Part of what makes Hughes so dominant is that he's a superior athlete, combine that with his wrestling and he's a bad matchup for almost anybody. With BJ Penn he won the second fight purely by athleticism and conditioning (clearly Penn is the more skilled fighter). But with GSP he's not the superior athlete, and he's not the more skilled fighter. Hughes has only recently been working a lot on his stand up, but he's still too one demensional. At 33 he's got plenty of time, but I just read an interview with him saying he wanted to fight two or three more fights and then retire. It sounds like he's lost his hunger and the fire no longer burns...Maybe this is what will spark him back to life.
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