Shogun wins the 205lbs title

[Jura]

Originally Posted by Vastardikai I'm actually a Machida fan. I was seriously considering taking Karate Classes if he won. He "won" according to the shit decision, so it's not happening.

I saw some vids of him on youtube teaching his footwork. You can just watch those. Anyways if anyone was to take away his elusiveness or make it not as effective then Machida would have to be more offensive. I still think it's a good idea to learn footwork and be elusive but if the dude can still catch you then you gotta step up.

I've watched a lot of Machida's fights and he didn't look the same going into this fight but if he had more of those flurries where he had Rua up against the cage scrambling just like when he knocked out Evans then I'm sure he could knock Rua out or at least get some points his way. I think he was too set in his style and was bored and didn't adapt to the new situation.