first – i never get to say that but i’ve check the site like 10 time today to see what you had to say about chuck. i’m glad he held it together while they interviewed him after the fight because i would’ve lost it with him (i know that’s stupid but whatever). i didn’t care for dana’s prefight words either but he’s the boss i guess. and i like the obama thing. my fav is OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America. Hahaha.

Matt,

I’m with you on Chuck, I hate to see him go out this way. Dana in my opinion on the fighters such as yourself, Chuck, Randy, etc. who have made UFC what it is today should get whatever they want period as far as when to retire. It has to embarrass Chuck somewhat to hear Dana say those things to the public, he knows he’s lost most of his latest fights but it should be up to him. We had thunder over Louisville sat. night which is a huge fireworks display getting ready for the Kentucky Derby so I missed the fight and decided not to watch after I seen the post press by the fighters and heard Andersons fight was terrible so I saved my money luckily. I’m not sure if Anderson is being careful so to speak or what, I know he’s tough but leave it in the octagon win or lose.
Keep training your butt off, go out with a new ground and pound attitude and shut Serra up for good!!! God Bless you and your family!

I wholeheatedly aggree with you about the main event of UFC97. I am also sad about Chuck Liddell, I think he handled Joe Rogan and the post fight interview extremely well. I reckon they will have him back, just probably not near the top of the card. He might have lost, but he went out fighting, and noone can take that away from him.

Glad you had a good time at Europa, and best wishes with your training. I look forward to seeing you smush Matt Serra next month.

An unnecessary shot over the hull against Anderson Silva a person who has inarguably displayed the greatest amount of talent and put on the highest quality fights. I respect your opinion but you could just as easily say this of 99% of the fights. Anderson was fighting for the record on Saturday as any of the other fighters out there would have done.

As for the Obama shot, also unnecessary. Embrace the fact that at this moment in time America is suddenly loved and that the person in charge is a moderate. You may not always agree with the guy, you don’t have to, but he is not anti-hunter man, he is anti-urban-gangsta – and you aren’t that!

Mr. “Truth,” what news programs have you been watching? America is suddenly loved now? That’s nonsense. Iran and North Korea are more of a threat than ever and we now have President Obama shaking hands with brutal dictator and America-basher Hugo Chavez, while Obama himself drags our country’s name through the mud on the world stage. I guess if you hate America, then you would think that Obama is doing a good job. But for those of us who actually love this country, he’s a left-wing radical who is dismantling EVERYTHING this great nation was founded upon.

Besides, why do we care if some backwater dictatorship, with no concept of freedom or democracy, likes us or not? America is the bastion of liberty and freedom for the entire world, so of course we’re going to be hated by countries who also hate liberty and freedom.

NateR, can I just say thanks for the awesome job you do here? I was thinking I’d get up this morning and my comment from last night would be deleted. Thanks for leaving it. Not only did BO shake hands with Chavez, he accepted a “gift” from him in the form of an American-bashing book. I could go on and on but the truth is scary and I don’t want to think of what this nation will be like when his first (and only please God) term is over.

I find it kind of hard to say we are a bastion of liberty and freedom with a straight face when we have used torture on prisoners. That is what is supposed to seperate the “good” guys and the “bad” guys.

Dubya also met with dictators such as Uzbekistan’s President Karimov.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/01/international/01renditions.html?_r=2

He also kissed Saudi Prince Abdullah on the mouth after a lengthy hand holding session. USA! USA! USA!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a218/holydiver11/George_W_Bush_Prince_Abdullah_kiss_.jpg

Jason, I have a hard time believing that “waterboarding” is really torture. We do it to our own troops as training. It’s no more inhumane than forcing American soldiers to stand in a gas chamber full of tear gas with no masks on (which every soldier has to do as a part of basic training).

Anyways, this discussion doesn’t belong here, this is for comments on Matt’s blog. If you want to talk about these issues further then you are more than welcome to sign up for a forums account and start a thread about it there.

dana doesnt want chuck to fight again because he is a very close, personal friend and does not want to see his friend get hurt anymore. he’s been knocked out quite badly 3 times in 5 fights and he’s at the stage in his career where him fighting is no longer necessary. of course he can still fight, but not against top 10 guys and if he can’t fight them, whats the point.

Matt,
I was saddened by Chuck’s loss as well. I think is probably a case of everyone watching him and studying him for so long that they are just waiting for him to drop his hands…
As for Anderson Silva… Silva’s going to fight according to his game plan and no one is going to take him out of it… what Dana and the UFC needs is someone who can beat him at his own game… I’m thinking your good friend Robbie Lawler could be just that guy (or it just could be that I would love to see him back in the UFC instead of on Showtime).
As for our President… all I can say is that I am praying for our nation and for him. I strongly disagree with the direction he is leading us, his policies, and what appears to be a shift towards socialism. And yet I believe in the sovereignty of God and that the good Lord has a plan and purpose. We may not like it, but I trust Him regardless.
I know you’ve heard this a thousand times, but I’m going to say it again… Please kick the crap out of Serra next month, I don’t think I could stand seeing another of my favorite fighters take another loss.

LOL, I think those American troops killed those Japanese soldiers because they were Japanese soldiers. As far as the Japanese torture methods, waterboarding would be considered a joke compared to what they really did to torture our soldiers during WW2.

I think most decent people would say we want our president to succeed because our future depends on it regardless of who it is. When Bush was president it was ok for people to down him each day but no one can go against Obama. Each time we try to give opinions it comes out quickly. I’m the type that when I see something that is not good for our country or kids than I speak my mind and Obama is giving a lot of “change” to talk about.
Brad I like your definition, I fit that one as well.
I think terrorists and the Japenese back in the day of ww2 were similiar. THey tried the suprise attack and when the giant awoke they feel like they were treated unfairly. Watch the 911 videos, or pearl harbor videos!! If all we try to do is give them an agressive bath to get them to speak some facts than oh well. We can’t get back the lives they took but if we can save lives because of it than we may have to do it that way. On a normal playing field I wouldn’t want anyone tortured but I think they showed their character with what they did and I’m ashamed when we have people in this country more concerned about them than our own troops and families. Pray for peace and our president to “change” this country for the good of people to be more like Christ and that may mean fighting back to survive. God Bless

pound serra in the first roud!!!

Oh hey Matt… I just wanted to say that I just watched Rich Franklin’s film “Cyborg Soldier” it was actualy a decent film, but it made me wonder if Mr. Hughes has ever considered going into acting? I think it would be awsome to see Matt on the big screen :)

Waterboarding is torture?! Ask the citizens of L.A. who were spared another 9/11, as the MSM recently revealed, through the use of intel gained by waterboarding. And BTW, anyone who wants to do any harm to my wife and kids will be extremely lucky if the only consequence he gets is pool water poured up his nose.

We will, however, require someone to waterboard Mr. Serra to wake him up after the fight. Applicants should send resumes to NateR.

Everyone is now a political genius it seems. Support the country, quit hating just to hate. Obama is just over 3 months into his first term, (he has 48 months in case you didnt know).
Get over yourselves, if you know everything, why don’t any of you run for public office?
It seems the internet is full of people who have all the right answers.

Keep training hard Matt

whatever,
I would disagree with that assessment of the last 8 years 100%. Just because you bought into the media’s lies about President Bush doesn’t mean any of it is actually true. The country was only divided by the unjustified hatred of President Bush by the liberals and their media puppets. The economic crisis had been brewing for years. It’s really not the fault of any one President (but I do agree that Bush is partially responsible). And claiming that our status in the world rivaled Germany after WW2 is a complete misrepresentation of historical facts. That’s liberal revisionist-history at it’s finest there, it’s just sad that many people are so ignorant of world history that they actually believe garbage like that.

It’s funny, whenever there’s a Republican in the Oval Office, the liberals are always saying that “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.” BUT when it’s a Democrat in charge, then all of a sudden anyone who disagree with the liberal agenda is, at best, a divisive sore-loser, at worst, a racist bigot. Can anyone say “double standard”?

lol, thanks for helping to make my point about the liberal double-standard, r-dawg. :)

How about we state some facts about the country the last 8 years under Bush, rather than just condeming him.. Everyone blames him for the economy but these wheels were set into motion long before he took office. President Bush’s biggest accomplishment was protecting our great nation under future terrorist attacks after 9-11. 9-11 changed everything. Bush didnt ask for 9-11, he HAD TO DEAL WITH IT. This is coming from a reserve soldier that was called back to active duty and did two tours in Iraq and never complained once because it was the right thing to do. Below is from the Wall Street Journal back in 1999. Back in 1999 they KNEW that this financial crisis would happen. Why cant people look themselves in the mirror and take any responsibility for the economy going down the drain. When you make 35K a year and buy a 400K house– guess what- the math doesnt add up. Or all the people that took out all their equity to finance a lifestyle above their means and then their house values drop and their rates go up== it doesnt take a genius to figure out that these things had nothing to do with Bush- but as you can see below are directly linked to the Clinton Administration. I hope Obama does great things, but I personally believe that he is going to wrong way. But then again, we are getting what we voted for- the most socialistic, i mean liberal, senator ever… Hope this article clears up some things to people on why the economy went down the tubes– but I guess its just easier to blame Bush than praise him for keeping us safe. How quickly we forget those innocent people that died on 9-11. As far as torture goes- they CUT OUR HEADS OFF ON THE INTERNET,, holding theirs underwater shouldnt be an issue. Any one of us would do anything to save our families lives, but when it doesnt directly affect you then you are against it. But if holding someones head under water would save you wife and kids you would be the first one in line to play bob the terrorists head underwater… Sorry for the long post…

“In a move that could help increase home ownership rates among minorities and low-income consumers, the Fannie Mae Corporation is easing the credit requirements on loans that it will purchase from banks and other lenders.

Fannie Mae, the nation’s biggest underwriter of home mortgages, has been under increasing pressure from the Clinton Administration to expand mortgage loans among low and moderate income people and felt pressure from stock holders to maintain its phenomenal growth in profits.

In addition, banks, thrift institutions and mortgage companies have been pressing Fannie Mae to help them make more loans to so-called subprime borrowers. These borrowers whose incomes, credit ratings and savings are not good enough to qualify for conventional loans, can only get loans from finance companies that charge much higher interest rates — anywhere from three to four percentage points higher than conventional loans.

”Fannie Mae has expanded home ownership for millions of families in the 1990’s by reducing down payment requirements,” said Franklin D. Raines, Fannie Mae’s chairman and chief executive officer. ”Yet there remain too many borrowers whose credit is just a notch below what our underwriting has required who have been relegated to paying significantly higher mortgage rates in the so-called subprime market.”

In moving, even tentatively, into this new area of lending, Fannie Mae is taking on significantly more risk, which may not pose any difficulties during flush economic times. But the government-subsidized corporation may run into trouble in an economic downturn, prompting a government rescue similar to that of the savings and loan industry in the 1980’s.

”From the perspective of many people, including me, this is another thrift industry growing up around us,” said Peter Wallison a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. ”If they fail, the government will have to step up and bail them out the way it stepped up and bailed out the thrift industry.”

John King – Your comments on Dana White are dead on. I have been saying this even before the Chuck fight but even more now. Chuck is a legend in the sport – It is HIS call as to when he retires. If Dana was adamant that Chuck wouldn’t fight in the UFC again he should handle that behind closed doors and shut his mouth about it in public. The UFC has been a goldmine just waiting to explode for a long time – I’m not even sure how much Dana had to do with the takeoff in popularity. He better thank reality tv and Zuffas money because it was not his business skill that made the UFC takeoff. UFC has peaked with Dana as President – to take it to the next level they need someone running the show behind the scenes with some class. Dana needs to keep his goofy looking bald head and the juvenille remarks that come out of it away from the cameras. His constant rants and f-bombs are getting old fast.

I’m with bud street… I’m adding Matt to the heroes list on our website.

I’m a lifetime member of the NRA and the poster is funny only because truth is funnier than fiction. McCain wouldn’t have been much better… but there was hope that Sarah Palin would get to take over.

Palin/Hughes in 2010! Yeah baby I’d vote for that tag team.

David D. Wayne……you don’t like Obama & McCain would not have been much better…..but you want Palin to get elected in 2012? You can’t be serious? wow…..how is it that Palin who could not even answer simple questions regarding foreign relations in her interviews AFTER she had been prepped on what was coming really better than McCain who has been an amazing senator and has a ton of solid experience. Well the good thing is we won’t have to worry about it….Palin embarassed the party so bad this time around she has zero shot at ever being elected.