Former welterweight champion Matt Hughes has been rumored to face Renzo Gracie at UFC 109 in February.
Heavy.com has reported that the matchup is likely, thought official bout agreements have yet to be signed.
Hughes has been previously rumored to fight Mike Swick and Josh Koscheck, with Gracie being the latest to reportedly take on the future UFC Hall of Famer.
Gracie has never fought in the Octagon, despite training numerous UFC fighters including Hughes nemesis Matt Serra. The 42-year old is a fifth-degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and holds notable victories over Pat Miletich and Carlos Newton. He has not fought since 2007, defeating Frank Shamrock by disqualification (kness to head of grounded opponent) at EliteXC “Destiny.”
UFC 109 is rumored to take place on February 6, 2010 in Las Vegas.
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the fight itself might suck, both being old they might run out of gas and bore the hell out of all of us onlookers, but the concept is at least exciting. And if they do fight, and they fight well, i think it will be awesome that it went down.