Remember when Matt Hughes and Georges St. Pierre were the talk of rivalry town; Hughes giving GSP a hard time on TUF, Georges tossing out the now famous “I am not impressed with your performance” bit at UFC 63. Ah, those were the days…
Well, things have changed a lot since then; GSP now stands atop the welterweight division while it remains to be seen what’s next for Hughes, following his ‘well that was quick’ loss to Penn in November. In a recent interview with Five Knuckles.com, Hughes was asked for his thoughts on GSP’s upcoming bout with Jake Shields, and the former champ predicted an easy night for his former rival.
“I think that’s gonna be a pretty easy fight,” Hughes said. “I really do. I think GSP’s going to be able to do whatever he wants. Jake’s not going to be able to get on top, so I just don’t see him being effective really anywhere. I definitely don’t think he’s going to be able to take him down, and if Shields is on his back I just don’t see him being effective. I have to really wonder why he got a title shot in the first place… but, I’ll tell you why he got a title shot is there’s no one else.”
And if you’re going to listen to someone on the topic of GSP, who better to ask than a dude that was beat down by the Canadian in their last two bouts? The legendary welterweight didn’t stop there though; he went on to say that he thinks GSP has a “pretty good chance” of beating Anderson Silva. That’s some serious respect going on. To bet on GSP vs. Shields head here.