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Machida's style is the future of MMA. Machida fully utilizes his skills inside an octagon and earns a win with the least risk. That is the ultimate game plan.
Early knock outs like the Carwin vs Wellisch and Silva vs Jardine are good to watch but do not contain the technical prowess and control that you see in a Machida fight. As MMA evolves we will see less and less quick KO's and a transition toward Machida's safe and technical style.
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I think you and I are on the same page, joppp. When Machida stuffed the second or third TD attempt in a row, I saw that he just owned Tito completely. Tito could have fought him 5 times without figuring out how to beat him. I never saw him manhandle someone bg like that before. He tossed tito like a punk every time tito tried to take him down with a trip or push him into the cage. It seems like there is no style in the ufc that can defeat his.He beat the Smotherer (Nakamura),the knock out artist(Sokky), All around striker/wrestleler (Frankiln) and the explosive, traditional GnP master(Ortiz) all prety easily. His biggest challege was definitely Ortiz and that was mainly due to an incredible lust to win ths fight on Ortizes part.
And BTW big props to the OLD Tito for showing up for a farewell performance! He may have been a little obsolete,but at least he was back. I think we all forget what a dominant force he was for his time in his prime, nowthat we are witnessing his "vegas Elvis" years.
didnt watch this fight cause of some internet issues. So Tito lost? didnt want to see him leave the UFC with a lost but oh well. I heard he almost got a submiteed Machida with a triangle choke? damn!
Machida's style is the future of MMA. Machida fully utilizes his skills inside an octagon and earns a win with the least risk. That is the ultimate game plan.
Early knock outs like the Carwin vs Wellisch and Silva vs Jardine are good to watch but do not contain the technical prowess and control that you see in a Machida fight. As MMA evolves we will see less and less quick KO's and a transition toward Machida's safe and technical style.
If his style is the future of MMA I will stop watching. If Machida was matched up with someone with the same style there wouldn't even be a punch thrown. I think you are 100% wrong in your whole post.
My favorite part about this whole thing was that Lyoto said that he wanted to knock Tito out...he sure accomplished that alright
Seriously, there is nothing I found exciting about Lyoto in that fight...at all. I know some of you want Lyoto to be the king of the universe but jesus goddamn, he is freakin boring to watch.
For Lyoto. He may win and all that other jargin but he won't count on my finacial support in PPV events.
For Lyoto. He may win and all that other jargin but he won't count on my finacial support in PPV events.
Well, I'm assuming you bought this PPV, so your financial support will be included for this event that he was in.
Also, he may not have knocked Tito out, but he made him look like a fool and he also is one of the few fighters to knocked Tito flat on his ass. That was a nice Knee to his body.
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I thought the fight was great. It had some slow moments, but I still enjoyed watching Lyoto confused the hell out of Tito. From stuffing his takedowns, evading him at times, to taking Tito down himself. Nice kicks were thrown that you rarely see in MMA and an excellent 3rd round that both fighters had a chance to finish and win. In addition, we had the best to happen during the fight, seeing the ref fall
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For Lyoto. He may win and all that other jargin but he won't count on my finacial support in PPV events.
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