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Ok. There are plenty of other posts out there about Liddell and Silva so I will just say: thank you Chuck for all the great fights wish you luck in all that you do and Anderson, go take a nap somewhere.

Man, I can't wait to see the "Battle Of The Matts"!!! I did a post about this on another site, I really liked my intro:

The time is getting closer. A fight that would have been a lot more relevant back in '07 when it should have happened after TUF 6. Coaches Matt Hughes (43-7-0) & Matt Serra (16-5-0) gave us all a memorable TUF season and a lot of hype leading into their match. Most of that hype has died as the  match was  hindered for far to long and has lost some of it's initial appeal. With that being said...

 but I want to talk a little more about it. Matt Hughes has been my favorite fighter for a long time now. I also have liked Serra for a while too. But I still have to stick with Hughes. I would really like to see Hughes make another run at the welterweight belt but I don't see it happening.

Here's what Hughes had to say on his official site about his training for the Serra fight:

Had a good week of training, last week. I feel like I could do three rounds pretty easy right now. I’ve trained for five rounds since late ‘01 and it just seems that’s what I do anymore. Even though this is a three round fight, I’m training as if it was five. Close to a month out now and I’m heavy, so I’ll start slimming down a little bit. Nate (my webmaster) thought it would be a good idea to talk a little bit about my diet. Of course, I try and eat healthy. A lot of good carbs, protein, good fat and no processed sugar. I do take in some honey, but I count the calories. By good carbs I mean natural foods that aren’t processed. I love sweet potatoes, whole wheat bread, brown rice, oatmeal. Protein’s somewhat easy to find and I try to take my fat in with almonds. I probably eat 6-8 almonds a day (that’s 6-8 individual almonds, not 6-8 bags of almonds). I also eat a lot of fruit. Actually I love fruit and a lot of times fruit can be my dessert. One thing I’ve learned about most of the fruit out there, and a lot of other things, is that it’s catabolic. Catabolic means that it takes more energy to digest than you get out of it. Here are a couple of websites that I have gone to and learned more about these foods:
Catabolic Foods - drkaslow.com
The Best Diet Ever Written! - swfloridabiz.com
A List of Foods That Burn Fat Fast: Go Catabolic - ezinearticles.com
For every meal I try to eat something catabolic and a lot of time my snacks throughout the day are catabolic foods.

Hughes on Liddell and aftermath of Rua fight:

Saturday, I flew straight home and drove to Marc Fiore’s house to watch the UFC. I got there five minutes after Chuck’s fight, the only fight I wanted to see. My flight was delayed 45 minutes out of Orlando and I got to Fiore’s late and didn’t get to watch Chuck’s fight. I was not very happy. Still haven’t seen it, but of course I heard about it and along with Chuck, I just don’t know what to say. I think there are so many people out there that would pay to watch Chuck fight again, including me. If Chuck still has a desire to compete in the UFC, I hope they give it to him. I was really surprised to hear Dana say that if Chuck didn’t have a good performance he might not be back in the UFC. It’s obviously out of my hands right now, but when I hear something I’ll let you know.

Anyway. Good luck Hughes and I know you will do fine in May.