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Lyoto Machida - Wins Against LW, WW, MW, LHW, HW Champs?

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#1 ·
Saw this mentioned, found it pretty neat. Thought I'd share with you guys here.

BJ Penn - Former LW and WW Champ
Shogun Rua, Rashad Evans, Tito Ortiz, Randy Couture = LHW Champ
Rich Franklin = MW Champ
Randy Couture = HW Champ

Would a victory over Couture give Machida a victory over a former Champion in five weight classes, would he also be the first man to pull off such a feat?
 
#19 ·
got nothing against machida... but really not even that impressive of a statistic.

Plus its not like he beat a "lightweight" BJ, BJ went into that fight weighing 190 pounds + ??? someone correct me if im wrong. this makes this statistic all the more useless and unimpressive.
 
#29 ·
Well then you need to brush up on your counting skills and math, because Shogun clearly out struck Machida by a decent enough margin. Shogun landed more shots and he landed the harder shots, he was robbed of a decision.

You can watch the fight with or without commentary as many times as you like, the better fighter that night was clear.

Fan boys are ridiculous. I don't understand why people can't be fans of fighters but not have a biased opinion and be realistic about what actually happens.
 
#27 ·
That is a cool Machida fact stat, but he hasn't defeated Couture yet.

And not to revisit past debates but it's a fact, at 104 Machida got TIMED, plain and simple, commentary or no commentary. He got punished for nearly every attack he made, most of his shots were blocked and when he did land anything, Rua kept pushing forward being the aggressor, controlling him on the fence. It was obvious who took the most damage in that fight.

Then at 113 Rua switched on Blitzkrieg mode and timed Lyoto again.
 
#28 ·
That is a cool Machida fact stat, but he hasn't defeated Couture yet.

And not to revisit past debates but it's a fact, at 104 Machida got TIMED, plain and simple, commentary or no commentary. He got punished for nearly every attack he made, most of his shots were blocked and when he did land anything, Rua kept pushing forward being the aggressor, controlling him on the fence. It was obvious who took the most damage in that fight.

Then at 113 Rua switched on Blitzkrieg mode and timed Lyoto again.
LMAO^^ Lyoto was winning that fight until Rua landed and Lyoto didn't. It was a lucky overhand right, if Lyoto had landed his straight left and wouldn't have been so impatient, then the fight outcome would have been different most likely.
 
#53 ·
am just giving some advices to rewatch it right
u can hear all joe rogan's voice there
theres a time there when machida counterd shogun


joe rogan: ohh counter by shogun
goldberg:nice kick by machida joe
joe rogan: sorry nice counter by machida
:confused:
 
#36 ·
I thought he was winning yes, but even if you don't saw him winning you have to accept that this was an even fight.

but people don't wanna accept that for some akward reasons lol.. they say it was a destruction and obviously have no clue whatsoever.

Also go troll somebody else, thanks!
 
#39 ·
Interesting statistic, but not that impressive when you consider the competition and circumstances. I also dont believe he will beat Couture.

And Shogun clearly (in my opinion anyway) beat Machida in the first fight. Watching it without audio doesnt change that.
 
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