Los Angeles - Mauricio (Shogun) Rua proved Lyoto Machida is human. And perhaps some will feel Machida also a little lucky after his narrow escape at UFC 104.
Machida, a 6-1 favourite, survived a five-round assault from his Brazilian countryman Saturday night, retaining his light-heavyweight mixed martial arts title.
Rua, UFC president Dana White and a large portion of the 16,000 crowd at the Staples Center thought the challenger had done enough to win. Not surprisingly, Machida sided with the three judges over what was an entertaining, technical fight.
"There's three judges and all three judges had a unanimous decision that I won the fight," the 31-year-old said later through an interpreter. "I wasn't the one that called the fight, the judges did."
All three judges scored it 48-47 or three rounds to two for Machida (16-0). Their decision drew boos from many in the crowd. Two of the three judges gave Machida the first three rounds and Rua (18-4) the last two.
Machida escapes UFC 104 with title belt in tact
- Published on October 26th, 2009
- Published on December 29th, 2009
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Mauricio (Shogun) Rua proved Lyoto Machida is human. And perhaps some will feel Machida also a little lucky after his narrow escape at UFC 104.
Machida, a 6-1 favourite, survived a five-round assault from his Brazilian countryman Saturday night, retaining his light-heavyweight mixed martial arts title.
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