MMA/UFC Discussion Thread MMA • Page 234

OOOO FUCK YES

 

That’s a good. ass. fight.

 

Wow. Very happy to see Emmett back. Honestly wasn’t sure that would ever happen.

 

Woooooo lets go can't wait for that

 

Gonna say Vitor, Artem and Hunt. I don’t care about any of those signings tbh but they’re good for ONE (I’ll only care if Vitor is back on the gas)

 

Lol apparently Stipe streams Call of Duty on twitch. I was super confused when I saw the his name pop up haha

 

All of this stuff with Matt Hughes bums me the fuck out.

 

Where's a good source I can read about this Hughes stuff?

 

His book honestly.

 

Meltz talked about it today, but his book is really damming

 

Eddie with some strong words on the UFC and Interim belts

 

Hell yeah, Eddie.

 

this totally isn’t related to mma, but alex jones on joe’s podcast is comedy gold.

((except for all the political talk))

 

Matt Hughes released a statement today. To the surprise of no one, he pretty much said “My accident made me a burden. My wife and brother made up this shit to get me out of their lives because I was an inconvenience.”

Right, because a conspiracy with your brother-in-law making up fake allegations is the only way to get away from someone.

 

Lmao. Zabit and Stephens meeting for the first time

 

Machida vs Sonnen this summer

 

According to Cerrone, he’ll fight Conor in July
(I think he’s trying to get the fight. I doubt he has it rn)

 

He’s definitely working hard for it!

I think I side with Ariel on this with how much Cerrone has changed his tune since the “who the fook is that guy” presser to now saying “it’d be an honour to fight Conor”

 

I don't know, Ariel's more personality than journalist now. Cerrone's fought everybody, I don't think it matters how he goes about getting this fight.

 

To anyone (@oldjersey ) interested in the Hughes story, this is from Wrestling Observer.

UFC legend Matt Hughes, 45, has been served with two restraining orders, one from wife Audra and another from twin brother Mark regarding domestic abuse and threats.

TMZ first reported court documents that noted claims from his wife Audra which led to her filing for a restraining order in December after Matt Hughes allegedly hit her in front of their two children and her stepfather. The documents claimed that Hughes allegedly her hit when she confronted him about texting other women.

Both restraining orders state Matt Hughes has to say at least 500 feet away from Audra Hughes and their children, as well as stay at least 500 feet away from Mark Hughes and his family.

His wife then filed for divorce in Montgomery County, IL, this past week.

In the filings, Audra Hughes claimed Matt Hughes’ alleged history of domestic violence started in late 2017, when she claimed in a petition for a protection order, that he choked her while she was in the shower when she refused to give him the keys to the truck or the code to his gun safe. Later he choked her again and smashed her head against the wall of the shower.

She had repeatedly told him that he shouldn’t be driving due to the brain injury he suffered in June 2017, when he was driving his truck across railroad tracks and the truck was hit by a train, leaving him with injuries that could have been fatal.

She claimed in June 2018, Matt Hughes had threatened to shoot her after she grabbed his phone and accused him of being in contact with other women. A similar situation allegedly happened this past December, which is when she filed for the protection order.

His twin brother Mark, also a former Division I wrestler and MMA fighter from 1999 to 2003, who fought once in UFC, winning in 2000 but never appearing with the group again, filed for a restraining order against Matt in September.

His order of protection was based on allegations that Matt got physical with Mark’s 15-year-old son who Matt claimed was driving a tractor Matt claimed was his. A week later, according to the allegations, Mark found the tractor, and is was soaked with gasoline and he believed Matt was going to destroy it.

Matt Hughes responded to the allegations with an Instagram statement saying, “Since my train accident in June of 2017, my life has been changed forever. Some days have been absolute hell. The challenges and battles that I have faced have been far greater than anything I ever took on in a cage. I am not the same person since my accident, even though, everyday I continue to try to be as normal as someone with a brain injury can be. I understand that it is not fun to teach a grown man to learn to do everything all over again. I understand that I am a burden to those around me. I understand that I am an inconvenience to my family. Unfortunately, my marriage was not perfect long before the accident, but NEVER, NEVER, NEVER would I, or have I, physically hurt those who I care about most. I do not resent those who are trying to hurt me and paint me out to be a monster through these false accusations. I understand now that they are just doing what they need to do in order to rid me of their lives forever so theirs can return to normalcy. I feel awful that my accident turned their world upside-down also. To those of you who have helped me, supported me, cared for me, and prayed for me- I truly cannot thank you enough. To my supporters who defended me and never believed these untrue, disgraceful reports for a second- thank you. If there is one silver lining that this accident has revealed, it is the ability to see who my true friends are. To know who are faithful and have never given up on me even when I am at my lowest. Thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I do not know where I would be without you. Please keep the prayers coming. God knows I need them.”

Matt Hughes was the sport’s dominant welterweight before Georges St-Pierre and one of the sport’s biggest stars when it hit television in 2005. He retired in 2013 and was given what was called a lifetime job from UFC due to his part of building the popularity and being loyal to the company at a time when better offers were coming from other organizations. He was named the Vice President of Athlete Development and Government relations.

But after the Fertittas sold UFC to WME IMG (now Endeavor) in 2016, those promises were out the window and he was one of numerous executives who both in the cage and outside had helped build the company that were let go in attempts to maximize profits due to the huge amount of interest on the loans needed to purchase the company for $4 billion. Hughes and Chuck Liddell were both cut, but Forrest Griffin, who was such a hard worker, was kept on and was the key person in putting together the company’s state-of-the-art performance institute that is part of the company headquarters in Las Vegas.

Hughes suffered the accident in June 2017. One person close to the situation said that Hughes’ behavior has noticeably changed and become more bizarre since the accident with family feeling he has become a danger to himself and others.

 

In no way am I excusing anything Matt has done, but his accident in 2017 does make this a tad different than others. I don't know enough about brain injury, I'd imagine it's a pretty legitimate reason for acting this way? But again, it does not excuse any of the allegations, if anything the brain injury makes the whole situation more sad.

 

I think everyone is aware of how a traumatic brain injury can affect behavior and change a person, but like a lot of people have pointed out, he’s kind of always had a bad reputation and done some shitty things (by his own admission in his book). It’s more that it’s hard to find sympathy for him now even if that accident truly changed his brain (which I’m sure it has).

 

Read. His. Book.


He was like this beforehand. His upbringing has more to do with it than his accident. I believe that it probably made his mood swings, behavioral shifts more frequent/erratic (I speak on it solely because I’ve witnessed it with my own mom who’s suffered two TBI) but the blueprints for impulsively abusing his wife and being a general asshole were always there.

 

Yeah absolutely, like I said, not defending the dude. It looks like the injury just magnified what an asshole he is by a dangerous amount.

 

Anyways, gah damn 235 snuck up on me I thought it was next weekend! I'm stoked.