Comments on: UFC 104 Live Results: Machida vs. “Shogun” Rua, Velasquez vs. Rothwell, and More

By: russiandoeboi

russiandoeboi — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:09:34 +0000

give rothwell as a prize to the tuf 10 winner – and we’ll see who’s TUF…

By: russiandoeboi

russiandoeboi — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:08:19 +0000

cain Velasquez was so dominant over rothwell that even though the stoppage was arguably early it was still A GOOD ONE. What ever argument you might make over the stoppage, it’s hard to make a case for the damage that no doubt would have ensued

By: jcohl

jcohl — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:39:13 +0000

I know its late, and we’re all tired and/or drunk, but lets try to avoid libelous posts inferring any wrongdoing, aside from the horrendous decision.
Those sorts of posts put Kris in an awkward position, and we don’t want to make any extra work for our mod squad, do we?

By: BnP

BnP — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:28:11 +0000

Simply put, the reason he wasn’t dominating was because he was dominated by Shogun.

By: jcohl

jcohl — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:23:58 +0000

Well, yes there was the added attention of being the champion, but I tend to think the reason Machida didn’t look dominating tonight was because Rua kicked the living sh!t out of him for 4 of the 5 rounds of the fight…

By: jcohl

jcohl — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:20:57 +0000

The next contender should be Rua again.
Dana like everyone else knows the judges decision was sh!t, and I can’t think of a better way of sending that message loud and clear throughout all of MMA than to re-sign an immediate rematch for 109…

By: jiujitsuMAN

jiujitsuMAN — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:19:00 +0000

he still could be the GSP of 205… time will tell, but there is more now than ever a big huge target painted on his head…

i think the reason why machida wasnt so dominating in his performance is the added attention of being a champion has on him

By: jiujitsuMAN

jiujitsuMAN — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:16:59 +0000

the only way i can see machida winning this is because of all the counter striking he was doing…

while rua threw more strikes and did connect with alot of viscious blows machida seemed to have a higher % of actually making contact…

machida did manage to stuff rua’s take down attempts… all of what 2-3 of them, but it adds up…

personally i scored the fight rounds 1245 for rua and 3 for machida… and i wanted machida to win…

but i can see how the judges called it… although i would have though it to at least be a split decision…

i still think rua was robbed a lil… but at least he showed what he is capable of… question now is who is next? who should be the next contender?

By: Dr. D

Dr. D — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:12:59 +0000

Heres some support for machida. 1. Besides the mui tai kicks, wat did shogun ever impose on machida. 2. Did anything that shogun throw ever stumble machida. 3. Why did the commentators not say squat about shogun eating knees to the face? One just wonders…

By: jcohl

jcohl — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:12:30 +0000

This isn’t a post supporting Machida’s getting the decision, this is a post trying to explain how the judges could have made so grievous an error.
The only thing I can possibly think of is that the judges were so stunned to see Machida hit so hard and so frequently, round after round, that they simply couldn’t mentally process what was unfolding in the cage in front of them, and thus voted more out of habit than from what dropped in the cage.
Machida’s aura of invincibility may have won him an unearned decision, but the bloom is definitely off of the rose, and from here on out every 205er knows that Machida is just another good MMA fighter, and not the GSP of 205ers…