gusman
08-08-2010, 08:01 AM
from ufc.com
In his first bout since being in the UFC Hall of Fame in May, Matt Hughes notched his third straight win in spectacular fashion, submitting Ricardo Almeida in the first round of their welterweight contest.
Almeida was in control in the early going, using movement, quick strikes and solid takedown defense to keep Hughes at bay. But the 36-year old former two-time welterweight champ didn’t get frustrated. Instead, he kept moving forward, eventually clipping and dropping Almeida with a left hook. Hughes immediately moved in for the finish and got it, putting the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace to sleep at the 3:15 mark with a choke that Hughes simply described as “an old wrestling move.”
But whatever you want to call it, consider it another one of Hughes’ landmark victories.
With the win, Hughes ups his record to 46-7; Almeida falls to 12-4.
In his first bout since being in the UFC Hall of Fame in May, Matt Hughes notched his third straight win in spectacular fashion, submitting Ricardo Almeida in the first round of their welterweight contest.
Almeida was in control in the early going, using movement, quick strikes and solid takedown defense to keep Hughes at bay. But the 36-year old former two-time welterweight champ didn’t get frustrated. Instead, he kept moving forward, eventually clipping and dropping Almeida with a left hook. Hughes immediately moved in for the finish and got it, putting the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace to sleep at the 3:15 mark with a choke that Hughes simply described as “an old wrestling move.”
But whatever you want to call it, consider it another one of Hughes’ landmark victories.
With the win, Hughes ups his record to 46-7; Almeida falls to 12-4.