MMA Fighting · Mar 22, 2017
Royce Gracie interested in rematch with Matt Hughes
Esther Lin, MMA FightingHughes, a former UFC welterweight champion, retired from the sport after losing to Josh Koscheck in 2011, but recently said he’s interested in fighting one more time. MMA Fighting has learned that Hughes approached Bellator with the idea of facing Gracie, and the Brazilian legend welcomes the idea.
"Man, that would be great,” Gracie told MMA Fighting. "That would be great. Everybody wants to see this second fight.”
Gracie first left the UFC in 1995 after fighting to a draw with Ken Shamrock, and only returned to action five years later in Japan, competing five times between 2000 and 2005.