Both Hughes and Pierre would beat the snot out of Sanchez. Sanchez isn't as strong as Pierre and NOWHERE NEAR as strong as Hughes. Sanchez has virtually no stand up so he'll be dropped like a ton of bricks if he tried that. As far as the mat goes, Sanchez is outstanding but Pierre IMHO is a much better technician. As for him going to the mat with Hughes, well just remember the hard time he had against Josh Koshcheck who is an All-American wrestler ... similar to Hughes who has a ton more experience, power, and strength. I doubt Sanchez would be able to beat Riggs, and Hughes made short work of him. On that note, I doubt Sanchez could beat Trigg, and look at how Pierre handled him.
As far as "The Iceman", what can I say. Now the Randy is retired, I see Chuck being champion for quite some time. I would like to see how Forrest Griffin does against him, since he too is a light-heavyweight. I know he doesn't have the experience of Chuck, but the kid had his arm broken in a match and then knocked the guy out with his good arm.
. Plus the fight he had against Bonner was THEE best fight I have ever seen!