Lyoto Machida defeats Mauricio Shogun in UFC 104

Winner: Lyoto Machida defeats Mauricio "Shogun" Rua via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) after five rounds to remain UFC light heavyweight champion.

Wow. The crowd boos the decision.

Machida evaded the question on whether he thought he deserved the decision, saying all three judges said he earned the victory. But he was open to a rematch.

"Whenever," Machida said. "Whenever he wants, I try again. No problem."

"My corner told me that I was winning all the rounds," Rua said through an interpreter after the loss. "I feel like I won this fight, but a fight is a fight. What can I do."

There are several things to take away from this. Firstly, this was Mauricio Rua's best performance in a long, long time, and he deserves a rematch.

Secondly, this illustrates that perhaps Machida has earned a little bit of champion's favoritism, in that he needs to be completely dominated or finished in order to lose. If Machida and Shogun were two midcarders fighting, would Machida still have won that decision? Or was he given the benefit of the doubt due to not being finished or seriously rocked?

Lastly -- are leg and body kicks given enough credit on scorecards? Shogun didn't attack Machida's head very much, but after a full 25 minutes of successfully going after the legs and body, was he hurting his score purely due to that strategy? Does somebody need to knock Machida out cold in order to get credit for winning the standup battle?

I'm interested in your thoughts, so fire away.

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[cuminthrewwitdastrap]

i've been watching UFC since i was 14 and im 21 now after seeing this fight i might just stop supporting and stop watching UFC. WHAT A GOD DAMM DISGRACE. how can you rob a grown man on live tv and get away with it. and I'm a machida fan. WTF man

[RedShogun13]

Sure he "lost". But he beat Lyoto Machida. The faster you Machida nuthuggers accept that the better off you'll be.

[MrShadows86]

@khairuleven He didn't let Jones get the the title he had no choice... Jones looked like he was fighting a little girl ... so there is zero chance of him ever getting the title back he is done.

[paulbalison]

I fucking hate this song.

[khairuleven]

i became shoguns fan after this fight.i am a fan of both.but i like shogun a little more.unfortunately he is not serious after his fight with machida.he let that bone jones get his title.but maybe its because of his knee injury.i hope real shogun will beat jones after this.

[MrJudzey]

@bjapan96 Shogun tends to tire himself out a bit so you're right. Machida's very defensive so he'd last longer but I don't think he's got as much of a chance of victory as shogun.

[MrJudzey]

Shogun was immense in this fight but Machida's defence made shogun unable to get at his head, although Machida controlled the fight using this defence the judges should've seen that Machida would tire out from all the body blows eventually. Shogun's just unstoppable. Machida was immovable. I think hit for hit and stylistically shogun won though.

[whostolecarlosrox]

Shogun is fuckin' overrated and he didn't win shit. Even his actual win against Machida was just a fluke. With people putting ideas into Machida's head that he lost the first time it doesn't surprise me he felt immense pressure fighting Shogun the hasbeen (or never was in my opinion) which led to his loss. Shogun just got a lucky hit in the second fight.

And Machida clearly won the first fight. Watch it without jumping on the overrated Shogun bandwagon and you'll see who won the fight.

[PEDROTBRAGA]

Na boa até um tempo eu admirava o Shogun, mas vejo que o Lyoto é muito melhor. Shogun deu sorte na 2º luta. E na moral Lyoto vai arrebentar aquele mala do Jones. Ele vai ver o que lutador de verdade, e não lutador de Video Game.

Vamos lá Lyoto, Guarulhos está com você.

[bjapan96]

@RedShogun13 i wonder who would last longer with jones

no disrespect against shogun cuz hes beast but i think lyoto will still last longer

[vocaltalent1]

@ufc20mma you're right. Things happen, like OSU winning the Tournament. Later.