Machida on Dana: "Anyone who has a mouth can talk"

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Lyoto Machida has responded to UFC president Dana White, who said that he believes Mauricio ’Shogun’ Rua won their light-heavyweight title fight at UFC 104. White made the comments at the post-event press conference, which he opened with the words “Shogun won that fight.“

“Anyone who has a mouth can talk. I respect his opinion and I’m ready to fight Shogun or any other challenger UFC decides, but I would like to say that this fight was not judged by myself, my father or Anderson Silva,” Machida told Sherdog today. “This fight was judged by professionals, so I’m pretty much comfortable with the result.”

He also accused Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg of bias, saying their commentary has swayed public opinion against him. “The American commentators were pretty much biased. If you see the fight without audio, you will probably see a different fight.”

“I thought it was a very even and tough fight,” Machida said. “I had the opportunity to see the fight again and I thought I won four rounds and Shogun took the last one. Some people say he won the fourth and fifth round, but for sure I won at least the first three rounds…Shogun was a great opponent and had a nice strategy. He deserves all my respect as a fighter, but I was superior.

Echoing recent comments by Cecil Peoples, who was one of the judges of the fight, Machida added, “He kicked my legs a couple of times, but he wouldn’t knock me out with that.”

Dana White has said that there will most likely be an immediate rematch and Machida says if that is the case, he will study tape of the UFC 104 fight to formulate a different strategy for their second meeting, which he would like to win by knockout.

The part in bold is what I was talking about. Now it doesn't matter who anyone thought won, the commentating was awful! They were very very biased toward Shogun and I am a huge fan of Shogun so I am not making exuses as I would have been happy with either fighter winning. Joe Rogan had the guys in my house thinking that Shogun was completely dominating the fight. We went back and watched a round or two on mute (just like they said here) and it changed the guys' minds. I don't know what they were trying to do, but that was really pathetic.

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Re: Machida on Dana: "Anyone who has a mouth can talk"

Yea I didnt understand that either. This just makes me want to kick Dana Whites azz even more after reading the article. You cant go on record saying that you think Shogun won; I would be pissed if I was Machida. I mean its his boss telling him that he lost and that he doesnt deserve to be champion.