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It has recently been rumored that welterweight wrestling star Josh Koscheck will face former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes at UFC 135 in place of the injured Diego Sanchez. This bout could mark a sad end for one of the greatest champions in UFC…
It has recently been rumored that welterweight wrestling star Josh Koscheck will face former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes at UFC 135 in place of the injured Diego Sanchez. This bout could mark a sad end for one of the greatest champions in UFC history.
Why is this being marked as the end, let alone sad?
Read and find out!
Only a little over an hour since UFC President Dana White tweeted that Diego Sanchez had to withdraw from his UFC 135 co-headlining bout with Matt Hughes, a credible replacement has already stepped up to the plate. Koscheck tweeted: “:) got a fig…
Only a little over an hour since UFC President Dana White tweeted that Diego Sanchez had to withdraw from his UFC 135 co-headlining bout with Matt Hughes, a credible replacement has already stepped up to the plate.
Koscheck tweeted: “:) got a fight in 21 days b*tches……..,” which is interesting since the American Kickboxing Academy standout recently stated that he would be fighting at UFC 139 in San Jose, California.
Rumors swirled that Koscheck would be taking on Stephan Bonnar in a middleweight bout, but that was quickly squashed when it was announced that “The American Psycho” would be taking on Kyle Kingsbury at UFC 139.
Kos then followed up with a tweet that read: “Oh ya 19 days then or something like that!!!! Either way it looks like I am in to fight matt Hughe [sic] if he takes it????”
A former Division I National Champion in collegiate wrestling, Koscheck is one of the few opponents at 170 pounds that would have the wrestling edge on Matt Hughes, a decorated high school and college wrestler in his own right.
Koscheck was on a three-fight win streak before losing a title rematch with Georges St-Pierre at UFC 124 last December.
GSP broke Koscheck’s orbital bone in the fight, which is why Kos has been on the shelf for so long.
Meanwhile, Hughes was also on a three-fight win streak before he was knocked out by BJ Penn in the trilogy of their fight series at UFC 123.
Hughes is 3-3 in his past six fights and appears to be in the twilight of his career.
However, a winner over a consensus top 10 fighter like Koscheck would certainly put Hughes’ name back into the title picture.
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With the recent news that Diego Sanchez, the Season 1 winner of The Ultimate Fighter, has bowed out of his matchup with former welterweight champion Matt Hughes, speculation has already run rampant as far as who the suitable replacement will …
With the recent news that Diego Sanchez, the Season 1 winner of The Ultimate Fighter, has bowed out of his matchup with former welterweight champion Matt Hughes, speculation has already run rampant as far as who the suitable replacement will be.
“The Dream” was on a two-fight win streak over former contenders in Paulo Thiago and Martin Kampmann. In those two bouts, Sanchez netted the evenings “Fight of the Night” honors, which instantly propelled him back to the upper echelon of the 170-pound class.
Now that Sanchez has suffered a broken hand in preparation for the bout, Hughes is now left wanting. With no dance partner in the co-main event for UFC 135 later this month, who will step up to meet the legend?
UFC President Dana White is particularly reliant these days on the Internet sensation that’s sweeping the nation, the beloved Twitter.He’s broken undisclosed bouts, events and even the occasional, and otherwise unfortunate, news that would di…
UFC President Dana White is particularly reliant these days on the Internet sensation that’s sweeping the nation, the beloved Twitter.
He’s broken undisclosed bouts, events and even the occasional, and otherwise unfortunate, news that would displease most fans.
This happens to be one of those occasions.
The Ultimate Fighter season one winner Diego Sanchez, who has been riding high on the strength of two back-to-back “Fight of the Night” victories over the likes of Paulo Thiago and Martin Kampmann, finally got the step-up in competition that he’s due.
The Greg Jackson product was originally scheduled to face UFC Hall of Famer and two-time welterweight champion Matt Hughes, however that’s not going to be the case. The UFC head honcho recently took to twitter to reveal the bad news.
@danawhite: Diego Sanchez broke his hand. Looking for a replacement for Hughes
Both Matt and Sanchez were penciled in as the co-main event for UFC 135, a pay-per-view event taking place in Denver, Colorado, headlined by a highly anticipated championship bout pitting the always colorful Quinton “Rampage” Jackson against titleholder Jon Jones.
The event takes place on September 24, so the promotion will have to do some quick work in finding a suitable replacement for the MMA icon.
UPDATE: Former title challenger Josh Koscheck recently took to twitter himself, indicating that he could very well be the next man in line to take on Hughes, though no formal announcement has been made as of yet.
@JoshKoscheck 🙂 got a fight in 21 days (expletive)……..
Oh ya 19 days then or something like that!!!! Either way it looks like I am in to fight matt Hugh if he takes it???? [sic]
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Filed under: UFCAfter repeated attempts to talk his way into a fight with former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes went nowhere, it looks as though Josh Koscheck might finally get his wish — and it’s all thanks to Diego Sanchez’s hand injury.
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After repeated attempts to talk his way into a fight with former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes went nowhere, it looks as though Josh Koscheck might finally get his wish — and it’s all thanks to Diego Sanchez’s hand injury.
Just an hour after UFC president Dana White announced on Twitter that Sanchez was out of the UFC 135 co-main event with a broken hand, Koscheck took to his Twitter to say he’d accepted the fight, and was merely waiting to find out if Hughes would do the same.
“:) got a fight in 21 days [expletive]……..” Koscheck wrote, presumably before double-checking his math and realizing that UFC 135 goes down in Denver on September 24. “Oh ya 19 days then or something like that!!!! Either way it looks like I am in to fight matt Hugh if he takes it????”
Knowing how the dynamic has played out in the past, however, there’s no guarantee Hughes will accept it. Koscheck, along with AKA teammates Jon Fitch and Mike Swick, launched a minor media campaign to get a fight with Hughes a couple years ago, but the former champ managed to brush off each challenge.
But now, with Sanchez pulled from the bout and the pressure mounting to find a suitable, willing opponent on short notice, Hughes may have few other options.
Koscheck, who hasn’t fought since his decision loss to welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre in December of 2010, was rumored to be a participant in the UFC 139 event scheduled for San Jose, Calif. in November. There was even talk that his return would take place at middleweight as part of a one-time jump in weight classes.
Of course, that was before Sanchez got injured and the chance to face Hughes dropped in his lap.
Koscheck seems to have no reservations about taking the bout, even with less than three weeks to prepare. Now it’s just a question of whether Hughes will be equally as eager.
Filed under: UFC, NewsUFC 135 has lost its co-main event.
Welterweight Diego Sanchez has broken his hand, forcing him out of a scheduled bout with former champion Matt Hughes, UFC president Dana White confirmed in a Monday Twitter posting.
White said…
UFC 135 has lost its co-main event.
Welterweight Diego Sanchez has broken his hand, forcing him out of a scheduled bout with former champion Matt Hughes, UFC president Dana White confirmed in a Monday Twitter posting.
White said that a search was underway for a replacement, though time is running short to find a suitable opponent for Hughes. Less than three weeks remains until the Sept. 24 event in Denver.
Sanchez (23-4) was coming into the fight on the strength of a two-fight win streak after consecutive decision wins over Martin Kampmann and Paulo Thiago. Those victories put aside the memories of a two-fight losing skid.
There is currently no timetable for Sanchez’s return.
Hughes hasn’t fought since last November, when he faced BJ Penn at UFC 123, losing by first-round knockout. That loss snapped a three-fight win streak and dropped Hughes’ record to 45-8 all-time.
UFC 135 still boasts a main event pitting newly crowned light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones against former champ Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.