UFC 112 Results: Matt Hughes Puts A Gassed Renzo Gracie Away In Rd. 3 Via TKO

by Kelvin Hunt on Apr 10, 2010 11:31 PM EDT in News

Former UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes

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The fight begins and they come out pretty cautious. Hughes with a lunging jab and kick so far, but nothing doing. Gracie pawing with the jab, but hitting air at this point. Hughes pushes forward with jabs that don't land. Gracie with a nice left hook. The crowd is chanting for Gracie. Gracie with a nice 1-2 combo that lands. Hughes clinches with Gracie against the cage. Hughes is holding on to the cage, but the ref doesn't see it. Hughes with a lunging hook but misses. He gets double underhooks and pushes Gracie against the cage. They trade jabs in the center of the cage. Hughes with a leg kick. Hguehs with a superman punch but stops halfway thru the manuver. Hughes with a nice right hand with ten seconds left. Gracie with a front kick.

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The second round starts and they start out cautious again. Gracie with a jab and Hughes returns with a leg kick. Hughes with a slow left hook that hits air and Gracie lunges with a hook of his own. Brief scramble but both return to their feet. Hughes with a leg kick. Gracie with a short 1-2 combo. Gracie with a leg kick. Hughes with a 1-2. Gracie with a body shot. Hughes with a leg kick after he missed with the jab. Hughes with a nice jab and leg kick combo. Hughes starting to pick up the pace towards the end of a lackluster round.

The final round starts and Hughes lands another leg kick....and another. They trade left hooks. Hughes with a shot to the body as they clinched briefly. Hughes with another leg kick and he looks to be picking up the action. Hughes lands an uppercut and clinches with Gracie. Hughes with another uppercut and Gracie looks like he's in trouble now. He's visibly tired and Hughes senses it. Gracie is gassed. Hughes with leg kick that takes Gracies leg out from under him. He does it again! Hughes is toying with Gracie at this point. Gracie with a leg kick. Hughes with nice combination that finishes Gracie. Gracie was moreso done from being gassed than from the shots from Hughes IMO.

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It had NOTHING to do with being gassed

And EVERYTHING to do with his leg being completley chopped out from under him.I’ve watched this fight three times today.Those leg kicks were brutal,mostly because Renzo wasn’t checking them and Hughes was throwing them pretty hard,knowing he wasn’t going to get countered off them.

I thought it was a pretty decent little scrap,considering who was in there.I gave the first round to Renzo,as he landed some good solid jabs.The last two rounds were all Hughes though,with those leg kicks.Great sportsmanship shown by both men.

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by Brian Mayes on Apr 10, 2010 11:42 PM EDT reply actions

dawg

I ain’t gonna argue with you…but if you don’t think Gracie was gassed…well..I don’t know what to say….for sure the leg kicks hurt him…but dude didn’t even wanna get up off the ground he was so tired.

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by Kelvin Hunt on Apr 11, 2010 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions

Oh,he was gassed

No doubt about it.

But gassing isn’t what finished the fight.It was having his leg absolutley chopped out from under him.For cryin out loud,Hughes dropped him like 3 times with leg kicks.That’s not a gas issue,that’s a “my leg is busted up and it won’t hold my weight anymore” issue.

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by Brian Mayes on Apr 11, 2010 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions

“I’ve watched this fight three times today.”

I’m sorry. I wouldn’t want to see that fight again unless I wanted to self-torture myself and I didn’t want to flog myself with a studded leather belt! That fight was absolutely awful and just about put me to sleep.

by Blair Russell on Apr 11, 2010 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions