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Paco · 01-17-2006, 04:09 PM

I dunno if Royce has ever handled succesfully (past the first five UFC's guys...) anybody with Hughes' power. It's easy to see Matt body slamming Royce halfway across the octagon. Royce will just work the guard. I love Royce, but let's be honest, when Royce was on top (during UFC I-V)(1) not everybody was familiar with or competent with the guard or ground fighting in general, (2) fighters weren't as well rounded (people still represented a "style", nowadays, everybody is all-around: boxing, muay thai and BJJ/wrestling) and (3) ground-and-pound as a winning strategy wasn't there (imagine Severn actually punching and hitting Royce for thirty something minutes like in UFC IV). IMHO.

01-17-2006, 04:09 PM	#11 (permalink)
Paco Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico Posts: 171 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'd like to say Royce, but it's gonna be Matt I dunno if Royce has ever handled succesfully (past the first five UFC's guys...) anybody with Hughes' power. It's easy to see Matt body slamming Royce halfway across the octagon. Royce will just work the guard. I love Royce, but let's be honest, when Royce was on top (during UFC I-V)(1) not everybody was familiar with or competent with the guard or ground fighting in general, (2) fighters weren't as well rounded (people still represented a "style", nowadays, everybody is all-around: boxing, muay thai and BJJ/wrestling) and (3) ground-and-pound as a winning strategy wasn't there (imagine Severn actually punching and hitting Royce for thirty something minutes like in UFC IV). IMHO.