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why people think that machida is running away? and worst is, they are comparing him to starnes.. its his style, and win most of his fight by moving and looking for an opening(not running away).. he shows striking moves that shouldnt work in an actual fight..
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First of all, WOW what an amazing fight. I love watching Machida. He does NOT run away. Running away includes not fighting back. Machida jumped in, landed some great kicks and some great punches and backed off. He dodges Tito's strikes instead of blocking them and there is definitely nothing wrong with that. He's a great fighter and amazing to watch imo (of course I can understand why people find him boring too though).
But yeah Lotus, that triangle. I almost pooped myself on that one.
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why people think that machida is running away? and worst is, they are comparing him to starnes.. its his style, and win most of his fight by moving and looking for an opening(not running away).. he shows striking moves that shouldnt work in an actual fight..
Yeah I don't get why people were thinking Lyoto was running away it is just his style and it frustrated Tito. I jumped up screaming when Tito got that triangle choke, and flame me if you want but I still think Tito can still do some good things in the division.
There are a lot of great posts in the thread! That fight was amazing. I was really excited to see what would happen when Machida got confronted with an explosive, agressive fighter like Ortiz. I agree with the opinion that the sport has grown beyond him a little bit, but when he is motivated enough, He will always be a real fight for anybody. I mean he was getting completely outclassed and frustrated by one of the absolute best that the new breed of fighters had to offer, and he still fought like he knew he could win. there were times when he threatened Machida more than anyone else has so far, and that triangle/armbar was freakin' beatifull! He would have submitted 99% of the LHW divihon with that attempt. As much as I would have thought it was the wrong out come, I was really impressed by how close he came to winning after being so brutally owned by that knee and what it led to.
I was ******* scared when Tito got that triangle/armbar locked tight, I honestly thought Machida was done for
yeah I was saying holy sh#$ he may have just blown it. Lyoto had a good game plan for this fight, he did exactly what he had to win, and that knee was awesome.
Bravo to Lyoto, he obviously has s style going that people can't get use to. Obviously strong. But he is boring as hell to watch! of his 13 fights, 9 of them have gone the full 3 rounds to decision. SO 4 out of 13 fights he has finished. All just stick and move. That was such a boring fight, I started to feel like I was watching a Tim Sylvia fight...
I was expecting Tito to be WAY more aggressive than he was. And that is probably one of the reasons he lost.
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I should Say up front that I am a HUGE Machida fan. I think he is amazing, and that he reprsents something very special. Before the UFC and things like it existed, we fantasized about what would happen if the best martial artists in different styles faught real fights. It is the premise of a million great martail arts movies. In all of those movie tournaments, there were a lot of fighters that were dishonerable, or in it for the wrong reasons, but there would always be one "pure" martail artist, who embraced the spiritual aspects of the arts as much as the violent aspects.that character would always prevail.Lyoto Machida is that character.He is the only real, true, martail artist in the traditonal sense, that has succeeded in the ufc, since it grew beyond the Tank Abbot/Kimo era.
I know it makes for some weird, frustrating fights to watch for a lot of people, But it is incredibly effective. Tonight proved to me that he is for real, in that his Kung fu really is the best. Someone said he is just not a good matchup for anybody, and that is really the way it is. He is going to have a monsterous, couture/Ortiz sized career and legacy in the octagon,maybe even bigger If they don't purposely marginalize him. He could be a big influence in the sports future.
This fight was very interesting, because like all of Machida's fights it is different. The knee to the liver, the rockin' triangle attempt by Tito that made me want to crap my pants (serious respect to Tito for it man) and all the leg kicks and fakes thrown by Machida and the freakin TAKEDOWN! But Machida looked a bit tired there in the end.
Also, a really awesome quote:
"I was thinking I'm gonna die, but I'm not gonna tap" - Machida
EDIT: And by the way, I think Machida's fights are awesome. They should in fact be classified as art.
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