Matt Hughes and Matt Serra set for UFC 98

The UFC announced Wednesday that Matt Hughes and Matt Serra will finally meet at UFC 98: Lesnar vs Mir 2 on May 23 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Other notable fights added to the card include Yushin Okami vs Dan Miller and Sean Sherk vs Frank Edgar. I really don't understand why Yushin Okami is still getting stuck fighting these second tier fighters. Yeah, he's kind of boring, but he's also the number one contender at middleweight. And the UFC has him fighting Dan Miller? It'd be like asking Rampage Jackson to fight my neighbor Donald. And he's not even a fighter, just some guy named Donald that I live next to.

Matt Hughes talks more about St. Pierre greasing

Just when you thought you were sick of hearing about Georges St. Pierre's greasing allegations during UFC 94: St. Pierre vs Penn 2, Matt Hughes has brought up the topic on his blog again. In response to the reaction he's received about his first post on the subject, he writes:

I usually don't do this, but I will this time. When I talk about a topic one week, it usually doesn't get brought up again. I think a lot of people need to go back and reread last week's blog, including GSP. At no point did I accuse Georges of putting grease on himself. All I said was that he felt slick. I've wrestled over a thousand matches, fought 50 opponents, all I've ever done in life is wrestle and compete with other people. With all that experience, do you think I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between sweat and something else? Last week when I got to Florida, I was in the elevator with Robbie, I said "Robbie did you hear about GSP?" He said, "No, I don't know what you're talking about." I then said that BJ accused him of being slippery, Robbie looked right up at me and said, "That's what you said after Anaheim." Also, I've had several people close to me around my town who have come up to me and said the same thing. I've nothing against GSP, I even think he's somewhat a likable guy. Some people are trying to say that I'm making this personal and that's just not true at all. The reason I didn't bring this up before was because I didn't know there was anything to him being slick. With all the other guys coming out and saying the same thing, I just wanted to be true to myself, and to everybody else, and say that there could be some validity there.

So basically Matt Hughes thinks Georges St. Pierre is a cheater. Because you might "accidentally" grease once, but not multiple times against multiple opponents. And, whoa, hey, Matt, saying St. Pierre is "somewhat a likeable guy"? Geez, get a room. I've never heard such doting praise thrown on another man like that before. What's next? Maybe he's probably not as bad as Hitler? We get it, Matt. You're in love with the guy.

Matt Hughes speaks out on GSP greasing

Matt Hughes has made a post on his official blog regarding UFC 94 and mentions that when he fought Georges St. Pierre, "he felt greasy." From his blog:

I thought BJ would have put on a better performance. BJ Penn is coming from a lighter weight class, but he took the fight at 170. That's the bottom line. I knew it was going to come down to who had the better cardio and even at the end of the first round BJ looked tired. Now, on to what everybody is talking about, the greasing. I'm not the only one who has said that GSP felt greasy during a fight. I know Matt Serra has mentioned it and, even in their first fight, I think BJ said something. I'm not saying GSP did something wrong and I'm not saying that it would have changed any outcomes of any fights; but what I am saying is, for my last two fights against Georges, he felt greasy.

Not exactly conclusive, but if you're to believe what everybody's saying, that's five fighters who have said Georges St. Pierre is greasing (Josh Koscheck, Matt Serra, Jason Miller, BJ Penn, and Matt Hughes). Although keep in mind that's also five fighters that St. Pierre has beaten up. Either there's some validity to what they're saying or St. Pierre just really makes people want to come up with excuses.