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Georges St-Pierre vs Matt Hughes

Result, odds and stats · Welterweight · 5 rounds

Sat, Dec 29, 2007
Georges St-Pierre def. Matt Hughes · submission, round 2 (4:54)
 
Georges
St-Pierre
Welterweight
Photo: Bad intentionz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Record
14-2
UFC
8-2
Age
26
Height
5'11"
Reach
76"
Stance
Orthodox
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St-PierreHughes
Closing line

No closing line on record for this fight.

 
Matt
Hughes
Welterweight
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Record
42-5
UFC
15-3
Age
34
Height
5'9"
Reach
73"
Stance
Switch
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Fight stats

Georges St-PierreMatt Hughes
Significant strikes28 of 405 of 13
Knockdowns00
Takedowns3 of 30 of 3
Control time7:010:17
Submission attempts30

How they fight

Significant strikes landed per round, averaged over each fighter's UFC career before this fight. Rounds a fight ended in are left out, so early finishes don't pull the averages down.

21
8
Round 1
17
10
Round 2
■ Georges St-Pierre ■ Matt Hughes Rounds 4 and 5 not shown: too few of them to average.

Common opponents

Opponents both had fought in the UFC before this fight, with the most recent meeting for each.

BJ Penn
Georges St-Pierre
Won · decision, 3 rounds
Mar 2006 · landed 1.5 more significant strikes a minute
Matt Hughes
Won · KO/TKO, round 3
Sep 2006 · landed 1.3 more significant strikes a minute
Sean Sherk
Georges St-Pierre
Won · KO/TKO, round 2
Nov 2005 · landed 4.8 more significant strikes a minute
Matt Hughes
Won · decision, 5 rounds
Apr 2003 · landed 1.0 more significant strikes a minute
Frank Trigg
Georges St-Pierre
Won · submission, round 1
Aug 2005 · landed 5.8 more significant strikes a minute
Matt Hughes
Won · submission, round 1
Apr 2005 · even on significant strikes

Their other meetings

Georges St-Pierre won by KO/TKO, round 2 (1:25)Nov 18, 2006
Matt Hughes won by submission, round 1 (4:59)Oct 22, 2004

Other fights that night

Chuck Liddell def. Wanderlei Silva decision, 3 rounds —— —— —— —— Dean Lister def. Jordan Radev decision, 3 rounds —— —— —— —— Mark Bocek def. Doug Evans decision, 3 rounds —— —— —— —— Eddie Sanchez def. Soa Palelei KO/TKO, round 3 (3:24) —— —— —— —— James Irvin def. Luiz Cane decision, 3 rounds —— —— —— —— Lyoto Machida def. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou submission, round 2 (4:20) —— —— —— —— Manvel Gamburyan def. Nate Mohr submission, round 1 (1:31) —— —— —— —— Rich Clementi def. Melvin Guillard submission, round 1 (4:40) —— —— —— —— Roan Carneiro def. Tony DeSouza KO/TKO, round 2 (3:33) —— —— —— ——