YOU CANT EXTRACT A MOVE FROM A SYSTEM AND THEN SAY YOU ARE A THAI FIGHTER..

ALL THOSE FLAP JAWS GOING ON ABOUT MUAY THAI ..

WHERE WAS THE NECK CONTROL??

WHAT ABOUT GRECO ROMAN MOVES DIDNT SEE A THING ..

NO REMATCH NEEDED BAN BOTH OF THESE LOOSERS FROM MMA.. IT WAS A WORKED FIGHT..

Shogun himself, in the post-fight conference, said “In my point of view I think I won the last three rounds of the fight, that’s my opinion”. (ufc.com)

Hence giving the first two round to Machida.

Watch it again and tell me how the third round goes to Shogun…

I’ve watched the Machida / Shogun fight four times now. I’ve gone as far as going through portions in slow motion. Here are a few things I picked out:

1. Machida was outstruck in the first round – but he landed 2 of the hardest hits in that round…..the only hard shots in the round.

2. Machida landed a punch on Shogun 9 times while being kicked.

3. During the big flurry in the third round – Shogun only landed 2 strikes to Machida’s 8+ strikes – and the two uppercuts from Machida were everybit as hard-or-harder than the right hook that Shogun landed. Four or five of Shoguns strikes during that flurry missed the target all together.

All in all — it was a VERY close fight — the only two rounds that had a clear victor were the 2nd and 3rd and those went to Machida. Shogun didn’t clearly win any round except MAYBE the 4th. I would give the 1st round to Machida even though he was landed less strikes because Machida’s strikes were harder and more diverse (which matters as well). I would call he 5th round a draw.

Bottom line……the fight was Machida’s after the first three rounds and Shogun needed to at least knock Machida down to win a 10-8 round and tip the scales in his favor.

Not to mention — MANY share the opinion that you need to clearly beat a champ to take the belt. After all Machida knocked Evans OUT to become the champ.

I think a better question to ask is:

Can you truly call Shogun a champ for winning by a split-decision ?

P.S. as it’s been said again and again and again……don’t leave it in the hands of the judges.

I also know that Ref and judges don’t do the same jobs but I’m sure that Big John would do a great judge…

In fact, I don’t really care where he’s from. I’m just astonished by that level of blindness – stupidity – corruption, whatever you may call it.

I would really like to have the feelings of Big John about this match. If I’m correct, he’s the best ref concerning MMA and was rarely?-never? involved in doubtful judgments (unless guys like Lavigne or Mazzagatti). If Big John judges that Machida won the fight and supports Cecil Peoples judgment, I’m ready to apologize to what I said about C. Peoples. Otherwise, this fat prick can just go to hell as well…