Diego Sanchez vs Matt Hughes, Tapped for UFC Fall Event

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Diego Sanchez vs Matt Hughes, Tapped for UFC Fall Event

Written on April 29, 2011 by Markham Mencken

Sorry, Royce Gracie. But Matt Hughes is in line to face Diego Sanchez for a to-be-announced UFC fall event.

Last Thursday, UFC officials announced that Diego Sanchez and Matt Hughes will have a welterweight clash for a to-be-announced UFC fall event.

Diego Sanchez latest fight was a unanimous decision win over Martim Kampmann at UFC on Versus 3 last March. On the other hand, Matt Hughes has been idle in MMA active competition since November 2010. That was after he suffered a 21-second knockout from BJ Penn.

The upcoming UFC fall event has no date or location yet. However, this match-up only proves that Royce Gracie will nit have his rematch against Matt Hughes at UFC Rio.

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Tags: Diego Sanchez, fall event, Matt Hughes, Royce Gracie, UFC, UFC Rio