Bas Rutten: "Machida doesn't have a lot of weapons... his attack is always the same."

[KarateStylist]

REading along, I think BAS has overstated what is an already well-recognized issue with Lyoto Machida....

Machida has made great strides in professional MMA, owing to his Shotokan karate base. He's just not bulletproof....

KarateStylist

[DVN]

Machida throws low kicks, mid kicks, high kicks, punches takedowns, sweeps and trips. Wat is bas talking about?

[Double Impact]

Originally Posted by Lars

back and away from the power hand ,


back and away form the power hand


back and away form the power hand

With his chin up in the chair, ZERO head movement, and his hands down.

Utterly atrocious boxing. His best asset is fighting against people with mostly shit striking.

[Double Impact]

Originally Posted by RufusShinra

You're not wrong - you have to pressure Machida to hit him, and he tends to drop his hands when throwing his punches. He's been figured out to some degree. Still, he won every single one of those fights you posted (Shogun 1 was a damn close fight IMO). Yes, you could rush Machida like in those moments or you could rush and end up like this:



In this KO, he even manages to parry/block Bader's punch while throwing his counter.

Bader was basically flatlined by Tito Ortiz. His striking is a joke. It's below elementary.


I had him beating Rampage, but Rampage's upper body movement kept him from getting put on queer street as much as was against Glover.

[Double Impact]

Originally Posted by Double Impact

His defense is, too. He's not a puzzle.

Lyoto Machida is the John F. Kennedy of MMA.

Back and to the left. Back and to the left. Back and to the left.

wut