Lyoto Machida reinvents himself

Originally Posted by rockdawg21

I like Lyoto's confidence, but he better be thanking God the bell rung when Tito was on his back. Lyoto was finished with that triangle choke, but *ding ding ding*. Nonetheless, it's part of the sport and if Lyoto fights everybody else the way he did against Silva (aggressively), I'm going to thoroughly enjoy watching him for many years to come.

what? first of all Lyoto had Tito in a crucifix at the end of the 1st and the bell rang, otherwise, Tito was getting what Penn got against Matt in their second fight.

secondly, Lyoto got out of Tito's triangle and continued back into his guard until the bell rang. he wasn't saved. Tito was from round 1.

[rockdawg21]

Originally Posted by Hughes_GOAT

what? first of all Lyoto had Tito in a crucifix at the end of the 1st and the bell rang, otherwise, Tito was getting what Penn got against Matt in their second fight.

secondly, Lyoto got out of Tito's triangle and continued back into his guard until the bell rang. he wasn't saved. Tito was from round 1.

My bad

Originally Posted by rockdawg21

My bad

no biggie. i thought Lyoto hadn't been taken down but then i looked up the stats and saw that Soku did.

Originally Posted by Hughes_GOAT

no biggie. i thought Lyoto hadn't been taken down but then i looked up the stats and saw that Soku did.

i guess i gotta rewatch that fight too, i don't remember soko taking him down ...

Originally Posted by rearnakedchoke

i guess i gotta rewatch that fight too, i don't remember soko taking him down ...

i'm just going by the stats. for all we know, he could have slipped and Soku got in his guard

Originally Posted by Hughes_GOAT

i'm just going by the stats. for all we know, he could have slipped and Soku got in his guard

just watched it, looks like ryoto pulled guard when soko grabbed him and immediately swept

did rewind it and soko used his leg to get him down, but was swept instantly and held there ....

hmmm .. took him down again at the end of round1 too ... so that looks like 2 takedowns

they must have not counted it because on the stats, it says 1 of 2 on takedown attempts?

Originally Posted by Hughes_GOAT

they must have not counted it because on the stats, it says 1 of 2 on takedown attempts?

they were both takedowns .... although, someone could have mistaken the first one as pulling guard ... it looked a little like machida was pulling back .. oh well ... i think rashad can take him down, but he has to make ryoto scramble first .... soko got them after he threw a flurry, got the clinch and took him down ... the third time he tried he got clocked

Originally Posted by rearnakedchoke

they were both takedowns .... although, someone could have mistaken the first one as pulling guard ...

that's probably what happened.