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UFC 63 Ultimate Fighting Championship Winner Hughes Beats Penn In Three Rounds. Matt Hughes, who survived a poke in the eye, blood, and crippling submission attempts from the last man to beat him, BJ Penn, to stop ‘The Prodigy’ in the third round at the Arrowhead Pond tonight and extend his reign as the UFC welterweight champion.

Georges St. Pierre was replaced by BJ Penn in the UFC 63 main event, had submitted Hughes in their first bout in January of 2004, and after two rounds, it looked like Penn was going to repeat, but Hughes wouldn’t let him.

As soon as referee John McCarthy waved the mma UFC fighters into action, Hughes immediately tried a surprising high kick that missed. After that brief exchange, Hughes looked for the inevitable takedown, but Penn fought it off, instead being pushed into the fence where the two came to a stalemate. Once the two separated, Penn landed a big right hand, drawing blood from Hughes’s mouth and nose, but that didn’t stop the UFC champion, who kept looking to trade on the feet. Seconds later, Hughes inadvertently was poked in the right eye by Penn’s left hand and the bout was halted.

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Update: UFC 64 Winner Silva with TKO over Franklin.

UFC 64 Ultimate Fighting Championship World Middleweight Champion Rich “Ace” Franklin returns to the Octagon to make his third title defense against the seemingly unstoppable UFC newcomer Anderson “The Spider” Silva. With a history of vicious striking and devastating knockout power, Silva has quickly become the most dangerous contender in the mma UFC middleweight division. Franklin, who remains undefeated in the UFC, will put his belt up for stakes when he squares off against Silva in the main event of the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization’s UFC 64: UNSTOPPABLE taking place live from Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Events Center Saturday, Oct. 14.

Also announced will be the return of the lightweight crown to the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization. Kenny “KenFlo” Florian and Sean “The Muscle Shark” Sherk will face off at UFC 64 to battle for the vacant lightweight crown, which has been held only by former champion Jens Pulver. As demonstrated by recent pay-per-view events, the UFC has a number of talented lightweights competing in this division, including the return of Jens Pulver as well as Melvin Guillard, Spencer Fisher, Joe Stevenson, Mark Hominick and Yves Edwards.

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UFC 63 Ultimate Fighting Championship sees withdraw of Georges St. Pierre and replaced with BJ Penn. After a groin pull forced top 170 pound contender Georges St. Pierre to withdraw from his September 23rd UFC 63 rematch with UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California real estate, the Ultimate Fighting Championship was faced with a dilemma. Who could possibly challenge the champ on short notice and still get fight fans excited, the last man to beat Hughes, BJ Penn.

And as one of the top fighters in the world, pound for pound, Penn eagerly accepted the opportunity to make it 2-0 against the premier welterweight of this era.

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UFC 63 Ultimate Fighting Championship organization, from Las Vegas, HUGHES vs. ST. PIERRE THE REMATCH is taking place live from the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim real estate Saturday, September 23, 2006. The UFC announced that the time has come, and that the two fighters will square off again, with the welterweight crown at stake. With one second left in the first round, nearly two years ago, a young Canadian fighter named Georges “Rush” St. Pierre found himself locked in an armbar, losing a mma championship title fight to the now legendary Matt Hughes for the then vacant welterweight crown. Ever since that day, and because of the tremendous athleticism and skill displayed during that fight, UFC Ultimate Fighting Challenge fans all around the world have waited for these incredible athletes to face each other, once again, in the Octagon at UFC 63.

“I’m pleased to announce to UFC fans all around the world that UFC Champion Matt Hughes, pound-for-pound one of the strongest and most experienced fighters in the UFC, and Number One Welterweight Contender and Canadian Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre, one of the most athletic and well-rounded fighters in the UFC will be the main event championship title fight at UFC 63 live from the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Saturday, September 23,” said Dana White, UFC President.

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