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I dont know, its not exactly free to air stuff, but i doubt he has been sitting on his butt goin to pasture like diego maradonna .
He takes this stuff seriously, i havent seen matt hughes fight, its been a long time for royce, obviously id like to see him steamroll his opponent, on the floor, bjj all the way.
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Yeah Royce kicked ass in the beginning. I bought UFC 1-5 PPV, and was really impressed the way he handled MUCH bigger guys - Kimo, Dan Severn, Ken Shamrock....
Dan was a wrestler almost the caliber of Matt, but bigger!! But all the rule changes - rounds, scoring, no head butts, no kicking on the ground.... I don't know what'll happen.
It's just that I saw Ken Shamrock fight Rich Franklin, and boy, did Ken look old in the pre fight close ups. Royce looked the same to me. Their games are different - Kens is all about speed, power, athleticism. And Royce's game is paitence, paitence. Maybe Royce's age won't hurt him as much. Can he use his gee? That would help him....
Here's my prediction - Matt takes him right to the ground, but can't do much... It'll go like that for a few rounds, some striking, but Royce won't extend himself and so no openings for Matt. Royce wins in a triangle choke or arm bar.