okay, i finally got around to watching this fight on my DVR (yeah, i know i’m a bit late), but i literally see no way anyone could say Machida won that fight, unless the UFC mandates that to take a title, you need to finish the fight. i honestly thought Machida got rd 3, but that was it. and i thought Shogun had a 10-8 rd 4…so it shoulda been 49-45, at least in my eyes…
blame the judges - they got some whack judging…seriously. They need to have judges that are actually familiar w/ MMA. Glad to see Shogun back to his regular self though:P
As for the fight, I’m a big Machida fan (and I like Shogun as well) but Machida should have lost. He won the third round from all I saw. I was very surprised to see him win the fight. Either way, Machida’s code is cracked, and I’m glad Shogun is the old Shogun again.