Georges St-Pierre vs. Matt Hughes III (UFC 79, 2007) With the welterweight title vacant, rivals GSP and Hughes clashed in a battle for legacy supremacy. Their third meeting—after splitting prior bouts—was a chess match of grappling transitions, cage control, and tactical adjustments. GSP, sharper and more composed, used superior wrestling and top control to dominate. He won a unanimous decision, avenging his 2004 loss and setting up his long reign. The fight lacked knockouts but overflowed with nuance—showcasing how MMA evolved from brawling to sophisticated systems. Both legends elevated each other; Hughes’ toughness, GSP’s intelligence. It symbolized a passing of the torch and cemented GSP as the division’s new standard. Clean, strategic, and historically significant, it remains a textbook example of high-level MMA craftsmanship.
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