Will he continue the friendly competition with the Gracies and their proteges with rematch against Matt Serra or a fight with Ricardo Almeida, is a fight against a fellow top 10 ranked fighter at 170 like Dan Hardy or Mike Swick next on deck?

Personally, I'd love see a fight with Dan Hardy get booked. Dan Hardy has no one to fight at the moment with everyone in the top 10 being booked to a fight except Mike Swick, the last guy he beat, so Dan Hardy vs. Matt Hughes is a no brainer. It's a high profile fight too, with potential for a lot of entertaining pre-fight trash talk too. Then again, all respect due to Ricardo Almeida, the UFC can throw Matt another easily winnable fight (everyone knew Renzo didn't have anything for Matt), being that it's too soon for a rematch with Matt Serra. In any event, I vote Hardy vs. Hughes, who knows maybe Hardy can display some takedown defense, and keep it standing where he can surely knock out Hughes.