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Originally Posted by Thrice
maybe you should watch it again, Ive seen the fight a few times and it was really no where to being close.
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haha
I'll just laugh. I have argued this over and over on the martial arts forums. Most people hold your opinion. Even the fight metric that scores the striking
Machida-Shogun
has Rua way ahead. I think Machida's unusual strikes are hard for people to realize he is landing them.
It was close, no doubt. I could see a close decision either way, but Rua did not run away with that fight. Many times Machida would land a 3 strike combo or counter Rua's kick, and Joe Rogan would say "Man, Rua is really landing these kicks!" I was yelling at my TV.
Anyway, we have to agree to disagree. I think the fightmetric is just wrong. It didn't count all of Machida's srtikes