Monday, October 26, 2009
Right again, but I really don't want to be.
First off let's state the obvious. My prediction for UFC 104 turned out to be correct, Loyoto won by UD. Now, let's focus on the less obvious, or, to the more observant, which would be the human beings with 2 eyes in their heads, the most obvious thing about the whole fight was Machida did not win the fight, much less win by a unanimous decision?! WHAT?! Rua won rounds 1,2,4 and 5 conclusively and convincingly with round 3 being up in the air and going either way. What fight were the judges watching? ROUND 5 Machida was EXHAUSTED, hands down, limping around on the legs shogun amply destroyed with Muay Thai 101. Aside from the terrible decision, the fight itself was very interesting in regards to the style match up, as it shows, contrary to a lot of peoples assertions, machids 'karate style' doesn't seem to be very effective against basic leg kicks 101 (oversimplification yes I know, but bear with me, I am frustrated at the bad decision) and accurately summed up why I had such trouble judging who would exactly win. Hopefully there is a rematch.
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Fully agree with you (as has everyone else I've spoken to who saw the fight).
Those knees to the inner-thigh in the clinch totally stumped Lyoto's mobility and without that; he couldn't do any damage.
I think one of the commentators nailed it;
"You have to beat the champion to be the champion"
While Rua clearly won the fight, the judges may have felt that he didn't 'beat' Machida conclusively enough for the belt to change hands.
Total garbage, obviously, but what can you do?
I think rua beat the champion. Rua didn't press the action, but that was part of his game plan because rushing machida is stupid. The reason Rua didn't beat machida 'convincingly,' is because he did exactly what was necessary to beat machida which didn't include the necessary elements to 'convincingly' beat him.
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