Royce ANNIHILATED

[BoarSpear]

Smoked !!!!

[m_calingo]

Boar, can you spare any details? I was hoping to catch this with some friends, but had some other pressing matters to attend to. Was it over in the first round? And was it a KO, or a TKO?

Thanks!

[BoarSpear]

yeah, first round, Matt controlled the stand up..no duh...the ground ...got royces back ...damn near broke royces arm...then simply beat the living shit out of Royce till the ref stopped it

[m_calingo]

Sweet!

Found more info, for anyone interested:

http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=2658

[bigred389]

Yeah, we got a real surprise there, eh?

I'm still waiting on the excuses from the Gracie club on what was wrong with the rules for this fight.

[BoarSpear]

Yeah, we got a real surprise there, eh?

I'm still waiting on the excuses from the Gracie club on what was wrong with the rules for this fight.

so far I've already heard " if you think Royce was dominated you dont understand GJJ" and "well Royce was old".... god I cant wait to hear all the excuses

[LoneHusky]

I think hughes should've gone for the rear-naked choke instead of taking the easy way out.

[BoarSpear]

I think hughes should've gone for the rear-naked choke instead of taking the easy way out.

here we go....you mean you would have preferred Matt to win by submission so the GJJ people could still shit talk, but alas he chose to beat the shit out of Royce instead.

[bigboywasim]

I wanted Royce to win but Hughs dominated the whole fight. He took it to the ground got control and almost broke Royce's arm. It ended with the ground and pound. There is one make weakness in BJJ and that is the lack of takedown power. If the Graices improve this with more wrestling and takedown training then they can be on top once again.

[LoneHusky]

You have to admit choking out royce would've made the victory sweeter but matt had to go back to his GandP instincts.

[BoarSpear]

You have to admit choking out royce would've made the victory sweeter but matt had to go back to his GandP instincts.

He beat royce on the ground in the UFC, he already beat the Gracies at their own "game" the fact that he did it with strikes adds insult to the real injuries his strikes caused...submitting him would still give the nutthuggers room to say "see the submissions are the way to go."

[LoneHusky]

Pish posh submiting a grappler would be ideal, if he was primarily a standup fighter I'd say KOing him would be ideal. You're right a win's a win but when he's given the opportunity to best his opponent at his own game, he should take it, he's had some good luck with rear-nakeds in the past but submitting royce would've been choice.

[Cagekicker]

I can't say I was shocked. Gracie's stand up looked better, but he's still not the rounded fighter he needs to be in order to compete.

But I think I've discovered the secret to GJJ: as babies, all the Gracie children are taken away to a secret location where their joints are replaced with state of the art ball swivel joints. Fer cryin out loud, my elbow STILL hurts after watching that arm bar@!

[danfaggella]

^true

I knew this was going to happen, the poor guy just got blown out of the water. Hughes is a phenominal athelete and fighter, but Royce is a 6th degree in BJJ, its a shame he couldn't get to gaurd, I really though his skills would get him there.

Ugh.... good for Matt. I beleive this makes a statement, but I'm not taking anything away from Royce and his profound impact on this sport.

[LoneHusky]

^yeah, when I see how much he's getting paid I don't feel too bad for him though.