Rematch will give Machida an advantage for sure.

1st three rounds Machida won...watch the video.. This was a perfect fight for Shogun, Ive never seen him more technical and careful in his approach. MAchida will learn from this.

 

Someone needs to break it down for me punch for punch , kicks for kicks and knee by knee and tell me how Shogun won the first three rounds on video.

The third was the closest and Machida won the biggest exchange of the fight in that round.

You guys are so shocked by Shogun performing so well that you forgot they score this by rounds

 

Or not.....Maybe Machida won't be as confident next time and Shogun will be less nervous. And since Machida has been using the same gameplan for years , Shogun should have no problems in the rematch...

Thing is , i doubt Shogun will get a rematch anytime soon.

 

I take it you missed the biggest shot of the night that shogun landed at the end of round 3? Just admit that you had Machida winning the first three rounds before they even started.

 

Shogun won 2 of the 3 rounds then he won round 4. By round 5 machida needed a KO or sub to win the fight. Shogun was robbed and everbody knew it. I watch the fight in a sports bar and when the winner was announce we booed just like the crowd in LA did. Shogun won the fight

 

Correction. You mean this is advantage Shogun. He just went 5 rounds and landed his shots with hardly no problem at all against a man that is noted for incredible elusiveness. Probably the best in MMA. Shogun now has 25 mins of experience with him and now has MUCH better insight to the Machida playbook. Shogun is not a stupid fighter that's gonna come in and look for a KO. He's experienced and knows exactly what to do and will probably have an even better GP next time. Shogun at ABSOLUTELY no point in the fight even seemed uncomfortable. The man trained his ass off for everything Machida had and had him well scouted. Advantage mentally FOR SHOGUN. NOT MACHIDA. HE KNEW HE LOST. You assuming Shogun will come in looking for a KO is absurd & ridiculous. Are you a fortune teller or something?

 

http://fightmetric.com/fights/Machida-Shogun.html

Here.
Shogun was more aggressive, landed more, attempted more takedowns, was the aggressor the whole fight.
Machida did not win a single round. Every single time he landed ANYTHING Shogun replied. There was ONE instance where Machida clearly out landed Shogun landed 3 strikes and a knee only to be answered with a right to a temple. Rest of the shite punches Machida through CLEARLY landed on the block which do not count in either damage nor as a statistic for judges.

 

It will favor Machida because all he needs to do is find an answer for the leg kick and come better prepared. The fact that Machida had no answer in the leg kick early on, slowed him down and it showed later in the fight, which made it easier for Shogun to connect. Shogun fought the perfect fight though, really determined... he fought as good as he could against Machida, IMO.

 

Definitely agree.
Shogun won, but his "weakness" has not be exposed so how can he possibly make his plan better? Yet, Machida has a chance to adapt and train appropriately to match Shogun. Shogun would have no way of telling what to expect next fight.

 

1 - Machida (the knees and stuffing takedowns gives him the edge)
2 - Machida (again, with stuffing td's and equal attacking gives slight edge to Lyoto)
3 - Shogun (the prep work with chopping the legs fully takes effect and Shogun steps it up while Machida slows down)
4 - Shogun (more of the same)
5 - Shogun (more of the same)

Shogun clearly won the rounds I score for him, whilst Machida narrowly won his.

 

How is stuffing a takedown = points? If anything it just gives Shogun the aggression kudos.

 

Aggression is nice.... of course, if nothing comes of it, then what is it worth really?

A thousand punches that miss completely counts for something? How?