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Originally Posted by Fabien Barthez
Machida's career certainly isn't going backwards in his career. And yes, he is boring, but technically outstanding, and his record of wins and losses are the reason he is fighting for the title of best fighter in his weightclass. He makes his money by being better than everyone he fights. He will get a main event paycheck, and will continue to do so if he wins regardless of cheers and boos.
I don't like to watch Floyd Mayweather box a great deal, but I appreciate the fact that he does what he likes because he is so much better than everyone he fights.
And as for Anderson, as far as I'm concerned, It is down to a challenger to win a title, not the Champion to put it in jeprody.
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Actually the reason Machida is fighting Evans is because Griffin and Jackson are injured.
However you do present good points. Anderson dominated Leites, he didn't get hit ever, and really out classed him. BUT it was helaciously boring. People pay good money to watch guys fight. I love Anderson Silva, but he was acting bored and as though he didn't want to be there, and you can't have your champ acting like that. This is a business, you need to draw money to keep business running smoothly, having 25 minute yawner main events is not going to draw audiences. Noone's asking for a bloody brawl, they just want work rate, if you give the work rate, noone's going to complain. (NOTE: I don't mean pro wrestling work rate, I mean DOING WORK in a fight). There was too much inactivity on both sides in that fight. The crowd had the right to start chanting GSP.
The only thing that made me really wonder in the fight was when the fight did go to the ground, Anderson had Leites in a shitload of trouble with the ground and pound, and then he just stopped... like it wasn't working. He could have easily finished him... other than that, it was Leites being a big flopper that was pissing me off.