Machida crane kicking Couture was a paradigm shift

[Bork Neslar]

Couture was just old

 

[Dr Fong]

It's like 10 thousand spoons when all you need is a knife.

 

[Söze Aldo]

Machidas was sweeter but face kicks are always game

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Machida's was a graceful crane strike, Chandler was punting a football.

 

[jeskola]

illegal strike. Daniel was the real bully.

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

illegal strike. Daniel was the real bully.

 

[snugglecakes]

Couture was the ultimate no frills, practical fighter. Wrestling and dirty boxing, no room for fancy "unrealistic" shit.

Then in his very last fight gets knocked by a fancy unrealistic crane kick.

or maybe... Randy was 9001 years old and that shit never would have landed on younger faster reflexes randy.

 

[Dr. Rose]

Holly kicking Ronda was a paradigm shift

Machida kicking Randy was a pink slip notifying a 47 year old employee it’s his last shift

Correct, Randy could have been Lyoto's papa (if they were from Alabama). That some how makes a difference in my mind.

 

[Gamer007]

47 year old fighter gets slept, big deal

Wasn't very surprising for me, Randy should've retired after he got the layup fight with James Toney.

 

[FilipEmoFights]

Randy’s last fight , I was there , 15 years ago already, fuck man time flies

Wow. That makes me sad. I remember having the PPV on my DVR and watching this KO back over and over again. He was retiring after this fight either way-Machida sends him off with a crane/flying front kick from half way across the octagon and with a few less teeth then he came into the fight with. But yeah dude I can’t believe it was that long ago. I don’t really know exactly WHEN it happened but there was a shift where like…the whole sport change or we started a new era OP may be spot on about this paradigm shift-the fighters went from our favorite fighters and hero’s to like..young guys we watched come up. The last breed was like all already fighting when most of us started watching the sport. It just feels different now.

 

[FilipEmoFights]

Anderson did it first-and did it to someone who was built up as the fastest striker/former heavyweight champion

Randy is hw champion too but this was just a bad matchup for him

 

[legcramp]

It's a skill he obtained by drinking pee

 

[clutchCAT420]

Zuffa era

 

[Intermission]

Couture was the ultimate no frills, practical fighter. Wrestling and dirty boxing, no room for fancy "unrealistic" shit.

Then in his very last fight gets knocked by a fancy unrealistic crane kick. The irony of this goddamn sport

Just a throwback for that mindblowing moment.

he was 47 years old. it had zero significance

 

[Human Bass]

he was 47 years old. it had zero significance

If it were a common kick, sure. But it was not. Couture would never see that kick coming no matter his age.

 

[Intermission]

If it were a common kick, sure. But it was not. Couture would never see that kick coming no matter his age.

haha, it looked goofy. machida doesnt have the most aestethically pleasing kicks. watch specialized jump kickers and you will see their gravity is completely different. it's forward.

 

[Dorkman]

This happened around the same time as Anderson Silva kicking Vitor. That one seemed to always get the shine, but I thought this one looked better.

The classic "Anderson Silva Money" era.

 

[Haj01]

You see Steven Seagal who taught him the technique is legit!

 

[cmw43]

This happened around the same time as Anderson Silva kicking Vitor. That one seemed to always get the shine, but I thought this one looked better.

All thanks to Sensei Seagal.

 

[Ashslog]

Sometimes shit works, and sometimes nothing works. It’s a coin flip. Do you have the balls to do it? 13-second knockout, or you’re done. Dead on the floor.

 

[Trabaho]

I don't think Randy is on purpose no fancy things. He just can't kick.