Matt Serra vs Matt Hughes: Who Will Prevail?

I am interrupting my busy day of signing petitions to save the prarie dogs and to stop hunting wolves in Alaska in airplanes, to write this article.

Somehow in my time with my laptop today, I came upon an article by Jon Lane "Matt Serra: I Want to Retire Matt Hughes." All MMA fans should read it.

As a big Matt Serra fan who rues the day when fate put him in the octagon opposite Georges St. Pierre rather than Matt Hughes after UFC TUF 4 "The Comeback," I am more than ready for the culmination of the bitter "blood feud" between the two Matts.

If only this could have happened immediately after "The Comeback."

At that time GSP and Serra were aligned against Matt Hughes, and I felt, with good reason. Both fighters are my favorites and I loved the thought of them being good friends with a common cause.

The belittling remarks and bullying behavior that Hughes demonstrated on TUF 4 was continued in TUF 6, when he coached opposite Matt Serra and continued to pretend to take "the religious high road" while continuing the same despicable and destructive behavior he had exhibited in TUF 4.

Consequently, since I especially hate "religious bullies" who hide behind the Bible, I really, really want to see Hughes cut down to size. My weapon of choice is of course, the sharp-tongued New Jersey native Matt "the Terra" Serra.

Of course if Matt Hughes fears "the Terra" he is keeping his terror well hidden. Not long ago he was saying how his wife and children even want him to beat Serra up, supposedly for having such a foul unbridled mouth when speaking of the head of their household.

Since I feel Serra "calls a spade a spade," I don't believe he has said anything that Hughes doesn't deserve (in spades, I would say). Thank goodness for Serra's outspoken nature.

In Lane's article he quotes Serra calling Hughes a "one trick pony." referring to Hughes' dependence on his wrestling skills to put his opponents down on the mat. This would be a very good position for Serra to find himself in, as he is a Gracie black belt in BJJ and has stated that he hasn't even begun to reach his peak in the sport yet.

Having two schools in New York where he teaches "Serra Jiu-Jitsu"  ( Huntington and East Meadows), he is considering opening a third school soon with his brother and partner Nick.

Soon he will be even busier in another new enterprise of fatherhood, as his wife of over a year, Ann is three months pregnant. How wonderful for them!

Matt Hughes has stated he has one fight left in him before he leaves his shoes on the mat for good. The fight with Serra should be the last one, and as much as he would like to go out on a win I predict it will not happen.

After all the jokes Hughes has made about the two inch shorter Serra, he does deserve to meet retirement at Serra's hands.

I am betting that this is exactly what fate has in store for him.