10 Things UFC Wants You To Forget About Matt Hughes
10. Most Dominant UFC Champion?
The former welterweight champions biography Made in America: The Most Dominant Champion in UFC History details many of the unflattering events in Hughes life which will be scrutinised later in this list but what is immediately striking is the books title. Hughes is certainly one of the more dominant champions in the promotions history, using his imposing strength and hard slams to rule the 170-lb class with an iron fist. However, Matt Hughes cannot even be considered to be the most dominant champion in the history of the welterweight division, let alone in the UFC. Hughes may have beaten Georges St. Pierre in their first meeting with an incredibly dramatic final-second arm-bar, but he would go on to be destroyed by the younger Canadian in their subsequent meetings. GSP must be considered to be a more dominant champion than Hughes not only did Rush defeat Hughes twice but he would defend his belt against tougher challengers for a longer period of time, eventually choosing to relinquish the belt after a gruelling five round war with Johny Hendricks. The UFC would arguably rather that we forget his loses to Georges and believe that Matt was the king of the 170-lb division. Not only is Matt the American but GSPs recent disagreements with the UFC regarding their policies on drug testing and performance enhancing drugs make us believe that Hughes would be the legend the promotion would prefer to promote.
Hailing from South East London, Sam Heard is an aspiring writer and recent graduate from the University of Warwick. Sam's favourite things include energy drinks, late nights spent watching the UFC with his girlfriend and annihilating his friends at FIFA.
