Just seen the CompuStrike Stats, quite disappointing:
CompuStrike Stats For Lyoto Machida vs Shogun Rua
"CompuStrike has released their stats and analysis of the UFC 104 main event between Lyoto Machida and Shogun Rua. One item of interest that no one has said much about is the knee strikes that Shogun outlanded 2-1 on Machida.
Rua outlanded Machida 89-50 in Total Strikes landed including 73 Leg Strikes landed. Rua dominated the fight and did just about everything he needed to do to beat the undefeated Machida, including outlanding Machida in every round, but apparently it wasn’t enough for the judges. All 3 judges scored it 48-47 or 3-2.
The Arm Strikes were virtually the same as both fighters landed 16 total Arm Strikes but it was Rua who dominated every position by landing the damaging Leg Strikes. Rua was able to land 46 kicks when going toe-to-toe with Machida, and landing 27 knees when in the clinch.
Lyoto Machida Mauricio Rua
50/105 Total Strikes Landed/Thrown 89/155
48% Percentage 57%
16/54 Total Arm Strikes Landed/Thrown 16/50
30% Percentage 32%
15 Power Strikes Landed 13
1 Clinch Strikes Landed 3
34/51 Total Leg Strikes Landed/Thrown 73/105
67% Percentage 70%
21 Kicks Landed 46
13 Knees Landed 27
0/0 Ground Strikes Landed/Thrown 0/0
0% Percentage 0%
0/0 Takedowns/Attempts 0/3
0 Submission Attempts 0
0 Reversals 0
0 Dominant Positions 0
Glossary
Total Strikes = Total Arm Strikes + Total Leg Strikes + Ground Strikes
Total Arm Strikes Landed = Power Strikes Landed + Clinch Strikes Landed
Total Leg Strikes Landed = Kicks Landed + Knees Landed
All I can see Ma-choda having the edge in, was 2 more power strikes? WTF is that?
This is the absolute worst decision I have EVER seen in MMA to date, anyone agree?