Hughes vs Serra

UFC 98 is this coming Saturday and Matt Hughes is finally going to be facing off against Matt Serra. Of course this all started back when they were opposing coaches on The Ultimate Fighter season 6. I can't wait for this fight to happen. Why? Because as soon as it happens, then I get to stop hearing about it.

Seriously, I can't remember a fight with as much promotion behind it that that I have cared less about. Matt Serra is a one hit wonder. He will forever live off his one fluke victory over Georges St. Pierre and his 15 minutes of fame as UFC Welterweight Champion. If he and GSP fight 25 times, GSP wins 24 of them. Because the one time Serra does win did actually happen, he is a much bigger name than he should be. Is Matt Serra a good fighter? Yes, of course. He is amazing on the ground and is alright on his feet. But he is not a great fighter, he will never be a great fighter, and will lose more often than not whenever he faces top 10 talent.

Matt Hughes on the other hand is well past the prime of his career. He is 35 years old and he could still stick around for a few more years, but I don't think he will. He knows he doesn't have much left in his career. Like Serra, he will lose to a lot of the top 10 guys and he certainly is not going to be making another run at the welterweight title. There are very few fights that he will gain anything from winning. Once he beats Serra, and I think he will beat him quite easily, there are not too many fights left that he can win that the UFC will give. He would be given to hot up and coming fighters so if they win, the UFC can say he beat the man who was at one point the most dominant champion of all time.

So I want this fight to be over so I will stop hearing about it. Once Matt Hughes beats Serra, Serra will be considered by everyone to be a one hit wonder and he will have very little name value left at all. And Hughes can wind down his career with an amazing performance over Serra. Thankfully Machida/Evans is on this card and that fight is the reason I am purchasing this PPV, certainly not for Hughes/Serra. At this point, I wouldn't pay $5 dollars for this fight.