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“You just have to look at my face and his (Lyoto). I didn’t suffer one kick, only some knees but he has a rib broken neither get to walk and his mouth is stitched. They made some fighting analysis and I landed the double of hits. Will the judges say they didn’t see that? They will speak anything to justify the result. I feel pissed for my score (18-4), I prize a lot for it and I don’t consider this loss. I didn’t meet Lyoto after the fight but he’s a man I respect so much. He’s blameless, it’s judges’ culprit. Only them say the fight that way. I don’t blame Machida at all.”

Mauricio Rua fires back at recent comments made regarding the officiating for the UFC 104 main event that pitted the former PRIDE star against current UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida. “Shogun” appeared to be getting the better of the exchanges in their five round title fight; however, cageside judges Nelson Hamilton, Marcos Rosales and Cecil Peoples scored the contest unanimously in favor of “The Dragon.” While UFC President Dana White promised a rematch “as fast as possible,” questions still remain following the event as to the fairness and effectiveness of the current scoring system. Let’s hear your solutions in the comments section below.

 


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In a perfect world Shogun would get a tune-up fight against cecil to give Machida time to heal.

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studiocamp - In a perfect world Shogun would get a tune-up fight against cecil to give Machida time to heal.


Why does Machida need time to heal? Leg kicks don't end fights, he should be good to go.

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 it’s judges’ culprit

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i really feel bad for Shogun

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 ^^yeah, i've watched the fight like 5 times and always stopped it b4 buffer called the decision.  Didn't wanna see Shogun's expression, it looked like he had his soul stolen. =T

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 Looks like Shogun and his people have been reading the UG.

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 lol, can't believe he cited the fightmetric statistics.



I heard that those stats were bunk, is there any validity to that?

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I can't wait for the rematch....how he feels is understandable....but I disagree and so do others....

My opinion is totally unbiased and totally unpopular

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Grakman -  Looks like Shogun and his people have been reading the UG.


I believe his translator/manager reads and posts here.

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Shogun will be exposed like he was against Coleman really all this bullshit "robbery" talk is only building him up to get crush by Machida in the rematch.

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Shogun is cool MF and he's correct as well.

I too feel bad that Shogun added a 4th loss on his record.

Btw, was Machida's rib really broken?

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JT42382 -  lol, can't believe he cited the fightmetric statistics.



I heard that those stats were bunk, is there any validity to that?



You "heard"? Please elaborate.


 Actually, I "read." I forget which thread I saw it on but it was a few days ago and someone stated something like "why are you guys still quoting fightmetrics? They have already been shown to be incorrect."  He/She also added that they actually went round by round and tallied up the strikes thrown by both individuals and it didn't add up to what fightmetrics had.  I will need to find that thread again, I'll link it once i do

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He did make some descent points as well.

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Last (and only?) time a fight was ended due to a leg kick....

http://www.mma-extreme.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/corey_hill.jpg

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Im kind of novice in this whole blame game, but why is it that it's all Cecil People's fault when all judges scored it 48-47? :D

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 yours is not to question why..............

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saerbarnet - Im kind of novice in this whole blame game, but why is it that it's all Cecil People's fault when all judges scored it 48-47? :D


 You are right saerbarnet, cecil is getting all the heat on this one despite the fact that all judges scored the same way.  The reason being is because cecil has been a controversial judge for a long time, he's made bad calls in the past so naturally people tend to blame him.



This sums it up:





 

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I think Shogun's gonna be even more fired up and in shape for the rematch...he's going to absolutely destroy Machida this time to leave no doubt. They just fucked with the wrong dude.

and anyone who thinks Machida won that and fight and think it was a close fight are seriously delusional.