UFC 79 Nemesis: Matt Hughes vs. Georges Saint-Pierre!
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Matt Hughes vs. Georges St.-Pierre!
TWO FORMER UFC WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONS COLLIDE!
The first time former UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes went up against Georges Saint-Pierre, Matt Hughes was able to score a submission when Matt Hughes made a successful armbar. The second time around, Georges Saint-Pierre won the UFC Welterweight Championship from Matt Hughes via TKO with the referee stopping the match because Saint-Pierre was just pounding away on Matt Hughes. Now, it’s round time for a 3rd showdown between Matt Hughes and Georges Saint-Pierre, two of the toughest welterweights in mixed martial arts.
UFC 79 Nemesis: Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell vs Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
One of the most anticipated match-ups in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) history former UFC light heavyweight Champion Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell will battle former Pride Champion Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva on December 29, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay events center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The event, UFC 79 Nemesis will feature Matt Serra and Matt Hughes squaring off for the UFC welterweight championship.
Dana White, UFC President said that Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva have both wanted this fight for as long as they can remember, and this is definitely the fight that fans have waited for years to see. Finally, PRIDE’s most dangerous striker, Wanderlei Silva will face the UFC’s most dangerous striker, Chuck Liddell and the world will know after years of speculation who will win and who will lose this fight.
Wanderlei Silva is one of the most accomplished mixed martial artists in history. Silva’s string of twenty straight consecutive wins in Pride is just unbelievable and hard to imagine. Wanderlei Silva is a true champion in every
sense of the word.