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Despite a unanimous decision, controversy arose with Lyoto Machida’s victory over Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. In particular, a great deal of criticism focused on the capability of the judges in scoring fights. UFC President Dana White admitted that he believed Shogun had outscored Machida in the 1st, 4th, and 5th round, winning the fight. A Fightmetric analysis of the fight indicated that Rua landed more blows to the head and legs than Machida. Also, Machida’s successful defense of all of Shogun’s takedown attempts scored as effective grappling on the judge’s scorecards as well. At the post fight conference, Dana White confirmed that he had scheduled an “immediate rematch” to take place at a later date and is currently slated for 1st May 2010 due to an injury Machida suffered from before the fight.

 

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