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Originally Posted by Fatman2fighter
FAT song for tito to come out too. I hated the fact that he kind of punked out when Joe asked if this was it for him in the UFC and he said he really hadn't decided.
I do think its funny how karnes gets torn apart for running away and Machida who is suppose to be some kind of striking phenom does the same thing with the exception of a few strikes and it is strategic.
I definatly had Tito winning the second round I think the takedown at the end of the first was enough to swing it to Machida and the third I think the knee and the submissions even each other out. Making it even and I give agression to Tito. I am a huge Tito nutt hugger but I say he wins the decision lol.
All in all a crap fight and Tito should have found a way to push if he could have I don't know if he could though. Since Chuck did it people are just going to keep taking his shoots and takedowns away he is going to have to adapt now.
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The only thing I agree with you about is Tito's song choice. But at least you agree to being on his jock, which makes your post make sense. I just re-watched the fight to make sure that I was being objective and I still feel the same way. I can not believe you would compare Lyoto to that digrace Karnes. Fighting is not about proving you have the strongest chin, but rather inflicting damage on your opponent and avoinding being damaged yourself, which is exactly what Lyoto did to Tito.
There were several times that Tito got a hold of him, but each time Lyoto shrugged him off easily. Throughout the fight Tito was just following Lyoto around and lunging at him and that let Lyoto use his superior speed to avoid Tito and make him look soooooo slow. And in the second round Lyoto cut Tito on the right eyelid. How could someone that is running like Karnes do that?
In the third round they were clinched up in the beginning of the round, but Tito could not take him down (like Lyoto slammed him in the 1st round) and then Lyoto landed that devastating knee that dropped Tito like never before. Tito did catch him with the triangle and I really thought that Tito had him, but Lyoto was even able to defend that.
IMO....brilliant fight by Lyoto!!!