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[quote]swivel wrote:
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[quote]kaisermetal wrote:
[quote]punchedbear wrote:
They never really wanted him for anything more than 1-2 fights to promote. It was pretty much an unstated thing that once he lost he was gone. He will be fine though. Smaller orgs will pay for his name to be on the card.
Was glad for shogun. He got robbed in the first one and this kinda makes up for it. Machida ends up being a huge loser in these two fights. The first one he handled very poorly. I didnt expect him to admit the loss but he was so arrogant about it that you wanted him to get his ass kicked. Shogun handled it like a professional and didnt whine about it but went out and made it right.[/quote]
He wasn’t arrogant, he was professional. You expect him to say what? Oh here, take my belt i lost the fight.
FUCK what the fans think, it’s about keeping your belt anyway possible.
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I expect him to not act like a dickhead and be arrogant about it. He knows he lost that fight. I didnt expect him to just hand over his belt or even admit that he lost but you dont act like you are the fucking greatest thing ever when you just got your ass kicked and the judges fucked it up.[/quote]
There’s a lot of hate for Machida out there I really don’t understand. Hate for guys like Tito, Kos, Sanchez, & A.Silva i get but Machida an “Arrogant” “Dickhead”… really ?
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When you put yourself up as the old school Karate respect or martial artists you better act like it and have honor. He has not acted in that manner since that fight. Guys like Tito or Kos dont say they are martial artists with respect they admit they are assholes. Its just Machida was a hypocrite and people dont like it.
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Ok but i must be missing something…
since they set the rematch pretty much instantly I think that "Whenever he wants. I’ll Try again. No Problem " is the only pure “post fight” comment from Machida. All subsequent comments from both sides I put into the “pre fight” category and pretty much ignore.
Machida fans are pretty annoying in the same way that Bruce Lee fans are annoying and I think that brings alot of hate…the rest of the hate for him has got to be displaced hate for Rogan or something 'cause he (machida) seems like a class act to me and brings alot more to the sport than most.