Posts Tagged ‘Rua’
It all comes down to this.MMA Live: 5-13-10
Saturday, May 15th, 2010
MMA Live has the post-fight reaction from UFC 113. What does the future hold for Paul Daley? Strikeforce heavyweights Alistair Overeem and Brett Rogers stop by in advance of their title fight. Din Thomas checks in before taking on Ricardo Mayorga
Duration : 0:27:12
MMA XL PRESENTS: HOW SHOGUN DEFEATED MACHIDA’S KARATE
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Seven-time karate champion João Gilherme Bendly, was responsible for mimicking Lyoto Machida’s fighting style as a sparring partner for Shogun Rua.
In an interview with www.Tatame.com, Bendly said the following.
I memorized Lyoto from the top to the bottom so that I can impose myself in front of Shogun, because what he needed was the karates timing, the defense techniques of Lyoto. This timing is different and requires years of practice in Karate and thats exactly what he needs. I adapted my game to Lyotos and did what he does in front of Shogun to do this specific training.”
I think that Lyoto wont change much his style because its been working very well for him. You cant change ten years of practice in four months. I guess he will still be defensive since hes really good at it, counter attacking. He may work on this timing and be more prepared just as Shogun. But I think Shogun will win.”
“I think it will be like the last fight, the kicks from Shogun are certain and I think this fight will be aggressive, rather than the previous one.”
Here’s some of the footage.
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Duration : 0:5:33
UFC 113: POST-FIGHT RECAP WITH THE MMA ANALYST
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Congrats to the New UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua!
Duration : 0:17:55
MMA Live Weigh-In Special
Saturday, May 8th, 2010
MMA Live UFC 113 weigh-in special from MontrealThe MMA Analyst Presents: The Machida Error
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Pro fighters who thought Shogun won:
- Anthony Johnson (post-fight conference)
- Joe Stevenson (post-fight conference)
- Cain Velasquez (post-fight conference)
- Shane Carwin (via Twitter)
“great night of fights. further proof you have to finish as the judges just can’t score MMA”
- Denis Kang (via Twitter)
“Shogun got robbed last night IMO.”
- Efrain Escudero (via Twitter)
“I’m sorry but shogun won that fight easy”
- Kenny Florian (via Twitter)
“I love Machida but Shogun won that fight!!”
- Joe Lauzon (via Twitter)
“I think Shogun won it.”
- Frank Trigg
“he [Shogun] got robbed, was looking 4 don king”
- Roy Nelson
“I just lost $5 on shogun, I am mad, shogun won 4 rounds to 1″
- Joe Doerkson
“Shogun won four rounds out of five … I am disgusted.”
- Brendan Schaub
“Shogun won that fight.”
- Jorge Gurgel
“Wow. I was cheering for Machida, but believe Shogun just got robbed… That is the very worst feeling in the world.”
- BJ Penn (via Facebook)
“Did Shogun win? yeah.”
- Rampage Jackson (via his website)
“Shogun getting robbed like that was pretty cut throat”
- Jon Jones (via Twitter)
“Watched it again this morning and still just saying wow. I guess the next guy might just need to bring a sword”
- Ben Henderson (via Twitter)
“To me that was a bad decision. Rua was more active and the aggressor.”
- Kit Cope (via Twitter)
“What?!?! That was the worst robbery I have seen in the UFC ever!!!”
- Jake Shields (via Twitter)
“Even though Shogun should have won that fight!”
- Miguel Torres (via Twitter)
“Shogun is back. Very impressed, Muay Thai 1, Karate 0.”
- Cameron Dollar? (via Twitter)
“Man the ufc judging tonight was garbage”
- Jay Silva (via Twitter)
“Ufc 104 was okay rua won the fight but u all know u gotta bit the camp 2 be a champ, but wht about the rampage fight hmmmm”
- Matt Brown (via Twitter)
“Shogun def robbed, but after a 2nd watch it was closer than I thought at first. I gave Machida rd 1 & MAYBE rd 3. Just my two cents…”
- Tiki Ghosn (via Twitter)
“Karate doesn’t work against Muay Thai”
- Frank Shamrock (via Twitter)
“Shogun won that fight”
- Antonio Silva
- Vitor Belfort (TATAME.com)
“UFC judges arent good to judge. To beat the champion, you only have to win, it doesnt matter how.”
- Rickson Gracie (according to Shogun)
- Randy Couture
“Shogun won 4 rounds.”
- Wanderlei Silva (training partner)
“he [Machida] did not do enough to win the fight”
- Rashad Evans (MMA Live)
- Marcus Jones (MMA Live)
- Dave Meltzer
- Tito Ortiz (MMA Connected)
“I gave 4 of 1 rounds to Shogun as well.”
MMA journalists and websites:
FightMetric: 49-47 Rua
CompuStrike: Rua outlanded Machida 89-50 in Total Strikes landed including 73 Leg Strikes landed. Rua dominated the fight and did just about everything he needed to do to beat the undefeated Machida, including outlanding Machida in every round, but apparently it wasn’t enough for the judges.
Yahoo Sports / Cagewriter: 48-47 Rua
BloodyElbow : 48-47 Rua
USAToday: 48-47 Rua, 49-46 Rua
Savage Science: 49-46 Rua
ESPN / Jake Rossen: 49-46 or 48-47 Rua
MMA Fanhouse / Michael David Smith: 48-47 Rua
411mania.com: 48-47 Rua
CagePotato: 49-46 Rua
MMATorch : 48-47 Rua
MMAJunkie : 49-46 or 48-47 Rua
MMAMania : 50-45 Rua
5 Ounces of Pain : Rua (no score given)
Fightlinker : Rua (no score given)
MMAConvert: Rua (”Machida was given a gift”)
ProMMA.Info: 50-45 Rua
Sherdog:
Jordan Breen — 48-47 Rua
Brian Knapp — 48-47 Rua
Mike Fridley — 50-45 Rua
Sports Illustrated (thanks jamers):
Ben Fowlkes – Rua (”They say you have to clearly beat the champion if you want to take his belt. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua seemed to have done just that at UFC 104 on Saturday night, but the mere fact that UFC light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida was still conscious at the end was apparently enough for the judges to give him the victory”)
Joss Gross: 48-47 Rua
MMARising / Robert Sargeant (thanks TheEnigma): 49-46 Rua
FightLine: 49-46 Rua (thanks karatelarusso)
Loretta Hunt (thanks On Letting Go): Rua (”I am very disappointed in the decision. Very upsetting. The sport owes Mauricio “Shogun” Rua a big apology.”)
TATAME (thanks Radamantis): “Maurício Shogun Rua was the underdog, but the 2005 Pride GP champion surprised everybody with a perfect strategy and performance, dominating three out of five rounds against Lyoto Machida, but losing by unanimous decision (48-47).”
Duration : 0:22:19
A tough card!