So apparently Matt Hughes was at UFC 87 this past Saturday in Minneapolis Minnesota, presumably as a VIP guest to watch the fights and interact with the fans.
Anyway, Matt Hughes likes to keep a blog on his website and his comments on the main event between Georges St. Pierre Vs Jon Fitch for the Welterweight title caught my interest:
"The last fight of the night was Georges and Fitch. Georges didn’t look as big as he has before and he seemed like he had gotten tired from the first round. Fitch had the game plan of countering Georges and you just can’t do that. You can’t counter a quicker fighter. To be honest, halfway in the third round I got up and walked out of the arena and went to my hotel. The fight wasn’t the most exciting and I wanted to get out of there before everyone else was getting up to leave."
OK, he may have a point in as much a one sided beat-down is not as exciting as a close back and forth fight that could be won by either man at any moment, and leaving early to avoid the rush would make sense for the average spectator but I would have thought Hughes had been paid to be there and owed it not only to the company but also the fans who may have wanted some interaction with a UFC legend.
Leaving during the main event between fighters who have beaten him or beaten opponents who have beaten him just seems a bit like sour grapes to me.
I'm sure some Hughes fans will disagree though.
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