:
"I don’t see how he would have applied grease to his skin before the start of the fight without being detected. "
I'm no expert but can't you apply the grease earlier, keep it on for a bit, then wipe it off. It will get absorbed into your skin, and later when you sweat will come out through your pores.
Full-Nelson Says:
"...I’m not saying that it would have changed any outcomes of any fights...."
Is it me or has "it wouldn't have change the outcome of the fight" become akin to homophobes saying "not that there's anything wrong with that" in their more subtle attempts at gay bashing?