Matt was born and raised in Hillsboro, a small town with a population of 4,500 that is located in south central Illinois. As youngsters, he and his twin brother Mark spent most of their time on the family farm playing and learning the importance of hard work. Matt often remembers being volunteered by his father to help family friends on their farms and still recalls his dad driving home the principle that ‘You never take advantage of someone else’s misfortune.Matt and Mark’s participation in sports was quite limited while in junior high. As a matter of fact, their junior high sports career only included the interschool wrestling tournament (Mark beat Matt in case you were wondering) and a couple of weeks of 6th grade track. The Hughes boys were needed during the fall and spring to help around the farm and, thus, had to hang up their spikes for work boots once the spring planting season began.
Hope everybody had a happy Thanksgiving, I know I had a great day. Some people have asked how closely I watch my diet during the holidays. Well, with me not having a fight coming up for a few months, I ate whatever I wanted to.
The day after Thanksgiving, Brandon came down with some [...]
First I want to say that I hope everybody has a Happy Thanksgiving as I won’t talk to you all again until after the holiday. Looking forward to this weekend. I’ve got my son, Brandon, and some of his buddies coming down to do some wrestling and play around.
All last week [...]
Yesterday, I had my cousin-in-law’s wedding. Some of you might have heard her name before. Years ago, after a fight, I gave a shout out to a friend named JoGari. She made me mad that day because she asked for me to give her a shout-out after the fight; but when I [...]
Well, I just looked through the UFC website and saw the whole fight card. The only two fights I can really comment on would be the last two:
Kenflo vs. Stevenson is interesting. I think Kenny will have the advantage standing, but Joe will have the wrestling advantage. And I also think Joe [...]
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