Friday, October 30, 2009

Lyoto "Dragon" Machida & Mauricio "Shogun" Rua: The Final Decision


Dana White "I thought Shogun won the fight."

MMA Journalists & Websites:
FightMetric: 49-47 Rua
CompuStrike: Rua outlanded Machida 89-50 in Total Strikes landed including 73 Leg Strikes landed. Rua dominated the fight and did just about everything he needed to do to beat the undefeated Machida, including outlanding Machida in every round, but apparently it wasn't enough for the judges.
Yahoo Sports /
Cagewriter: 48-47 Rua
BloodyElbow : 48-47 Rua
USAToday: 48-47 Rua, 49-46 Rua
Savage Science: 49-46 Rua
ESPN / Jake Rossen: 49-46 or 48-47 Rua
MMA Fanhouse / Michael David Smith: 48-47 Rua
411mania.com: 48-47 Rua
CagePotato: 49-46 Rua
MMATorch : 48-47 Rua
MMAJunkie : 49-46 or 48-47 Rua
MMAMania : 50-45 Rua
5 Ounces of Pain : Rua
Fightlinker : Rua
MMAConvert: Rua
ProMMA.Info: 50-45 Rua
Sherdog:
Jordan Breen -- 48-47 Rua
Brian Knapp -- 48-47 Rua
Mike Fridley -- 50-45 Rua
Sports Illustrated:
Ben Fowlkes - Rua
Joss Gross: 48-47 Rua
MMA Fight Opinion : 48-47 Rua
MMARising: 49-46 Rua
FightLine: 49-46 Rua
TATAME: "MaurĂ­cio “Shogun” Rua was the underdog, but the 2005 Pride GP champion “surprised” everybody with a perfect strategy and performance, dominating three out of five rounds against Lyoto Machida, but losing by unanimous decision (48-47)."

Pro Fighters That Thought Shogun Won:
Anthony Johnson, Joe Stevenson, BJ Penn, Wanderlei Silva, Vitor Belfort, Cain Velazquez, Shane Carwin, Denis Kang, Kenny Florian, Rashad Evans, Frank Trigg, Jorge Gurgel, Jon Jones, Quinton Jackson, Ben Henderson, Jake Shields, Miguel Torres, Frank Shamrock, and Randy Couture.

Pro Fighters That Thought Machida Won:
Anderson Silva (Machida's best friend), & Josh Thomson (who is an idiot).

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