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Hughes is leaving Miletich
saw this at mmaweekly from one of the most respected posters
Confirmed on the underground:
Pat posted on the UG saying matt had a great finacial oppurtunity to open a gym and has decided to do so in St. Louis. Says theyre still on good terms and are still friends. It is believed matt is taking robbie lawler with him, which makes sense due to robbie being his assistant onTUF 6.
Just a heads up. Also rumored that Nog is gonna join MFS. Crazy ehh?
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Hmmm, I like Hughes leaving Miletich, I don't like him going it alone. Financially it's a great idea, but training wise it's only going to hurt him. He's likely only a few fights away from retirement if he's taking this step. This basically says, "I'm done trying to improve or change any aspect of my game."
Nog to Miletich might work for him, it certainly couldn't hurt his wrestling. Personally I think he'd be better off sticking with Black House and Anderson Silva to work on his Thai boxing.
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Originally Posted by Kurtis636
Hmmm, I like Hughes leaving Miletich, I don't like him going it alone. Financially it's a great idea, but training wise it's only going to hurt him. He's likely only a few fights away from retirement if he's taking this step. This basically says, "I'm done trying to improve or change any aspect of my game."
Nog to Miletich might work for him, it certainly couldn't hurt his wrestling. Personally I think he'd be better off sticking with Black House and Anderson Silva to work on his Thai boxing.
i agree with you there, sounds like he has said to himself he will just fight out his contract and retire to owning the gym.
for him to improve he has to bring in people that are specialized in certain areas, so for him to improve he would have to hire them seperatley and i don't know if he can support that on his own.
we will see what happens
also big nog going to MFS is a big downstep i think
"So to clarify, FiveOuncesOfPain.com can confirm that Hughes is starting a gym in the St. Louis area but it’s still not certain whether he’s leaving MFS altogether. Also, virtually all of the conspiracy theories out there that have surfaced are false."
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As long as Matt has enough fights to still have a good go against Serra then GSP I'm happy. I don't want him retiring before we can finish watching that trilogy
Hughes is leaving Miletich
