the worst decision ever

That was bull s**t shogun won that fight all 5 rounds

deep down you know shogun is still a dangerous opponent for anyone in the LHW division

I think machida was too nervous because it was the first time he defended the title.
Anyway Shogun it's a great fighter

Mashida picked him apart and overwhelmed Shogun. Strike per strike Mashida crucified Rua. True mma fans will see past appearances and grasp Mashida's subtle performance.

brettsky2002 a true mma fan knows his name is machida not mashida.... Stupid! but Rua did pick apart Machida this whole fight and he won every round by points. Does anyone smell Jackson Vs. Griffin all over again. Boycott the UFC!!!! Except when alves, thiago silva, anderson silva, wanderlei silva are fighting. From this day forward the UFC is for the birds.

worst decision ever, they just didnt want to change champions again, reminds me of boxing, shogun clearly won every round maybe the 3rd was a 10-10 round but even then shogun won every round other then that....bs.

worst decision!! shogun WIN

I thought matchida was going to win that fight in a very dominating performance and shogun came out landing leg kicks body kicks knees and clearly won that fight. All punches and kickes landed by shogun were harder then matchida and he clearly controled the fight all five rounds. If you disagree you must be a shogun hater he put on a stellar performane and who did Dana walk straight up to after the fight and say great fight. Is this why Dana wants Brock to fight fedor so if fedor fights to desocion they can give it to fedor. Shogun is the champ in the minds of anyone who watched that fight so even tho it was a bs call I think I can live with it. Matchida era was over before it started. Shogun vs Anderson now. Anderson is scared after seeing his boy lose.

Meant if fedor fought they would give it to Brock in desision. Prolly don't gotta worry cus fedor would drop Brock in the first round.

i will never watch the Ultimate Fixed Championship again. how does forrest griffin win the belt against rampage for fighting the same way shogun fought machida? great fight but leave it to the judges to f@&k it up. funny how joe rogan was talking about the judges scoring fights wrong all night. your welcome dana for the $50 now use that and everyone else's money to invest in better judges!

there is no way machida could of won that fight in any means. rua wooped that a**. he still looked fresh n the 5th round. machida looked like bruce lee in the first and in the 5th his legs were soo stiff. rua clearly won that fight. ill give it to machida he MAYBE might have won a round but def. not 4 more. i have no clue what fight the judges and yall machida lovers were watchin but please end the hype about this guy. overated and a boring a#$ fighter. only time i ever thought ufc could have been fixed

In my view, the legs are worth less than blows to higher up the body. machida's legs took a beating but you can't falt him for being made of flesh .. it's a bruise nothing more... did Machida's head ever rattle? Who got the better of the knees in all honesty? You can't value lower body strikes so highly. The rest of the grappling was a moot point. He hardly lost his footing, barring the slip which he neutralizes. Compustrike will settle a good deal of this dispute. Machida dissapointed me, but this decision was fair. Shogun will have victorious rematch. Fair is Fair.

rua didnt win 5 out of 5!!! if you think he did then your pissed!!! in all honesty the fight was a draw..they both did damage at different points. shogun kicked all the time. it was too repetitive! machida deffo was nervous coz of the first defense, but the rematch wont be the same and you all know this! Dana White confirmed on Twitter (i follow him haha) he said they have both agreed to a rematch...so watch this space.

this decision really makes me not want to the ufc anymore, that outcome was so outrageous that it made me want to think it was rigged there no way that shogun should have lost that fight.

I lost all faith in the UFC. Machida didnt fight that bad, he faught the same way he always does its just Rua countered his style perfectly. I said before the fight if anyone can beat Machida its Rua. Rua was the aggresser, he hit him more and he didnt have a mark on him while Machida`s legs and body were brused his face was cut up and he limped out. When a whole areana boo`s a descision somethings wrong.Just like Hamil vs Bisbing they gave the fight to the person that they invested the most money into in regards to marketing.

Can I Just Say I used to be a part time mma judge and there is a big sheet full of ways you can score points from leg kick, to take downs,to punch, combo's, ect list goes on..and when filling out the sheet machida won.. he dominated punchs and he stuffed all takedowns rua had.. points machida ahead already.. and in those exchanges punch's he rocked rua a few times. Now on Rua side he scored lots of points for leg kicks.. but leg kicks hurt and dont finish fights, they hurt ALOT...Alot but dont finish fights.. and wen thats all you have favour you lose, you can see in the punch exchange rua was scared and wanted no part in that, but.. Thats how it is dont leave it up the judges.. Awesome Fight though Rua Great Fighter.

Think I'll take a break from ufc and watch strikeforce for a while. See if there judges are better

I wanted to see Machida win, but not that way!! He could'nt even honestly answer Joe rogan when he was asked if he agreed with the judges desion. If he thought he won he would of said hell yeah, but he did'nt. Even he knew he lost the fight. I feel bad for these guys. It's not their fault the judges are completly clueless. They should have judges re-evaluated, every single one of them.

Anyone who has a fan and student of mma could see that Rua won this fight. While it wasn't totally lopsided he was clearly tactically better than Machida, did more damage and controlled most of the flow of the fight. Machida did land a few good shots, but Rua landed more. Its ironic that a Machida shill is on here posting about how they are a judge and how leg kicks don't finish fight. Well you obviously haven't watched mma because Machida has made a living off scoring leg kicks and boring up fights to a leg kick decision.

ITS BULLs**t HE LOST...1ST TIME IVE SEEN BOXING MATCH SCORING AT UFC FIGHT

Isnt ceasal peoples a boxing judge?

Only legs kick isnt enough to get the title.....

Shogun ribs could say something too.....a DRAW..

and nice fight...

I bet 260$ for a win to Shogun on desicion

I will bet any as hol out their that is a shogun fanadic, if their is a remach aginst machida, machida is going to win so dont talk until the fat lady sing bliaach!! so all you sor loosers will see, belive he will win.My boy was just nervis.

In regards to buddy who says leg kicks and body kicks dont win fights thats one of the stupidist things I ever heard. Have you never watched the old pedro rizzo or Bus Rutton fights. Even forest griffin when he beat Rampage. If that was a FIGHT TO THE FINISH Rua was well on his way to killing the Dragon. Not much you can do when all your punching power and agility come from the legs and body. And El jef I like both fighters you dont have to be a Shogun fanattic to see who won the fight. Your sayin making excuses for Machida saying he was just nervous. Your the one that sounds a little bios. Strong minds win fights and Machida has a strong mind but Rua prevailled. Do you think Rua wasn`t nervous too.

all in all shogun shouldve got this one...really

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It is clear to majority of the people in the chat room shogun won the fight. He controlled the tempo; Machida did his little explosions with little damage. Shogun had the more power strikes and striked more often. He was the aggressor the whole fight were Machida had his little 2 second of attack each round. Round 3 is the ONLY round that machida could and probable should of won other then that shogun all the way!!! even dana white said so lol lol

Dana said he thought rua won the fight and there will be a rematch prolly bothof there next fights. I'm curios what matchida would do to stop those kicks. I'm not sure what he could have changed during the fightbut I heard Anderson went to his locker room after the fight and told him what he did wrong. That scares me when there gonna rematch cuz you don't know if what the spider told him would have affected the fight to much considering the first Anderson vs Franklin fight Franklin lost fixed his mistakes in the second fight and still got dominated. I think matchida vs rua two would be same basic concept. Matchida has the belt and no one thinks he should have it so he will look to put rua to sleep. Finally we got to see matchida take a punch and he handeld it well. Sry for acting 4 earlier

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ok first things first...i really thought shogun was gonna get handled this fight...thought he was gonna try to go all wild and crazy...but he stuck to his game plan and did very well. I do believe shogun shocked everybody...but to be honest i dont think he won the fight. The fight itself was super close and 1 thing i know for sure those kicks must of hurt, but everytime shogun hit him...machida always answered back. I gave first 3 rounds to machida and last 2 rounds to shogun. Everybody hating on Machida right now...but honestly he hasnt done anything wrong...if anything u guys should be mad at the judges. Also...i know u guys think u guys know everything about mma and all...but there are many things u guys dont know. Seriously the only reason most of u guys think shogun won the fight is because of the damm announcers talkin during the fight...but how many of u actually take the time to sit there and count how many strikes are thrown and how many are landed by each fighter? Im sure that 98% of u folks there dont do that. So seriously...some of u people just have to learn to keep ur mouth shut. For example, brettsky2002..."mashida" crucified shogun strike per strike? ROFL! this fool sounds like he didnt even watch the fight! Either that or hes a bigger moron than steve mazzagatti. there was no crucifying of any sort in that fight. Morons like that just love to talk stupid. This is also for u folks out there saying shogun "wooped his ass"! ARE YOU GUYS KIDDIN ME?! the fight went to decision! which means nobody wooped anybody's ass...it was a damm close fight. Sometimes is funny to read these comments...but sometimes its just like "wtf?! r u really that retarded?!" seriously guys...disappoints me to see how dumb these folks can be...mma could of been much much more if the fans weren't so retarded...

There were many unanswered kicks from shogun to matchida. Matchida outlanded matchida everyround one round even three times more then matchida. Ceasal peoples said he scored the fight based on the punches landed my matchida and not the leg kicks which I believe is ludacris since this is mma and not boxing. Compare the damage from matchidas punches to those of shoguns kicks and who did more damage? Yea rua got robbed but more importantly he showed how to beat matchida so I believe the matchida era to be over very soon. We also so matchida in somewhat of a war and how good of a punch he can take cuz rua landed a solid right and matchida took it well.

man u guys...seriously sad to see how many folks out there try to comment like they know something...but in the end they cant even get a name right...lol