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Originally Posted by Triple
Classic fight. Controversial decision, but one of the most technical stand-up battles I've ever seen in MMA. On points I had Shogun winning, but I think Machida landed the harder blows throughout the fight (contrary to Rogan's commentary). Especially in the earlier rounds, when Machida connected, Shogun went down. I'm a huge fan of both guys so a win for either would have been fine by me.
White is already talking about an immediate rematch. This could become another BJ/GSP or Silva/Cro Cop type thing... very close first fights with a total spanking on the second go.
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Yeah, early on I had Machida winning, but the last three rounds he had no legs because of all those leg kicks... Honestly, the bar I was at erupted in favor of the decision, but there were a lot of people walking away calling BS. I don't know exactly how the judges score these fights and I don't have their POV, but from what I saw, it was clear that Shogun won.
Just as many people were bitching about how the fight went down too. Personally, I thought it was the best fight I've seen recently. Yeah, it wasn't especially exiciting and climactic, but it was technically impressive.