Hughes-Trigg Fight Now In Hall Of Fame - thejournal-news.net
The 31 year old mixed martial artist from Hillsboro had already claimed the UFC welterweight championship four years earlier when he defeated Carlos Newton at UFC 34, and he had successfully defended the title five times. Although he lost the belt to B. J. Penn in 2004 at UFC 46, the most devastating loss of his career, he regained his winning ways and recaptured the welterweight championship belt later that year with a win over Georges St-Pierre at UFC 50. At UFC... That fight, which lasted only 4 minutes and 5 seconds, was considered one of the most exciting fights in the history of the UFC according to Dana White, president of the UFC. Matt's long-time coach, Pat Miletich, a former UFC Welterweight champion and Hall of Fame fighter, gave Matt an apt introduction as he recalled that fight step by step from the first punches thrown, through the inadvertent knee to the groin to... Matt shared the Hall of Fame stage with other fighters who were considered bitter rivals only ten years earlier. The other former rival was B. J. Penn, the fighter who dealt Matt one of his cruelest blows by capturing the welterweight title from him at UFC 46. They. Source: www.thejournal-news.net
