GSP Submits Matt Hughes in Trilogy Fight | UFC 79, 2007 | On This Day
On this day in 2007, Georges St-Pierre won the rubber match with Matt Hughes at UFC 79 to claim the interim welterweight title. This performance would be the start of over six years of dominance over the division as champion.
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This is a key part of GSPs greatness. Hughes smacktalked about teaching him how to defend an armbar so GSP armbars him. Penn did the same calling him a quitter so GSP made Penn quit on the stool. Koscheck bragged how much better of a wrestler he was so GSP stuffed his takedowns and out wrestled him. GOAT.
"George, this is gonna be a fight to the death, I'm going to try and kill you and I'm not joking" Fucking unforgettable!
GSP made a career out of beating up trash talkers 🐐
@@amadeuschavez. Yes my favorite beat down of a trash talker was when George choked out the big mouth Michael Bisping
Hahahha you’re absolutely right and it’s some epic shit
Johnny Hendricks disagrees..
GSP was something that the MMA has never seen before. He absolutely dominated everyone so easily and avenging two of his losses in so dominant fashion is absolutely unimaginable. He is simply the 🐐.
Khabib dominated everyone too and he has no losses to avenge. KHABIB GOAT
@@lunafreed Khabib defended his belt 3 times bro, how can he be goat? He was on his way to become one but he retired too early mate
@@lunafreed 3 defenses and gsp fought way better competition+ he’s a double champ.
@@lunafreed you can’t be the goat when over half your wins are in Russia, won the belt vs 11 ranked fighter, 3 title defenses only and mostly faced weak wrestlers or defensive wrestlers
@@boky7731 Casuals can't accept how dominant Khabib was. Even if he only defended the title 3 times. He defended it by smashing the competition unlike GSP who only goes for boring decisions, Bones who cheats a lot, Silva who's losing to bums nowadays, Fedor who fought weak competition, Aldo who got knocked out in 13 seconds, Mighty Mouse who lost to a bum outside of UFC.
OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG GSP is GOAT man... what a proficient and versatile martial artist! That Judo throw, the wrestling offense and defense, the grappling, and the incredible submission attempts!
Gsp and valentina shevchenko are real true mma fighters in everway ground feet legs fist knee everyday they are true masters
Cringgggggggeeeeeee........... Are you Can't use normal reaction ??
Why did you type this like a 5 year old?
Was a beautiful o goshi variation
Usada incoming
GSP was such a versatile fighter
@@gwillypdawg u look like one lmao 😂
Most well rounded ever
That judo throw at the end man *chef's kiss
😂
GSP: and the icing on top! KIAI!
Outside of fighter, Georges is unquestionably one of the greatest athletes in UFC history as well.
I miss these days man. You had champs like GSP, Machida, Couture, Silva. All humble and respectful martial artists. (Well Silva could be a bit of a clown in the cage) Now McGregor has single handedly taken all the class out of the sport and it's made critics easy for them to write it off as barbaric cage fighting again. He has undone all the work GSP did to make It into a legit sport and it's now a WWE sideshow again.
The trilogy started and ended with an armbar... Poetic.
Lol come on
It's actually insane how much GSP evolved during this trilogy which took place over a couple of short years. Matt stayed the same while GSP left him completely in the dust.
Poetic...how so?....just saying "poetic"does not make it so, nerd-o.(now that's poetic at least.)
Honestly I think the reason GSP had such an amazing career is due to his ability to adapt to any style of fighting and become dangerous in every area of the game. He wasn't scared to try new things and admit certain weak points that he had towards the start of his career. So many fighters today could learn from him.
There was a moment where you thought he would be a one trick pony, then he shows up with his fighting gi and bandana looking all spiritual and shit, you almost couldn't believe it, dude took shit seriously then on, no more games.
now he has hair and is in gymnastics training man. and his general conditioning is nice even if he isn't fighting anymore, check his instagram out!
So many fighters of today have learned from him. Georges almost singlehandedly evolved the MMA game
I love how GSP was playing basketball with Matt's head at 1:05! What a win. GSP saved Christmas that year!
'I bounce heads off the canvas' Georges 'The Notorious' St. Pierre.
Georges after this fight: I'm good but I'm not impressed by my performance tonight"
That’s the GOAT right there!!! 🐐🐐🐐
Gsp the 🐐
This was GSP at his best after losing to Serra. Won 12 straight championship fights after that (including this one for the interim WW belt). 2007-2008 was a small stretch where he was dominating or finishing his opponents.
GSP… one of my favorite fighters… ever. 🇨🇦
Big respect. I had never seen anybody handle Hughes like this.
I don’t understand how people are still debating who the GOAT is Its GSP periood
I know this is more about GSP but can we appreciate Matt Hughes as well? Dude was legit
He was the first to figure out how to beat bjj black belt at the time and when to defend the belt multiple time, true legend who fought before the sport when mega popular
Matt definitely built the brand and deserves way more money than he made, especially considering the kinda shape he's in today because of it :(
Probably would of been different outcome if he didn't get his balls bashed in..
I had forgotten that GSP faced off against top level D1 wrestlers and beat them at their own game. I think he easily still beats all 2021 welterweights. The fact that he could take Rashaad Evans down at will tells you how incredibly strong and skillful GSP was.
Yeah man. Baldie bitch Dana keeps going on about how Usman is the GOAT at welterweight but GSP had a better jab than Usman's own renowned jab, was a far better overall striker, was a more explosive wrestler to the point of dominating D1 wrestlers, had better ground game with his BJJ, had a great chin and massive heart and cardio (surviving the Condit head-kick to still UD him in a war). I see him taking Usman out.
He never fought Rasheed evens
@@brianmccarthy3643 they sparred a lot go look
Would have loved to see him come back once more vs Izzy and take that middleweight belt back
One can argue that GSP is the GOAT
I have no idea where you getting that from..
@@saia24 I thought it up all by myself!
he is my GOAT
He is the goat. People can have their opinion but everyone who truly knows anything about fighting can see it. Any argument that people have against someone being the goat can be countered by gsp. Jones used steroids? GSP always tested negative Khabib fought nobodies in russia? GSP entered the ufc after 4 fights Khabib only has 3 title defenses? GSP had 13 wins in title bouts Mighty mouse fought in a weak division? GSP fought in a stacked WW division and dominated. Including 2 hall of famers. Silva has too many losses? GSP only lost twice and avenged them both with some of the most dominating performances in ufc history. On top of that he won titles in two different weight classes. And since im 100% sure some casual named Ahmadov who only started watching mma in 2018 is gonna reply to this with "whaa khabib 29-0 whaa" imma tell you this - Do you honestly think that if GSP would have fought guys with 0-2 records in russia when he was 15-0 like khabib and then only defend his ufc belt 3 times before retiering that he wouldnt be undefeated to? ofcourse he would be.
@@BroncoJ DJ didn't fight in a weak division but that's not why I don't think he's the GOAT. George is the GOAT because he came back from retirement to win the middleweight belt. If DJ went up a division he should at least be considered in GOAT discussions.
GSP's ground game even surpasses a collegiate wrestler even his background is Kyokushin Karate , that's how good St. Pierre in his prime.
Matt Hughes after the fight"George are you intoxicated"?
It's amazing that he became such a dominant grappler in a short space of time.
Imagine if Matt cut to lightweight and ended up being the GOAT
way too big
He’s one of the GOAT’s at welterweight
He's top 3 welterweight of all time just below GSP and Usman
@@lunafreed personally I'd put him above Usman, although of course that's just my opinion
@@lunafreed usman uses peds lol he’s was a live usman
GOAT - GSP ❤️
GSP the P4P GOAT
Only Mighty Mouse is in contest
@@darkghoul4049 Bruhh i think gsp is the goat but i love DJ so much i wont even argue
Dam what a vast variety of skills GSP had, great striking, unbelievable wrestling offensive and defensive, judo, jiu jitsu the man could do it all.
Tbh I was impressed by his performance
THAT, was vintage GSP!
Was there in person! Can't believe it's been so long!
Mustve been so loud lol
@@draxxsklounst6595 when Wanderlei's music hit the whole arena went NUTS. Crowd was hype for the whole fight
1:05 GSP hitting Matt with his groin. Greg Jackson knows his stuff
What a skillful dominance I have seen gsp matches but missed this one thx for uploading
This is where GSP showed he was also a wrestling god. The GOAT
So THAT GSP vs Khabib...we'll never see, but GSP would take that!!
Eagle vs goat
A complete Mixed Martial Artist!
The way he was doing a kimura and a triangle at the same time, and then going for an armbar. Insane. GSP is the GOAT.
GSP G.O.A.T
I also watched this rubber match, and it was truly a great moment for me. 💯
I'm really feeling the loud music in the background... I think they should do that more often when replaying fights from the past. Really adds to the suspense/thrill.
Full package Fighter! GOAT!
Ufc should upload gsp's full fights
The leg trip/throw was a thing of beauty
I have definitely seen this fight on ~~television~~ and it was just as amazing to see it again.
2:26 Just Wooooow!!!
damn, watching back... he truly was and is the GOAT.
What a Fighter was GSP!!!! Unbeliveable!!!
With all due respect for the great champion that Kamaru Usman currently is, but Georges St Pierre is still the undisputed UFC welterweight GOAT, with the championship record for the longest and most consecutive title defenses in the welterweight division, which Usman has not yet even came close to
Yea usman isn’t even close at all
Yeah man. Baldie bitch Dana keeps going on about how Usman is the GOAT at welterweight but GSP had a better jab than Usman's own renowned jab, was a far better overall striker, was a more explosive wrestler to the point of dominating D1 wrestlers, had better ground game with his BJJ, had a great chin and massive heart and cardio (surviving the Condit head-kick to still UD him in a war). I see him taking Usman out.
GOAT
Goat
Freaking super hero level. The way he swept his leg in that level change was wicked fast.Its like watching a larger white version of Mighty Mouse .
My fav mma fighter of all time. Wish I could meet him some day.
That was something else.
UFC release all footages of gsp fights They will get million views for sure💥
High high level GSP!
God bless Matt. A true champ. Hope he's doing well.
One of the best to ever do it. I always thought that his series of TUF v Koscheck (who cares if it's the right spelling) was such an insight into why he's one of the best to ever do it. GSP didn't think about how badly he had to win the show (though I'm sure he wanted to very badly). He gave his team his coaches and himself as a training partner and almost as a "tactician". He wouldn't try and "work" his team harder and harder like a lot of TUF coaches do. He'd teach them little tactics for the mental side of fighting and he would work with the fighter to see how they fight best and try and create a plan to draw their opponent into that type of fight
UFC’s golden era. Damn I miss those times!
LEGEND
The fact that he continually dominated really good wrestlers makes me wonder what a fight between him and Khabib would have looked like. It's my number 1 fight that I wish happened
Prime GSP walks Khabib. Khabib is very strong for his weight class, but GSP had an unnatural strength that even guys in higher weight classes like Chael Sonnen and Rashaad Evan's who grappled with him (both VERY accomplished wrestlers who had at least 20-25 lbs on GSP) said he was out muscling them. This fight is a prime example, Matt Hughes is also a VERY strong man. He made a career out of throwing guys around with his farm boy strength (Trigg and Newton fights where he casually picked up and slammed both guys) and GSP man handled him on the ground here. Prime GSP would have beaten Khabib, maybe not walked, but he would have been able to prevent the takedown and out strike Khabib, and i also think he'd win the grappling exchanges.
@@jonbradley4044 Everything you said is true, but I think GSP's really massive x-factor that no one else has replicated was his reactive takedown. GSP didn't just switch from striking to grappling, mechanically, like switching a switch, the way that everyone else does. He'd actually slip a punch the way a boxer would, then transition right into a double leg from that very position. It was seriously insane. I really think Khabib would end up on his back because of the reactive takedown.
WOW what great moves by Georges😉
Incredible!!!
Ohh my god 🙏🙏🙏 Thank you st
Chuck Liddel’s last win as well against Wanderlei.
Georges was simply too strong for Matt Hughes
@DPG matt was juiced to the gills
Matt was aging and GSP had his number. Matt was one of the first "great" UFC competitors. Therefore, most of the next generation of fighters emulated some of his moves and learned to neutralize his attack.
@@leogoga5832 Probably but you can't convince me GSP was not on something as well. This narrative coming from his fans that he was a clean athlete beating juiceheads is one that is too good to be true. I'll never believe it.
@@madgavin7568 why not go train and eat like how he does instead of eating burgers and steaks.
@@35PHaaton Imagine thinking this is a great counter-argument.
Te quiero mucho GSP
Two great competitors
That judo throw was sick!!
Man.... GSP, the nicest guy in the world but, you can say goodnight to that once the bell rings and then he enters beastmode... What a fighter
Whenever I rewatch GSP’s fights I just sit there laughing. I laugh at the fact people are talking about GSP vs Usman for GOAT. They either didn’t watch GSP or forgot how good GSP was. No comparison. GSP could do it all, better than anyone.
Idk man Usman has a good chance of winning
Domination
Good fight right there
One of the GOATs
That comeback after the Serra loss was the turning point in his career. He came back mentally and physically stronger and even more well rounded in the octagon. Salute to the greatest WW ever
Hughes was a great heel and it wasn't some fake ass act like a lot of modern fighters, either.
this was the gsp vs khabib fight at the time. but still gsp outwrestled the wrestler lol, GOAT
@@irishscience580 people really have no idea how dominant prime Hughes was. GSP made the guy look terrible.
@@one0onelion248 Right? It was like Shute from Vision Quest walked off the big screen and into real life the first time I saw Hughes fight.
@@w.camera1204 Yeap. The guy had unreal strength. He was the Khabib of that time but with worse striking. Hughes could never improve his striking a lot but in his prime, he was unstoppable with his wrestling. I remember at his peak, majority of us thought he was unbeatable.
Heel? The guy was beloved
Simply the best! GSP is the goat
THAT WAS complete domination.
GOAT 🐐🐐
GSP is the GOAT
gsp was ahead of his time a true mixed martial artist
he even did the Booker T's spin-a-roonie in the end 😂
Great fight!
This was the fight when Georges St. Pierre became 'GSP' as we know him
That throw😩
Technic, Strength , Wrestling , Judo Trips!!! Slams from full mount !! GSP is the ultimate fighter IDGAF
I know I've commented this a thousand times. Matt Hughes had some of the most dynamic striking in the UFC.
This was the time!!
The Goat
“Ya’ll musta forgot” -GSP
Matt was also awesome.
Mazagatti’s voice just annoys me for some reason. I remember when he said “no talking!” 😂
The best to ever do it
GSP just shows you that it's not about which single martial art is the best, but who is the best using any of them at the right time. If all you know is BJJ and you surrender the standing game to GSP... good luck. At the same time, if you don't know it... good luck when you're on your back or when you're trying to control someone else on the ground. Or, like GSP, if you also know BJJ, you have so many more options for submissions and controlling your opponent. And that defense of take downs is amazing, not to mention his jabs and elbows, kicks etc. To be the ultimate fighter, you literally need to do as the name suggests and studying fighting. Not just ONE style of fighting.
Impressive performance.
What a god dam machine at high RPM GSP is.
The greatest of all time GEORGE ST PIERRE.(atleast in my eyes.)
That’s why he’ll always be the goat 🐐
🐐
2023 and this is still elite. Jiu jitsu for the win nerds
Good thing Khabob didn’t fight him, he would have gotten crushed like a bug
Hughes looks like a modern lightweight lol
can we appreciate the take down defence of the GOAT GSP please. If Hughes grabs you, you are going down unless you are the best there ever was
He did the spinarooni 🤣