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Sam_Rothstein
Belt Contender
Career record: 211-124
Season: 59-31 (#877)
Location: Iowa/Minnesota/California
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Posted by BIGKAT
Posted by Sam_Rothstein
Dana knew what he was doing
He sent tito off with a lack luster 3 round decision loss. im sure everyone knew exactly what machida was gonna do and he did it. He didnt make too many fans in the process but its another win on his record.
I disagree... Machida actually gained a fan because I enjoyed his watching his elusive style while still damaging tito...and showing that he was stronger than tito..IMO, he manhandled tito in every aspect of the fight... just like I picked that he would... :)
im almost positive everyone picked machida to win by UD, in this sport its hard to find a gaurantee'd winner. Machida by UD is though
I know he gained a lot of die hard fans, but die hard fans dont really help ppv sales. There are gonna be about 10,000 people who are just like you who will love to see his next fight. The other 990,000 fans who buy the ppv might look at another way to spend there $45 though
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Post #16 5/26/08 6:12:31PM
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BIGKAT
MMA Regular
Career record: 161-106
Season: 31-25 (#4597)
Location: World Wide
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Oh, just because I was impessed with his fight against Ortiz, doesn't mean that I'd buy a PPV based on the fact that Machida was fighting. hardly. :) But as you can tell by my avatar, seeing Ortiz get whupped on is my pleasure! And seeing Ortiz about to cry after the Machida loss was icing on the cake...LOL
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Post #17 6/1/08 1:42:21PM
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BlueSkiesBurn
MMA Regular
Career record: 35-31
Season: 19-18 (#5896)
Location: Bakersfield, CA
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I, personally, will respectfully disagree. I love watching the technician that is Machida. People forget, or at least it hasn't been brought up, that this was not Machida's first tangle with a "big name." He has beaten Rich Franklin as well as B.J. Penn. In my opinion, Lyoto is the next big thing in the Light Heavyweight division. He is a very elusive fighter and can drain his opponent's energy. He may not be exciting to watch from a purely "showmanship" angle, but I enjoy watching his fights. I would rather watch a technician at work for 3 rounds than that joke of a fight between Jardine and Silva. I know we all love the great knockouts but let's be honest with ourselves, anyone who loves the sport of MMA loves the skill and passion it takes to be a fighter. Machida displays all of that in his fights. I would buy another pay-per-view just to watch him fight.
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Post #18 6/1/08 3:50:06PM
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I know I can't believe he didn't win but with Lyoto using his game plan as expertly as he did it's hard not to lose!
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Post #19 6/4/08 12:13:46PM
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BlueSkiesBurn
MMA Regular
Career record: 35-31
Season: 19-18 (#5896)
Location: Bakersfield, CA
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This becomes somewhat off topic because we are now pretty removed from this fight, but I'm growing real f*cking tired of the Machida bashers on these forums. Okay, I get it. You think he's boring. I LOVE watching Fedor and A Silva but those main events on July 19th were a joke. Between the two of them they fought for a combined 1:37 seconds. That's the effin' main event!?!??! I'll watch a Machida fight any day over a 1:01 main event and a 36 second main event. I'm not nutthugging Machida by any means but I enjoy a serious MMA competition between a fighter who doesn't just destroy his opponent and an opponent who tries as they might to mount something and it works or it doesn't. It pushes the pace of the action and ensures that I receive my hard earned $50 bucks. 2 minute knockouts seriously piss me off when I've spent great money to watch the fight. I was happy Fedor and Silva won but extremely pissed that I waited all night to watch the both of them and the fights were over before I could get off the phone with my girlfriend who was at the store trying to buy beer for the fight. That's right, I sent her! 'Cause I don't move during MMA competition. Shit, I was still on the phone telling her to get a case of Stella when Fedor choked him out. I told her I was pissed and to just get a bottle to cure my pain. Even though Arlovski dominated Big Ben that was a much better fight than Sylvia and Fedor!!!!
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Post #20 7/27/08 4:33:51AM
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casey64
MMA Sensei
Career record: 167-101
Season: 56-33 (#2133)
Location: Football Field
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DAMN!!!!
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Post #21 7/30/08 8:28:00PM
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