Comments on: Lyoto Machida, Newest UFC Champion! http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/05/lyoto-machida-newest-ufc-champion/ Asian American Intellectualism, Activism, and Literature Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:55:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jaehwan http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/05/lyoto-machida-newest-ufc-champion/#comment-1588 jaehwan Fri, 07 May 2010 06:08:34 +0000 http://www.bigwowo.com/?p=1720#comment-1588 Machida-Rua II coming up. The last one was very close. I don't feel like making a separate post today, but I'll predict that Machida KO's Rua in Round 4 or 5. I think this one will go to KO. It could go either way, but my money is on Machida. He's too smart to make the same mistakes twice. Machida-Rua II coming up. The last one was very close. I don’t feel like making a separate post today, but I’ll predict that Machida KO’s Rua in Round 4 or 5. I think this one will go to KO. It could go either way, but my money is on Machida. He’s too smart to make the same mistakes twice.

]]> By: jaehwan http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/05/lyoto-machida-newest-ufc-champion/#comment-1587 jaehwan Fri, 29 May 2009 05:57:24 +0000 http://www.bigwowo.com/?p=1720#comment-1587 Cung Le in the Octagon would be awesome. Something that Joe Rogan mentioned in the Machida fight was that the UFC's level of striking is generally <i>inferior</i> to that of professional karate, K-1, and all those other big tournaments. It would be excellent to see how Cung Le could do against Anderson Silva. Silva has been unchallenged in his last few fights, and if Dana has to bring in someone to challenge him, I think it's a good move. Cung Le talks about a Silva fight here: http://mixedmartialartvideos.com/cung-le-talks-ufc-anderson-silva-and-injury-video/ Cung Le in the Octagon would be awesome. Something that Joe Rogan mentioned in the Machida fight was that the UFC’s level of striking is generally inferior to that of professional karate, K-1, and all those other big tournaments. It would be excellent to see how Cung Le could do against Anderson Silva. Silva has been unchallenged in his last few fights, and if Dana has to bring in someone to challenge him, I think it’s a good move.

Cung Le talks about a Silva fight here:

http://mixedmartialartvideos.com/cung-le-talks-ufc-anderson-silva-and-injury-video/

]]> By: Gailyip http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/05/lyoto-machida-newest-ufc-champion/#comment-1586 Gailyip Fri, 29 May 2009 03:14:30 +0000 http://www.bigwowo.com/?p=1720#comment-1586 It was an amazing fight, and a real accomplishment. Rashad is an incredible wrestler and very well-rounded and Lyoto made it look easy. Machida was always a force, even back when he was fighting in Heroes in K-1 and knocking out Rich Franklin like it was child's play. Now he's just recognized as the real force he is in the ring. I love his block-catch-counter strike style and his foot-work and unorthodox movement. He is going to be a very big problem for a lot of fighters. I now hope to see Cung Le in the UFC and eagerly await the arrival of Judo legend Yoshihiro Akiyama. Both of whom are fantastic fighters. Le in particular could have the kryptonite in his massively unorthodox San Shou for Anderson Silva's brilliant (but very conventional) muay thai. I think Silva is prime for a decent striker to capitalize on, at the moment, because he's been getting used to fighting very poor strikers (who are tremendous grapplers) and it might be weakening his defensive skills and reaction time. Le could take advantage of that particular problem with his experience and aggressive offense. It was an amazing fight, and a real accomplishment. Rashad is an incredible wrestler and very well-rounded and Lyoto made it look easy. Machida was always a force, even back when he was fighting in Heroes in K-1 and knocking out Rich Franklin like it was child’s play. Now he’s just recognized as the real force he is in the ring. I love his block-catch-counter strike style and his foot-work and unorthodox movement. He is going to be a very big problem for a lot of fighters. I now hope to see Cung Le in the UFC and eagerly await the arrival of Judo legend Yoshihiro Akiyama. Both of whom are fantastic fighters. Le in particular could have the kryptonite in his massively unorthodox San Shou for Anderson Silva’s brilliant (but very conventional) muay thai. I think Silva is prime for a decent striker to capitalize on, at the moment, because he’s been getting used to fighting very poor strikers (who are tremendous grapplers) and it might be weakening his defensive skills and reaction time. Le could take advantage of that particular problem with his experience and aggressive offense.

]]> By: jaehwan http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/05/lyoto-machida-newest-ufc-champion/#comment-1585 jaehwan Thu, 28 May 2009 19:51:20 +0000 http://www.bigwowo.com/?p=1720#comment-1585 Leon, That was the beauty of this fight. I seriously think it was the best fight I've ever seen. What appealed to me was the fact that it was skill above chance or even conditioning. Machida just kept going in and out, hitting while hardly getting hit. There was a good pre-fight analysis of Lyoto Machida's intelligent style here: http://www.cagetoday.com/joe-rogan-breaksdown-lyoto-machida-vs-rashad-evans-at-ufc-98-video/ Leon,

That was the beauty of this fight. I seriously think it was the best fight I’ve ever seen. What appealed to me was the fact that it was skill above chance or even conditioning. Machida just kept going in and out, hitting while hardly getting hit.

There was a good pre-fight analysis of Lyoto Machida’s intelligent style here:

http://www.cagetoday.com/joe-rogan-breaksdown-lyoto-machida-vs-rashad-evans-at-ufc-98-video/

]]> By: Leon http://www.bigwowo.com/2009/05/lyoto-machida-newest-ufc-champion/#comment-1584 Leon Thu, 28 May 2009 18:05:41 +0000 http://www.bigwowo.com/?p=1720#comment-1584 I finally got around to watching a video of this fight, and I have to say that I was quite shocked at how one-sided this fight was given how it's such a hyped up match. Evans wasn't just defeated, he was destroyed. I was also surprised at how much striking, dodging, and footwork was involved. Now I don't follow the UFC, and I don't know anything about MMA, but the few times I've watched, it's usually two buff sweaty men molesting each other on the floor until one of them suddenly gets his lights punched out. Makes me wonder why more women don't watch it. I finally got around to watching a video of this fight, and I have to say that I was quite shocked at how one-sided this fight was given how it’s such a hyped up match. Evans wasn’t just defeated, he was destroyed. I was also surprised at how much striking, dodging, and footwork was involved. Now I don’t follow the UFC, and I don’t know anything about MMA, but the few times I’ve watched, it’s usually two buff sweaty men molesting each other on the floor until one of them suddenly gets his lights punched out. Makes me wonder why more women don’t watch it.

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