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You're right, but I said that more to address the implication all fighters with poor boxing form are gonna get knocked out, which isn't true.
The fact that one can justifiably call themselves a karateka while exhibiting a totally different style from another karateka bears interesting discussion, but that's a whole other can of worms.
Regardless, even the lone KO loss on Machida's record stems not from poor head movement or his decidedly upright posture, but rather, a strategic mistake in lurking inside Shogun's punching range after nailing him with his infamous left knee strike, as opposed to angling out to re-establish range as he does after attacking about 90% of the time.
I feel as though, when it comes to hand position and knockouts, almost everyone doesn't see the forest for the trees. Like, Joe Rogan acting as if Silva got KO'd for low hands, when in reality he got KO'd for being drawn out and countered by Weidman (even if Anderson would most likely never underestimate Weidman that badly again, but still).
This is one of the most idiotic posts I've seen on Sherdog. Good job.
Shogun countered Machida's left straight (that didn't do shit to Shogun) with a right hand, hitting him square on the temple, put him down, and destroyed him in full mount. This was after Shogun had already made Machida look like shit on the feet in their 1st fight. Shogun landed a great shot after figuring out Machida.
Anderson used horrible technique to attempt to slip strikes from a much younger fighter. Look at his footwork/placement and disregard for Weidman's range, he basically pulled some amateur shit off against the wrong guy. Weidman threw a combo after looking like a deer caught in the headlights and capitalized off of Silva's noticeably (and oddly) poor technique. It's no surprise to see a 38 year old man with a shitton of fight mileage get knocked out while trying to slip a combo from a much younger and athletic fighter.