Originally posted by: mma_guru333
Date: July 30, 2010 at 02:30 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/mmmmmmmaaaaatttttttt-huuuuuuuuuugghhheesssssssssssssss.28537/
GoodCat said:
mma_guru333 said:
I think Matt takes this fight, that may be a slight stretch on my part, but not a real big one imo. I know Matt is past his prime, but in the last 9 years he's only lost to GSP/Penn/Alves and the Penn loss was 6 years ago. He's still pretty legit until he proves otherwise.
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If you want to make him sound better, you could say he hasn't lost a fight in over 2 years. But, he should have lost to Serra. That was a bad decision IMO. And also, the dude only fights like once a year now, this year is the only time he's fought more than once since 2007, and he only fought 2 times that year. He has shown his age in his recent fights. Starting back to the 3rd GSP fight, that's when you could really tell that he was no where near the fighter he used to be.
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Well I didn't think that was a bad decision, it was close, but the right call imo. And I'm not trying to say he's still the same fighter he used to be, he is past his prime, i'm just saying the guy has only ever lost to elite competition. I think his fight with Almeida will just be him using his wrestling to nullify Almeida's BJJ. I think people will say its full of lay and pray and whatever else, but thats just how I see this fight going