Almeida vs Hughes UFC 117

I guess Edward Gibbon was right: Revenge is profitable.

Ricardo Almeida may get the chance to take his frustrations out on Matt Hughes in a possible welterweight showdown at the upcoming UFC 117 event planned for Aug. 7 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., according to a McTweet from ESPN's Franklin McNeil.

"Cachorrão" should be in high spirits considering he's the winner of three straight. The grappling wizard recently made Matt Brown look mortal in their 170-pound clash at UFC 111: "St. Pierre vs. Hardy" last March.

His celebration was short lived however, as his Master and longtime friend Renzo Gracie was stopped by the flinty farmboy at UFC 112: "Invincible" earlier this month.

Almeida has looked good since dropping to 170-pounds, but will be be good enough to overcome the former welterweight champion?



Hughes battered Gracie en route to a third round TKO stoppage in Abu Dhabi. It was his second straight win since dining on Thiago Alves' knee at UFC 85: "Bedlam" in June 2008.

The former champ has been particular about his opponents since entering the twilight of his career, but doesn't seem to mind adding another Gracie Jiu-Jitsu fighter to his combat resume.

UFC 117 may feature the put-up-or-shut-up middleweight title fight between Chael Sonnen and Anderson Silva -- though the promotion has yet to release any details about the August 7 card or its participants.

Stay tuned.

http://www.mmamania.com/2010/4/23/14...hes-vs-ricardo

[Llamafighter]

Another one...
This is a good matchup! Matt already has a grappling win over him
after this, Matt can whoop on Rolles

- ALMEIDA VS. HUGHES IN THE WORKS FOR UFC 117
Friday, April 23, 2010 - by Damon Martin - MMAWeekly.com

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When you fight someone from the Renzo Gracie academy, you're fighting the whole team.

It looks like Matt Hughes might be going for the actual trifecta of top fighters from the family of schools, as it's likely the former welterweight champion will face one of the top Renzo Gracie black belts to ever compete in MMA with Ricardo Almeida looking like his next opponent at UFC 117 in August.

Negotiations are ongoing and sources close to the bout indicated to MMAWeekly.com on Friday that the fight is in the works. Franklin McNeil of ESPN.com first reported the fight's possibility on Friday.

Hughes last competed at UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi where he defeated the patriarch of the academy and legend of the sport Renzo Gracie. The former welterweight king employed a smart strategy of stand-up to keep from the ground game with Gracie, and eventually tagged him in the third round to earn the TKO stoppage.

It was the second win in a row for Hughes who also defeated Matt Serra, albeit in a somewhat controversial decision at UFC 98 last May.

Since the fight ended with Gracie just two weeks ago, top student Ricardo Almeida has made it no secret that he hoped to get a shot at Hughes in his next fight. Almeida fought a very tough and game opponent in Matt Brown in his last fight out at UFC 111 in New Jersey.

Almeida looked at his best in the fight, hitting Brown with good strikes before setting up a takedown, and finishing him off with a rear naked choke in the 2nd round. The win marked Almeida's debut in the welterweight division, and now he's gunning for a little bit of redemption for his teacher and long time friend, Renzo Gracie.

While no bout agreements have been issued for the fight, it appears at this time the fighters have at least verbally agreed to meet on the August card. UFC 117 is set to take place in Oakland, CA with a main event featuring middleweight champion Anderson Silva against Chael Sonnen in what is sure to be a grudge match for the ages as well.

[MattHughesRocks]

And right across the bridge

[J.B.]

That is cool!

I'm gonna have to start planning a trip to Cali....

Man , i was praying for St Louis.

[MattHughesRocks]

Sucka!

Originally Posted by Mac

Man , i was praying for St Louis.

[Llamafighter]

Originally Posted by Mac

Man , i was praying for St Louis.

ditto!
but surely one of your fleet of cars can make it the 3,000 miles to Oakland.

Oakland's right down the road!

I've never been to a UFC event...how far out do the tickets go on sale?

[MattHughesRocks]

Usually just right after an event. For instance, UFC 112 was on the 10th, 113 should have went on sale the 11th.At least that's how they used to do it. I don't pay as much attention anymore

Originally Posted by TLC

I've never been to a UFC event...how far out do the tickets go on sale?