Machida retains belt!
After watching UFC 104, I knew there was going to be a boat load of people talking trash on the Machida/Shogun decision. And sure enough fighters around the world were saying that “Shogun was robbed”, “he deserves a rematch”, “the judges are blind”, and “it’s simple math.” I must admit, even after I watched the fight the first time I was thinking that Machida was really lucky getting the decision.
That all changed though when I watched the fight again on mute. I noticed during the fight that Rogan and Goldberg continuously highlighted all of Shugon’s hits and minimized the talk of Machida. I think this was unintentional and completely due to the fact that the commentators were not used to seeing Machida get hit at all. Nevertheless, it was bias. After watching the fight on mute, you can easily see how Machida won the first three rounds.
I understand that I’m not a professional or a judge, so take my opinion for what you will. But if you disagree, watch the fight muted before you call me crazy.
Dana White thought that Shogun won the fight and since he was unhappy with the decision he immediately scheduled a rematch. Somehow that doesn’t seem fair to me. There are a ton of other fighters out there that deserve a chance. Randy Couture was calling out Machida and I think that fight would be amazing. However, on May 1st, 2010, we get to see Machida/Shogun 2. War Machida.
