Originally Posted by
jhamilton3 Definitey robbed. Machida did not fight like his normal self.. seemed to not want to swing like he usually eventually does.
Maybe in the rematch he fights like he normally does. But by then Rua will probably have all the confidence in the world.
I don't think it had anything to do with Machida not being his normal self. It has more to do with Rua not playing Machida's game. Rua was smart and I honestly don't see the second fight going much different except for some doubt in Machida's head along with new judges...