Lyoto Machida vs Mauricio “Shogun” Rua UFC 104 Fight Video
UFC 104 MMA fight video of Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio Shogun Rua. The bout took place on Oct 24, 2009.
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machida is not as good as people think … rampage will kill him ….. long live tito ………………………………………..and jake f from north roylton
tito rules go rampage u lost this fight and you will lose in the 3rd round to rampage …….long live rampage ……….. sorry shogun you won…. kempo sucks but not like tae kwon do.. that is really bad shogun won shogun won shogun won shogun won hi jake f you suck 2
Once again a great fight is left to the hands of the blind judges of the UFC. Not taking anything away from Machida since he is a great fighter in his own right , but I saw Shogun as the true winner of this match. He was the aggressor throughout the entire fight and landed the most blows and in my eyes won the most rounds. It’s such a travesty when you work so hard to only have your hard earned title stolen by the judges.
shogun won…he’s the best pound 4 pound fighter in the world….he’s finally getting back in shape..he looks better every fight…I like rampage but he won’t want any of shogun….
anyone that thinks that tito is a good fighter should jump off a bridge. Machida is a great fighter that will more then likely hold the belt for awhile. I the best way to win a fight is not to get hit or hurt.. look at anderson silva, he is the best there is at winning without getting hurt. tito can not hold a stick to either of them and youlls ee that when he returns to fight mark coleman,Mark coleman is an old ufc head that will prolly lose the fight but he will show all you tito fans that tito is a punk that is washed up and can not hang with todays new breed of fighters
to be the man you must beat the man. can’t just run around and land little kicks all night. this is MMA ,not a kicking game, whoever land the must kicks win, then shogun would be champion.
This makes me think judges in the UFC either have a hidden agenda or are 100% blind I could understand a split decision going to Shogun but all 3 judges for Machida made me want to never watch UFC again.
Shogun won
umn dude tito is not fighting coleman, colemans hurt, hes fighting forest griffin now at 106
ITS NOT SHOWING ME THE LAST ROUND, WHAT HAPPENS ………..SHOGUN IS BACK !!
I ONLY GOT 2 SEE 4 ROUNDS, BUT FROM WAT I’M READING MACHIDA WON? THATS NOT WAT I SAW THEM FIRST 4 ROUNDS, RUA BACK 2 HIS BEST!!!
Never leave it to the Judges,,, Rematch!!!
to be the champ u have to beat the champ does not apply in a round by round 10 point must system… i like both these fighters but shogun out struck machida and controlled the octogon the entire fight ..4 to 1 shogun is even being generous…wordt decision in sports history what a sad day for mma
Machida lost that fight, only bc he champ..reason he got the judges pull on that one!
i like them both too, but shogun didnt beat machida the first 3 rounds, i felt it was a draw personally, maybe giving machida the edge in the 3rd round, 4th and 5th, shogun all the way, so it got left to the judges for the 1st 2 rounds and it went against shogun. the rematch i think you’ll see a different fight and were going to see if machida is the invincible fighter he was said to be.
haven’t you guys heard, tito is fighting forrest on the lesner vs carwin undercard
honestly and truly i love both fighters they both are good at what they do but that fight went to shogun hands down…no doubt about it!!!!
Machida lost UFC should be ashamed.Lets call it theWWE from now on
shogun did not and I repeat did not WIN this fight but he did do a very good job in the fight, he left it up to the judges and the judges did not feel like giving the challenger a round if he did not outright win it and nor should they, he lost it in the 5th round all he had to do was win that round and it was his but he just kept walking around throwing counter kicks and lyotos little birst in the last minute stole the round and broke a even 2 rounds to 2 rounds fight, sucks if you dont like lyotos style or if you like shogun but thats how it goes when you try to win a decision when your the challenger, the only shame is the people who thought maybe shogun would win because of that forrest griffin win over rampage feasco where the judges gave forrest the extra round for doing a good job instead of winning it…
I think that you guys who think Shogun won are reacting to Joe Rogan’s calling of the fight and not actually seeing what is happening. Sure the fight was close but every time Shogun would even throw something whether or not it landed Joe Rogan reacts like a little girl. You don’t win a tittle on leg kicks. And further, a lot of those leg kicks are counters to body kicks by Machida that landed! Leg kicks for body kicks are not a 1 to 1 exchange rate!
machida lost that fight hands down worst desicion since matt hamill vs micheal bisbing
SHOGUN WON . THAT’S IT. OK ?
I think Machida won that fight, simply because he countered so much, and did much more than Joe Rogan or Mike Goldberg gave him credit for. They were all like “Shogun Shogun Shogun,” but when Machida would do counter damage, they would just talk about how good Shogun’s leg kick was. It was a very close fight, though. Shogun vs. Silva would be epic.
Even if I was fo lyoto, the fight shoulda gone fo shogun. He was constanly bangin machida, still very dissapointed in machidas performance and in the idiot judges…
Alright… 1st of all… look at how many times Shogun got punched in the face after his leg kicks… Machida was countering nearly the whole time. Also, Shogun failed to take Machida down numerous times. Like some of you said, “this is MMA” it’s not just striking. If you try to take your opponent down and fail, guess what, the points go to your opponent, plain and simple. Just because you’re the aggressor doesn’t automatically mean you dominate. For those of you who only watch the sport and have no idea what it’s like to be in the cage, it’s not just about throwing punches and kicks the whole time. A fight is alot like a conversation, you need to know when to speak and when to shut up. This means switching back and forth between being on offense and being on defense. Machida did a great job and moving around and looking for openings and getting his timing down, hence the counter game. He’s the defending champion, he should not have to go in there and try to pound his opponent, he’s in there to defend his title. The example of Anderson Silva was given earlier. He’s the master and moving around and not getting hit. In all honestly that’s all he needs to do. It’s the challenger’s job to go in there and take the championship from the defender. The champion doesn’t need to prove anything.
2nd and 3rd round go to machida, 4th and 5th to shogun. 1st is up in the air. The p[eople saying shogun won with out a doubt need to realize that the scoring goes by a round by round basis. The last two rounds shogun dominated but didn’t do quite as much in the other 3. The confusion is understandable. But it mostly all comes down to who did better in the first and that could really go either way. Also, did anyone notice how the commentators were giving absolutely no credit to machida’s strikes almost the entire match?
Honsestly, that fight was one-sided. Lyoto made contact on most of his shots, Rua barely made any contact througout the whole fight. Machida’s defense was very good, he defended almost all the kicks, punches, and takedowns thrown. I also saw like 10+ knees by Machida, so idk who says he didn’t win, but… he did.
guys..1 this sport rules are made almost to define who is the strongest if they were to fight in the street with almost no rules fight…so,low kicks if it didnt knock u down , it is useless but one strong punch in the face or a decent submission could end it which rua didnt & lyoto did half of it.
2-it is a hidden rule in any sport…to defeat a champion u have to beat him not 51 to 49% its not a business math equation u have to be at least 52 to 48 % cz the champ. gave u ths opportunity to fight him as he has to be maintained all the time to face many challengers n anytime ..did u get it?
3- rule judges anticipate if they gave them a no limit time who cd win…and ths is the only point that machida lost to.
i like both guys but judging is very difficult in normal people’s eyes
look at the face of Lyoto Machida at the end of the fight his face was all torn up everywhere because Shogun’s hits to the face did way more damage than any of Lyoto’s weak counter punches and he was breathing heavily from those body kicks plus he was limping from the countless leg kicks.
look at shogun in the end of the fight he almost looks untouched and the one time lyoto went after him and actually connected shogun blocked all his hits and hit him with a big counter right hand.
Shogun dominated the fight lyoto paid the judges.
Lyoto got owned
if machida’s strike defense was so good then why is his face so messed up at the end?
and why did shogun look untouched?
Wow – that was highway robbery.. Some say that kicks don’t win a fight??? Don’t ask the judges, ask Lyoto’s legs and ribs. I personally don’t like his fighting style, but in his prior fights, he won pretty much uncontested. But still, Shogun was robbed.
that’s a real karate style (kumite), kind of boring but DEADLY.
I saw the fight and know way that machida won that fight..I think that maurico won every round..He was way more agressive,took charge and staid coming forward..I dont know what the jugdes saw but the fans are the real jugdes and we know who realy won that fight!!!!!
i think that it’s crying shame!!! Shogun to richly deserve to win!!!
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Rua “shogun” won, let’s keep it real. Machida is a great fighter, but in all do fairness he lost that fight… We need new judges.
I like Machida. I wanted him to win, but from what I saw Shogun dominated almost the entire fight. He didn’t only land leg kicks. He also got a few elbows in, and a few good punches. He blocked Machidas head kicks. The only thing that hurt him was the knees that Machida landed. If you still think that Machida won look at the faces of both compitors when they are announcing the winnner of the fight. Machida is bloody, and Shogun doesn’t have a scratch.
Lyaoto definetely won. Here is my scores of meaningful strikes/punches/kicks. I do not consider the aggressiveness as something deserving scoring, often it is just a very bad thing and a sign of readneckness:
Round 1: Machida 10; Shogun : 5
Round 2: Machida 8 ; Shogun : 2
Round 3: Machida 14 ; Shogun : 3
Round 4: Machida 8 ; Shogun : 2
Round 5: Machida 2 ; Shogun : 4
So I consider Machida’s self assesment to be correct. 4:1 Machida won.
Do not listen to these comentators, looks like they were paid to affect people’s opinion in favor of Shogun. Who paid them I do not know. Clearly, it was pre-meditatively bias. Why I think they were paid? Just because obviously both of them dismissed all Machida’s attackes and gave undeserved attention to Shogun leg/body flashng kiks (mostly blocked and countered). One person can just be mistaken, but 2 people saying the same BS are definitely paid for that (or may be intimidated to do this).
Mikhail
40 years in different martial arts.
Those guys who look at face marks to determine a winner lok at teh face of Fedor Emelyanenko, which was pretty much marked by Rogers who was miseraoly beaten by Fedor.
Mikhail
40 years in martial arts
In the rematch, if happen, Rua will be Ruined by Machida
Mikhail
After machida beats shogan nex time, machida needs to leave dana, who uses and disposes people, and go to strkeforce.
Mikhail
Shogun won the fight. hands down. he landed more effective blows and controlled the pace. Even dana white says shogun won the fight. Evrytime Shogun landed anything machida stopped and backed away. Machida had a flury of punches that barely landed and he was countered by shogun at the end so he practically ran away. Good thing there fighitng again
That was a close fight. It should be a split decision or a draw. I don’t base it on the marks on the face or redness on the stomach, I base it on how the fighter intelligently offending and defending himself. Look at GSP and Penn 1st fight, the fight was controversial but who won??? GSP..
For me, Machida win via split decision. We know the fans on that arena think Shogun won the fight because he dominated the 4th and 5th round, then they already forgotten the 1st, 2nd and the 3rd round. Also, as you can hear the commentators, they always talked about Shogun’s attack and countering and how good Shogun was, and when Machida attacks or counter they will just ignore it.
I can’t wait for the rematch to know who is the better fighter.
I won that fight
compared to shogun machida is a lot better. if shogun will be facing wrestlers i mean good wrestlers he wouldnt stand a chance. he will easily be taken down just like in his fights with coleman. good thing the last time they fought coleman was not the same anymore. but look how the fight ended. it ended in a decision with rua really tired because of wrestling against coleman. if shogun will always be facing those who love standup there would only be a few who will have the chance against him. in the case of machida he has already proven he is also good in wrestling just like his fight with ortiz. from what i know he has a background in sumo wrestling.