Shogun wins the 205lbs title

[RP]

Originally Posted by KillerWolf why would Dana and the UFC fix a decision though?

To hype up the instant rematch

[Fabien Barthez]

Originally Posted by Rectal Pertruder To hype up the instant rematch

Have a word with yourself RP. There are 5 or 6 bigger drawing LHW's to go against either one. The last thing they wanted was to have to do this twice.

I had it 4-1 to Rua, but it wasn't the shut out you girls are making out. Rogan and Goldberg were talking up Rua's dominance, and for every shot he was landing, he was eating an undiscussed counter. there was a few take down efforts that Machida managed to avoid, and thats a point to the defender in scoring.

Anyway, Torres has just scored, so I will argue about this later.

[redoneja]

Originally Posted by Fabien Barthez I had it 4-1 to Rua, but it wasn't the shut out you girls are making out. Rogan and Goldberg were talking up Rua's dominance, and for every shot he was landing, he was eating an undiscussed counter.

Yea that pretty much suns up how I feel about the fight, after watching it twice. It wasn't a dominant throughout like GSP over Alves. But Shogun definitely won more rounds than Machida. I think it was clearly 4-1 and a 3-2 decision is pushing it, regardless of how close the first two rounds were.

I think it's a shame that we're spending all this time talking about the controversial decision instead of the fight itself. Shogun fought a beautiful fight. I still stand by my assessment that this fight was more traditional than MMA. Great fight, tremendous fight. Really even through the first two and then Shogun started to take it away. Would love to watch these two fight again to see how Machida adapts his strategy and how Shogun would adapt to Machida's adaption.