(‘Okay, now if you’ve gotten to this point, I’m assuming that either you’ve been slammed after being carried across the cage, or else you were the one who did the slamming. Either way, I’m fresh out of ideas.’)
The UFC has spent the last few weeks reacquiring old talent and signing the even older fighters they already have to new contracts that take them beyond their foreseeable athletic futures, so it only makes sense that they’d also go ahead and get former welterweight champ Matt Hughes to re-up. On his blog Hughes writes that he signed a new "multi-fight deal with the UFC, which is much like my old contract." We realize that the phrase "multi-fight" is pretty vague, but something about the way the UFC is stocking up on over-the-hill fighters who have no real chance at making a title run, it just seems suspicious.
Hughes said that he hasn’t been given an opponent or a date for his next fight, but that the UFC mentioned one possibility and it was "a person I’ve never fought before." That rules out Frank Trigg and Dennis Hallman. Former coach Pat Miletich is still an option, though. Just saying.
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commentsUFC is going to do a TUF with old people!
Makes you think. If UFC is grabbing up all the fighters that Strikeforce would use, then Strikeforce in turn wil have to use guys from smaller organizations like KOTC and Shark Fights. I think that would be awesome cuz I'd love to see some local fighters like Mike "Joker" Guymon fighting on showtime.
They still could use a Master's class, though.
I'm up for Hughes Vs. Anthony Johnson though.
I don't see an issue with getting guys like Couture and Hughes wrapped up in new contracts. I still like watching them fight.
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