One of my favorite fighters of all time. Him picking Trigg up and running across the ring before slamming damn near through the mat was one of my favorite all time MMA moments.
Me too, he is my favourite fighter, loved the way he tore through the UFC 170 division. I only made this thread due to alot of people seemingly role reversing on the guy. About 5 years ago eeryone loved him....nowadays the love isnt there and people refer to him as a *****. I still love the guy, he at one time was the UFC.
I'm telling you the look on Hughes's face between rounds whenever he fights GSP is ****ing priceless. Karma is a mother ****er, and hughes got what was coming to him.....twice and I pray to anything godly that Dana White milks Hughes for one more fight against St Pierre, I'd pay $100 for that PPV yep
He was a great champion and was the best of all time at welterweight in my opinion, maybe he has now been surpassed by GSP.
It took me a long time to coming around to liking GSP because of the whole him trying to dethrone Hughes, but in between rounds 1 and 2 in their second fight, when I saw GSP just pacing back and forth with this just absolute blood lust in his eyes; no cornerman talk, no stool, just what was probably the longest 60 seconds of his life between him and his dream, that was truely amazing. Really realized that he had passed Hughes as a fighter at that point, plus Hughes' subsequent decline, which made it ok in my brain to cheer for and appreciate GSP. I think those two will always be linked in history, and they seem to get along quite well now, so it's pretty easy for me to have Hughes as one of if not my absolute favorite of all time, yet still cheer for GSP.
Maybe it's time warping things, but I remember being a defender against Hughes' haters even 5 years ago, not quite as bad as a year or two ago. I think now people are finally coming around now that we are seeing the last of him; probably have already seen the end of his career as a title threat. I'm with you though, even had that same avatar for a while.