Machida vs. Shogun

[Julius Rain]

Shogun beat Lyoto...

He fought in retreat, making Lyoto pursue him- taking the Dragon out of his comfort zone...
Countered well with leg kicks, limiting Lyotos movement....

Its was beautiful!

A crying shame the judges refused to recognise this!

#1 Machida usually fights in retreat
#2 He used the kicks well but never followed up, never pressed his advantage

Machida obviously was thrown off by Rua's gameplan which was different than Rua's usual style.

I think all this coupled with Lyoto seemingly not having his "A game" that night will get blown out of proportion and in a rematch Lyoto will mess up Rua.

Agreed.

I think Rua did enough to keep it a close fight but didnt follow up enough to win the match. Lyoto was catching rua with just as much if not a little more.

Anybody calling it a robbery is delusional.

[VictorCharlie]

Robbery I guess suggests that it wasn't a close fight. I thought it was a close fight but I thought Rua clearly won three rounds. I don't know how someone can watch that fight and give Machida three rounds. It seemed pretty cut and dry to me that Shogun should have gotten the decision and that a re-match is in order.

[Nameless]

Robbery I guess suggests that it wasn't a close fight. I thought it was a close fight but I thought Rua clearly won three rounds. I don't know how someone can watch that fight and give Machida three rounds. It seemed pretty cut and dry to me that Shogun should have gotten the decision and that a re-match is in order.

I most definitely had Rua winning that one too, he did far enough and landed better, close decision maybe but still he deserved the nods.