UFC 104 Preview: Lyoto Machida Pre-Fight Interview
by Nick Thomas on Oct 2, 2009 12:28 PM EDT
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way to give away your strategy lyoto, not that it’s a mystery…
by cagefightonacid on Oct 2, 2009 12:52 PM EDT reply actions
It really is. I miss my UFC! RAWRRR!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Oct 2, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t like any of them. This guy or the “only on payperviewwwwww” guy. They try to sound hardcore or something. What happened to a classic sports voice? Do they think we are all extreeeeeeeeme and drink Mt Dew all day?
SHOGUN WILL SLAY THE DRAGON!!!
SHOGUN TO BE THE NEW LHW CHAMP!!!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Oct 2, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
SHOGUN WILL SLAY THE DRAGON!!!
SHOGUN TO BE THE NEW LHW CHAMP!!!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Oct 2, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Sorry Chigaco, sorry Madrid, sorry Tokyo
Rio got the Olympics for 2016 :P
SHOGUN WILL SLAY THE DRAGON!!!
SHOGUN TO BE THE NEW LHW CHAMP!!!
Ha, awesome Sig. Is it ok if I jump aboard the Shogun will win Sig line train? YESSS!!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Oct 2, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
=)
SHOGUN WILL SLAY THE DRAGON!!!
SHOGUN TO BE THE NEW LHW CHAMP!!!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Oct 2, 2009 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Glad to have helped you out with the proper grammar for that my Brazilian friend =D
Nice to be in a good natured fan competition for once =)
A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.
haha
I had changed it right away! Thanks again, I fail at grammar sometimes :P
SHOGUN WILL SLAY THE DRAGON!!!
SHOGUN TO BE THE NEW LHW CHAMP!!!
You English is infinitely better than my Japanese and lack of Portuguese. It is only significantly better than my Spanish though.
I love knowing just enough of a language to get into trouble =D
A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.
Those statements directly contradict each other.
A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.
by iiowyn on Oct 2, 2009 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I can see why you might think that. I’ve made my case a couple times so I’m just gonna say we both have to wait and see.
The “counter hooks” thing? The biggest thing for that is distance, and judging and maintaining distance is one of the biggest things Machida has going for him. He has stated that the looping hook Nakamura hit him with was the hardest he has ever been hit before. With how much he talks about fixing mistakes after each fight I think he will have worked on avoiding shots like that and the ones Rashad touched him with.
I think Shogun’s clinch and ground game is the more dangerous thing to worry about.
A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.
Does Shogun really have a better ground game than Lyoto? Does Shogun have a black belt in jiu jitsu?
for all intents and purposes, just consider all my posts as works of satire.
yes he does (have a black belt)
and so does Machida, but I’d say Shogun is much better at BJJ than Machida (as Nog is to Mir :P)
SHOGUN WILL SLAY THE DRAGON!!!
SHOGUN TO BE THE NEW LHW CHAMP!!!
Didn’t Machida get his black belt from the Nog brothers? Who did shogun get his from? Does having a black belt from the Nog brothers get any better?
for all intents and purposes, just consider all my posts as works of satire.
Contrary to what many think, Machida does not train with the people at BlackHouse (he does occasionally, but not usually). Shogun got his BB from Joe Moreira (who also gave it to wandy and Anderson Silva). But like iiowyn said, Shogun has more accomplishments in BJJ than Machida (to be fair, Machida never really pursued a career in that area, but still).
SHOGUN WILL SLAY THE DRAGON!!!
SHOGUN TO BE THE NEW LHW CHAMP!!!
Can we factor in the Sumo skills of Machida giving him an edge on the ground?
for all intents and purposes, just consider all my posts as works of satire.
Lets just asume the “Shogun of Old” comes in that night, I think hands down, if this were in Pride, Shogun would face stomp Lyoto. But this is UFC and I don’t think the Muy Thai can overwhelm the Dragon Machida Karate style without the foot stomps and soccer kicks.
for all intents and purposes, just consider all my posts as works of satire.
The ring would be Shogun’s best weapon, he would have a better chance of cornering Machida. However I think that soccer kicks and foot stomps would favor Machida more so. How often has he ended up standing over an opponent after sweeping them to the floor?
A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.
No foot stumps needed when you can drop punch someone’s head off (see Shogun vs Overeem and Shogun vs lil’ nog)
SHOGUN WILL SLAY THE DRAGON!!!
SHOGUN TO BE THE NEW LHW CHAMP!!!
Add Machida vs. Thiago Silva
(oh and for shame for not adding in gifs)
A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.
Crap! How many times have you seen someone fly into somebodys guard with a flying dragon uppercut!
for all intents and purposes, just consider all my posts as works of satire.
My personal KO of the year, and I am epicly disappointed that the diving punch into guard cannot KO an opponent in Undisputed 2009.
A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.
Oh my gosh.
I feel the same way. I tried that shit for like 30 minutes!
by Brandon Starr on Oct 2, 2009 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Kakouryuken
Descending Dragon Strike
A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.
The context in the fight card was pretty huge as well. That card was a decision-fest until Machida of all people saved it.
A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.
If I remember right there was a ton of split decisions as well (my memory was pretty hazy since I was in the arena and we spent about $250 on drinks.)
"Japan is half-Machida" - iiowyn
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