The Official Machida Sub-forum

[Jason Drake]

Originally Posted by SensitiveSusan

It's easy to sit on our couches and call the shots of how they should do it on tv. However what we see and what they see are 2 different things, Machida probably didn't know what the hell Ortiz was doing and strafed to get a better idea. He most likely didn't realize that his knee to the body did that kind of damage. We get endless angles from high and low that they don't get when they are right in eachothers faces. You must remember that. In every fight we always see something they don't, and if they was watching us fight from their tvs then they would see the same thing. Machida isn't a coward as we all know, and if he thought he could put you away he would. He must have been confused as to what Ortiz was doing.

you really should check names and sigs before you post crap like that .and in your statement you basically are saying that machida cant/doest react well or have good opponant cage awareness ..I was speaking from experience see 19 second ko ..from basically the exact same situation ..my opp took a sloppy shot I caught him with a knee to the gut grabbed a thai clinch gave 2 more knees to the chin tossed him on his back and finished with elbows ...had machida done that too NO THREAD !!

[Jason Drake]

Originally Posted by Saku_4_life

you are right, there was a gif out there somewer in wich a guy faked he was hurt by a body shot and when the other guys rushed in for the finish he punched him in the face and it was all over, machida is smarter than that... especally against a vet (like him or not) like tito.

that was scott smith and Drago I spoke to scott shortly after that fight at another event he said his rib was seperated with the shot he took and the unch he threw was out of desperation it just happened to land ..if you watch the KO he's too hunched over in pain to even do anything else after the one punch ..

[justfight]

Originally Posted by shinwaLEO

no, mr miyagi finishes fights

How true...

[Jason Drake]

Originally Posted by espyking83

wtf.a fighter gets on here and gives a pretty legitimate statement which is factual and you come at him like that.machida is absolutely brilliant in what he does,it just fucking sucks to watch it.i love technique,but machida is boring period.people want to see ko's and submissions,or atleast entertaining decisions.not an ice skater that is flashy for a brief time.

thanks for your support ..

[B-dog]

Machida is boring...end of story.

Is he hard to beat up? Yes.

Is he exciting to watch? NO!

[B-dog]

Machida is boring...end of story.

Is he hard to beat up? Yes.

Is he exciting to watch? NO!

[bzrkr]

Originally Posted by shinwaLEO

no, mr miyagi finishes fights

more like "Hollywood" finishes fights

[jrdenn]

Originally Posted by Saku_4_life

I dont think you can compare machida to cung lee because no one that i ever saw fighting cung lee ever tried to take him down, what the elvis sinosic fight, elvis is a grappler and he stood with cung lee, machida played his game against grapplers and strikers avoided their takedows or when he went down with them defended them well, cung lee puts on a good show... but he is no where near doing what machida does.

backpedaling is going back, machida circles his oponnents and strikes when their guard is down, he avoids takedowns very well and he can takedown people without using what most fighters do on takedowns, and thats his key feature: he surprises everybody because no one trained for what he does, tma with bjj and sumo!

machida his complete, uses a style that could easily be transfered into self defense or "street fighting" and so far he is all w's i know most of you probably prefer slugfests but you just have to look at tank abbot these days and see whats left...

there will never be a division full of machidas, so far he is unique, diferent style, diferent aproach, but even if there was it would be still a lot better than a division full with lnp'ers, wall and staller's, etc.

machida to lhw title by ufc 90

I'm referring to the striking style .. in my opinion Machida is a poor man's Cung Le

Rooting for Machida is like rooting for a baseball team that bunts every at bat but occassionally hits a double.

[T-Diddy]

I think Machida would kick Mr. Miyagi's ass though

[jrdenn]

Originally Posted by dangotti

LOL.. he is still and idiot.. all he did was rant.. ok.. he is a vet in what? war? fighting, he is a profesional fighter? or a vet in posting at forums? LOL.. you hit him with the flying Machida Knee.. FINISH HIM!!!!! LOL

no .. he heals sick pets