royce gracie vs matt hughes

**PirateJon** · Posted On: 3/14/2006 2:06pm

Originally Posted by Shawarma

Who has Royce fought that's as good as GnP as Hughes is?

Ken Shamrock and Dan Severn come to mind immeditaley.

**Shawarma** · Posted On: 3/14/2006 2:13pm

He fought them 200 years ago and neither were as technically good at GnP as Hughes is now.

**elipson** · Posted On: 3/14/2006 4:55pm

Think of how much more Severn weighed when Royce fought him. He weathered that well enough. But hughes will be much more versed in groundwork than Severn ever was. I wanna see Royce win, but he won't.

**Wais** · Posted On: 3/14/2006 5:12pm

BJJ depends far too much on the ground game. If you can't get your opponent onto the ground then you have no game.

**Shawarma** · Posted On: 3/14/2006 5:31pm

YOU DON'T SAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**Boyd** · Posted On: 3/14/2006 5:40pm

Originally Posted by Wais

BJJ depends far too much on the ground game. If you can't get your opponent onto the ground then you have no game.

Not true. BJJ has a wide variety of hand and foot strikes that can make short work of any foe.

**Te No Kage!** · Posted On: 3/14/2006 5:40pm

Hughes......

but as much as I want to see that fight, I really can't wait to see the Hughes/Penn rematch which I'm sure is going to happen sometime in the future

**Boyd** · Posted On: 3/14/2006 5:41pm

For further reading, I strongly suggest you pick up Royler and Renzo's definitive text on the subject, "BJJ: Theory and Technique"

**Wais** · Posted On: 3/14/2006 6:38pm

who do you think is going to win the fight? gracie or hughes?

just answering the damn question.... Hughes is a wrestler who is hard to take down and has a good stand up game.