Matt Hughes is “awake and responsive” one day after being seriously injured in a truck-train crash Friday morning, his longtime manager Monte Cox told MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani on Saturday.
Cox, who is speaking directly with Hughes’ brother Matt, said family and doctors are “optimistic and hopeful” about Hughes’ condition.
“He is awake, but eyes closed,” Cox said. “Can squeeze hands.”
Hughes, 43, was driving a pickup truck Friday morning in Raymond, Ill. Per the Illinois State Police, the legendary UFC fighter approached a “railroad grade crossing marked with crossbucks” in the truck.