UFC 98: Machida vs Evans

[Irish]

Machida's style is just too hard to stop. If you can get one good shot on him you better make it knock him out

[Bmore]

in his post fight locker room interview, it looked like he was tearing up. Machida is a fucking true fighter, Shad had no chance. To think, if Rampage never had that jaw injury, Lyoto wouldn't have gotten the shot.

Fuck you Dana White.

[Bmore]

Machida wins tonight.

Called it.

[Kuzzy Powers]

Called it.

Dude was a 1/2 favourite.. not so bold homie.

[The Buddha]

I called third round KO during the undercard fight...missed it by a round.

[Bmore]

Dude was a 1/2 favourite.. not so bold homie.

1/2 favorite or not. Evans has one of the biggest band wagons in the sport and he is the most overrated fighter in the UFC.

[RyanLeaf16]

UFC 98 Thoughts:

- Sherk looked awful last night. He looked slow and Edgar was simply too fast for him and didn't give Sherk an opportunity for a takedown.

- Chael Sonnen, while some say boring, dominated Miller the entire fight. I'm shocked Sonnen didn't get a KO or TKO. Miller looked gassed by the 2nd round.

- Foupa-Pokam can argue all he wants with the ref, but, the dude couldn't even defend himself. He lunged at McFedries leg and held on...it was desperation.

- Hughes won. As I expected. I was a little shocked to see Serra prior to the announcement. He seemed to think he won the fight off of his one knockdown.

- Machida will have a long run as the LHW champion. This guy makes people look foolish.

[Kuzzy Powers]

1/2 favorite or not. Evans has one of the biggest band wagons in the sport and he is the most overrated fighter in the UFC.

How is a guy who was 18-0-1 overrated? The dude was the champion and STILL a heavy underdog. Infact.. hes the underdog in EVERY fight he fights. How can someone who constantly an underdog be overrated? If anything you can argue that hes underrated.

[RosettaStoned]

How is a guy who was 18-0-1 overrated? The dude was the champion and STILL a heavy underdog. Infact.. hes the underdog in EVERY fight he fights. How can someone who constantly an underdog be overrated? If anything you can argue that hes underrated.

People were putting him in the top 5 p4p. That's overrated. His only big win was over Forrest. KO'ing a washed up Iceman isn't impressive IMO.

[RosettaStoned]

I thought Serra won too.

[MRN]

I thought Serra won too.

I didn't, he didn't do shit except for a few punches after a headbut.

[Kuzzy Powers]

Theres no reason why Rashad cant still be top 5 p4p, altho top 10 is probably more fair.. thing is Machida is now top 2 or 3. If not the best, as ive been saying for a while now.

Rashad is still a tremendous fighter tho, he should've worked the ground more with Lyoto last nite but I guess he wanted to prove he could slay the Dragon. I fully expect him to come looking better than ever his next fight. Dude improves all the time.

Why do you say Serra won? He arguably was just dominated on the ground in rounds 1 and 2. Round 3 was won by Serra IMO but the other 2 rounds were clearly in Hughes favour.

[RosettaStoned]

I didn't, he didn't do shit except for a few punches after a headbut.

He won the first round, and the third round IMO.

[RosettaStoned]

Theres no reason why Rashad cant still be top 5 p4p, altho top 10 is probably more fair.. thing is Machida is now top 2 or 3. If not the best, as ive been saying for a while now.

I can think of 10 better fighters.

Rashad is still a tremendous fighter tho, he should've worked the ground more with Lyoto last nite but I guess he wanted to prove he could slay the Dragon. I fully expect him to come looking better than ever his next fight. Dude improves all the time.

He does improve everytime, he's just not there yet.

Why do you say Serra won? He arguably was just dominated on the ground in rounds 1 and 2. Round 3 was won by Serra IMO but the other 2 rounds were clearly in Hughes favour.

He almost finished the fight in the first round. He won the third.

[Kuzzy Powers]

10 better fighters in your opinion, sure. But Rashad easily cracks my top 10.

Serra didnt "almost" finish the fight.. he rocked Hughes and did a poor job of doing further damage. Then Hughes got on top of him and worked him for the next 4 minutes or so. Couple big shots and a head butt dont equal a winning round when you get worked on the ground IMO.