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08-04-2012, 07:40 PM
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|  #1 LHW title contender announced to meet the winner of Jones vs Hendo
Lyoto Machida Earns UFC Title Shot Against Winner Of Jones Vs. Henderson - Bloody Elbow Quote:
UFC president Dana White laid out a simple challenge to the four light heavyweight fighters at the top of the UFC on Fox 4 card - if you pick up the most impressive win, you will get a UFC light heavyweight title shot against the winner of the UFC 151 bout between champion Jon Jones and challenger Dan Henderson.
It was Lyoto Machida that claimed the spot.
White confirmed the decision while speaking with Joe Rogan after the conclusion of the card. Machida and Mauricio Rua both picked up wins over Ryan Bader and Brandon Vera respectively, but it was Machida's picture-perfect knockout of Bader in the second round that impressed the big boss man more than Shogun's hard-fought fourth-round stoppage of Vera. To be honest, it wasn't a very hard decision. Machida barely got touched and completely torched Bader. Shogun gassed quickly and Vera was in the fight until Shogun was finally able to get a stoppage.
All four men had faced Jones in the past, and all four lost. It was Machida that fought Jones most recently, at UFC 140, and took the first round before getting choked out in the second. There will be people that will criticize the fact that Machida gets another shot so quickly, but what Dana White wants, Dana White gets. We'll just have to wait and see who will be carrying the belt to the cage when Machida gets his next chance.
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08-04-2012, 07:41 PM
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He didnt earn shit, Dana gave it to him.
It should be Machida vs Shogun 3 for #1 seat.
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08-04-2012, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by CtGreat  He didnt earn shit, Dana gave it to him.
It should be Machida vs Shogun 3 for #1 seat. | He just made a top 10 LHW look like a rookie and then KO'd him cold. Yeah he earned it given the circumstances.
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08-04-2012, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by CtGreat He didnt earn shit, Dana gave it to him.
It should be Machida vs Shogun 3 for #1 seat. | ya fucked up uncle tom... time to pay up...
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08-04-2012, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by rampage9712 ya fucked up uncle tom... time to pay up... |  .......
Anyways, like i said in the other topic, ill honor it, just please nothing too gay lol
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08-04-2012, 07:52 PM
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I guess beating Bader is more momentum then losing two straight then defeating Randy Couture, which somehow got him a shot at Jones before...
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08-04-2012, 07:56 PM
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Machida didnt deserve his first shot at Jones, he doesn't deserve this seccond shot at Jones either (Jones will smash Hendo). Theres no reason to give such a quick rematch to him especially since he didnt even deserve the first one.
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08-04-2012, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by CtGreat Machida didnt deserve his first shot at Jones, he doesn't deserve this seccond shot at Jones either (Jones will smash Hendo). Theres no reason to give such a quick rematch to him especially since he didnt even deserve the first one. | Agree... but Then who faces Jones at LHW after he beats Hendo...
That is really the question...
People are quick to push gustafson into the title picture. yet reject davis because he lost to evans... someone the likes goose has never faced... disreguarding the fact that Davis beat Goose head to head...
here is the reality... no1 is on Jones' level at LHW...Once he beats Dan, he will have cleaned out a division faster than Anyone has ever done... It is only a matter of time before we see him fight for the HW belt...
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08-04-2012, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Sakara=Excitement ... he earned it given the circumstances. | That's key right there.
Like I said in the other thread, aside from Goose and possibly Glover (Depending on how the UFC builds him) no one is going to 'earn' a shot at Jones.
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08-04-2012, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by CtGreat He didnt earn shit, Dana gave it to him.
It should be Machida vs Shogun 3 for #1 seat. | 
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