Matt Serra has been forced to withdraw from his upcoming fight with Matt Hughes at UFC 79 in December due to a back injury suffered during training.
Serra, the current UFC welterweight champion, apparently suffered a herniated disc in his back this past week while training for his fight.
“This is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do,” said Serra. “I’ve never had a back injury before; I could hardly get off of the MRI table. There is no way I can train through this, and I’m devastated, especially because this was such an important fight. I was looking forward to fighting Matt Hughes. All my training was going phenomenally until Monday – All I can do now is to get better and to fight again as soon as possible.”
What was scheduled to be a blockbuster fight card, just took a small hit. In my opinion, the Chuck Liddell vs Wanderlei Silva fight scheduled for UFC 79 will be moved to the main event. UFC 79 will also feature the UFC debut of Rameau Sokoudjou as he fights Lyoto Machida in a light heavyweight battle. No word yet on a replacement opponent for Hughes or if the fight will just be cancelled completely.
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[quote comment="11784"][quote comment="11782"][quote comment="11777"]the legend of Denis will never die! LOL[/quote]
Actually it will soon enough.. between you and BV, you guys are coming up faster than I am keeping up, BV has posted TWICE as much as me in the past month and RJ you are keeping up pretty good, so I foresee his number dying within 4 months.. at least to the bottom…[/quote]
haha ya Patricks been right there too, too bad its not basd on number of words, not number of posts hehe[/quote]
OH EAT IT BV LOL..IM THE SAME WAY IN PERSON TO…
[quote comment="11787"]did anyone watch any Spiketv tonight? they showed ultimate knockouts 2 and UFC3. the Sylvia vs Silva fight isnt a very good one but the rest of the UFN3 card was pretty good. the knockout show was cool too they showed a bunch of old fights and some really nice knockouts.[/quote]
YEA DUDE THAT KICKED ***… AND THAT SYLVIA FIGHT WAS HORRIBLE YO
[quote comment="11795"]i think if i was Hughes i wouldnt take just any fight right now. if he is only 1 or 2 fights away from retirement i would use those last couple of fights to fight the best guys i could.[/quote]
Yeah, I agree, the deal is he needs to seal his legacy with 3 maybe 4 definite and dominate wins or else he will be the guy who was past his time and kept going … and nobody cares about those types… seriously if he can win the title and hold off his peers for even 2 title defenses and retire on top, it would be great for him, but picky is the word for his last few RJ I agree..
HANDS DOWN INTERIM TITLE GSP AND HUGHES… THEN THE UFC DOES CHAMPION VS CHAMPION AGAIN AND HAVE THAT THE SAME NIGHT THEY DO THE OTHER CHAMP VS CHAMP IF SHE PASSES EVERYTHING. THEN THEY CAN TITLE THE EVENT CHAMPION VS CHAMPION… PERFECT IDEA HEH KANSAS… DANA SHOULD HIRE ME LOL
i think Hughes fighting Serra for the title as one of his last fights was perfect, he had an awesome chance of winning, it was for the title, and it was against someone who has talked all kinds of sh*t about him. i think Hughes should hold the title one more time then head off to retirement and the hall of fame.
[quote comment="11800"]HANDS DOWN INTERIM TITLE GSP AND HUGHES… THEN THE UFC DOES CHAMPION VS CHAMPION AGAIN AND HAVE THAT THE SAME NIGHT THEY DO THE OTHER CHAMP VS CHAMP IF SHE PASSES EVERYTHING. THEN THEY CAN TITLE THE EVENT CHAMPION VS CHAMPION… PERFECT IDEA HEH KANSAS… DANA SHOULD HIRE ME LOL[/quote]
they already did a champion vs. champion event, and there is no reason for an interim title Serra will not be out that long.
WELL THEY CAN HAVE ANOHTER ONE.. AND I BET SERRA WILL BE OUT FOR LONGER … MAYBE SO HE CAN KEEP HIS TITLE HUH??????
[quote comment="11803"]WELL THEY CAN HAVE ANOHTER ONE.. AND I BET SERRA WILL BE OUT FOR LONGER … MAYBE SO HE CAN KEEP HIS TITLE HUH??????[/quote]
yeah good point.
[quote comment="11800"]HANDS DOWN INTERIM TITLE GSP AND HUGHES… THEN THE UFC DOES CHAMPION VS CHAMPION AGAIN AND HAVE THAT THE SAME NIGHT THEY DO THE OTHER CHAMP VS CHAMP IF SHE PASSES EVERYTHING. THEN THEY CAN TITLE THE EVENT CHAMPION VS CHAMPION… PERFECT IDEA HEH KANSAS… DANA SHOULD HIRE ME LOL[/quote]
Yeah, well that’s why I thought the “interim” champion idea for Penn vs Stevenson was a BAD idea from the get go, now it has set a presidence that will be followed and I think it will lead to future confusion in the sport…
Playing the devils advocate, I do see the point in a “buffer” for cases when champions “resign” and / or get injured, this would be the buffer to counter balance all that and keep the fights moving forward, although, I don’t think the UFC should hire you Patrick.. hehe
[quote comment="11803"]WELL THEY CAN HAVE ANOHTER ONE.. AND I BET SERRA WILL BE OUT FOR LONGER … MAYBE SO HE CAN KEEP HIS TITLE HUH??????[/quote]
I don’t like Serra, but his injury is legit, even Matt Hughes as supported that..
I do understand your point though Patrick, the timing of it all seems funny to me but it is what it is…. at least Chuck or Wand didn’t pull, I would be in a cave for 3-6 months if they did.. hehe
fitch should fight hughes the winner fights serra fitch has put a lot of work in for the ufc and has won a lot of fights and no losses in the ufc he deserves a title shot
[quote comment="11807"]fitch should fight hughes the winner fights serra fitch has put a lot of work in for the ufc and has won a lot of fights and no losses in the ufc he deserves a title shot[/quote]
I am sure Joe Silva is going that direction, it makes sense Richard…
[quote comment="11808"][quote comment="11807"]fitch should fight hughes the winner fights serra fitch has put a lot of work in for the ufc and has won a lot of fights and no losses in the ufc he deserves a title shot[/quote]
I am sure Joe Silva is going that direction, it makes sense Richard…[/quote]
this joe silva guy in my opionion needs to be fired hes been doing a really shi*tty job lately
Is there any word on the undercard for “Nemesis”? because they only list the 3 min fights on UFC.com
[quote comment="11858"]Is there any word on the undercard for “Nemesis”? because they only list the 3 min fights on UFC.com[/quote]
Here is the current rumored fight card:
-Matt Hughes vs Georges St. Pierre
-Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva
-Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Lyoto Machida
-Dean Lister vs. Jordan Radev
-Manny Gamburyan vs. Nate Mohr
-Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard
-Roan Carneiro vs. Tony DeSouza
-Doug Evans vs. Mark Bocek
-Eddie Sanchez vs. Soa Palalei
[quote comment="11861"][quote comment="11858"]Is there any word on the undercard for “Nemesis”? because they only list the 3 min fights on UFC.com[/quote]
Here is the current rumored fight card:
-Matt Hughes vs Georges St. Pierre
-Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva
-Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Lyoto Machida
-Dean Lister vs. Jordan Radev
-Manny Gamburyan vs. Nate Mohr
-Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard
-Roan Carneiro vs. Tony DeSouza
-Doug Evans vs. Mark Bocek
-Eddie Sanchez vs. Soa Palalei[/quote]
i actually really want to see sokou fight,this is a great card