Wrestling Quotes by Matt Hughes

GSP is tough.

— Matt Hughes

The UFC has been great to me.

— Matt Hughes

Georges is a great guy. No doubt about it.

— Matt Hughes

I've been in corners when the fighters lost.

— Matt Hughes

I don't really watch any of my fights.

— Matt Hughes

I like Renzo and Royce. They were just the guys the UFC put in front of me.

— Matt Hughes

There's nothing I can do in Hillsboro that can compare to the money I'm making in the UFC.

— Matt Hughes

I have a lot of respect for Georges having lost to him twice.

— Matt Hughes

He's not a Don King. At all. Dana's a fair person, he's a fair businessman.

— Matt Hughes

I know how Robbie hits. I've trained with him many times.

— Matt Hughes

I really believe if GSP and Silva fight, Georges will have his hand raised.

— Matt Hughes

When I'm a judge, I can only help the fighters that are right in front of me.

— Matt Hughes

If I'm scheduled to fight, I've never had a problem that would make me back out of a fight.

— Matt Hughes

It's competition. I think that's what drives your top athletes in the UFC, getting in there against one other person and mixing…

— Matt Hughes

Wrestling allowed me to control my opposition. I got to choose where the fight was going, offensively and defensively. I got to…

— Matt Hughes

I don't think Dana is able to run the UFC like he used to. He sold so much of it that he…

— Matt Hughes

GSP is not a great wrestler, but he transitions so well from striking to wrestling that he will be on Silva's legs…

— Matt Hughes

When I get a break between fights I take some time off. I let my body heal. I don't spar in those…

— Matt Hughes

To be honest, I don't spar a whole lot. I do hit a lot of pads and spar a little bit, I…

— Matt Hughes

I've never had the thought go through my mind that I can't fight. I'm just going to fight no matter what.

— Matt Hughes

A lot of times the UFC will call me up and ask me to do things. If my schedule's busy or I…

— Matt Hughes

I know I have to be in the best shape in my life to fight Georges because I think he's got a…

— Matt Hughes

That's not a champion the UFC wants. Maybe I'm speaking out of turn here, but they don't want a champion who's going…

— Matt Hughes

Fighters have a choice to fight for any organization they want. They've got a choice of playing baseball, basketball, football, swinging a…

— Matt Hughes

My one criticism with Georges is, I wish the guy would finish more people, because I know that he has the ability…

— Matt Hughes

I just dislike getting, you know, Koscheck was my last loss, and BJ was my loss before that, and I fully believe…

— Matt Hughes

I would really hate to fight out of the UFC, but I would.

— Matt Hughes

I'm happy to beat a Brazilian with a wrestling move.

— Matt Hughes

Fighting a Gracie, I had to keep the odds in my favor.

— Matt Hughes

UFC is always working on getting, if not legal, better rules in states for the fighters in the UFC.

— Matt Hughes

I always wanted to go up to 185 to put the belts together.

— Matt Hughes

On the ground, Johny Hendricks won. He beat GSP up. In the rounds Georges won, he barely won.

— Matt Hughes

I consider myself an old guy and when some of the older fighters fight, I find myself interested.

— Matt Hughes

If Dana White calls me up and asks me to do something I always do it.

— Matt Hughes

I really think that I fought in the golden age. It was when people got together to watch the UFC.

— Matt Hughes

My number one criteria when it comes to judging a mixed martial arts fight is damage.

— Matt Hughes

The Carlos Newton, the first fight, that was pretty pivotal for me. Because if I would have lost that fight, I was…

— Matt Hughes

BJ is such a competitor that he wants to fight the best out there. That's just the way he's always been.

— Matt Hughes

That's not the most exciting thing to watch, watching a guy go out and try to win rounds. People want to see…

— Matt Hughes

GSP is not a guy to go out and win fights. GSP wants to win three of the five rounds. He wants…

— Matt Hughes