Head Kick Legend Talks Shogun / Machida

The newest member of the SB Nation combat sports family is Head Kick Legend, a site which primarily covers kickboxing. They take a very interesting look at last night’s controversial UFC 104 main event from the perspective of a kickboxing minded judge:

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This leaves the fight 3 – 0 for Machida. Going into Round four, Lyoto is tired and the clinch knees to the legs have slowed him down considerably. Rounds four and five play out the same way, but with Lyoto being tired from the leg strikes and Shogun scoring the points. This leaves the final score at 3 – 2. If this were a fight in K-1, I could easily see the judges sending this into an Extension round.

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While I understand this was a MMA fight, and clinching is a legitimate method of fighting, as a kickboxing match this fight is easily Lyoto Machida’s. As a MMA fight I’m inclined to see it the same way, although you could score the first round as a draw round and the fight in general as a draw. I see no real controversy, just differences in opinions.

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