UFC Quick Quote: Judge admits 'Shogun' may have beat Lyoto Machida

by John G. on Dec 28, 2009 10:35 PM EST

“There was a round in that fight [round four] where my line of sight while they were standing was blocked. Because of the angle where most of the round was fought, I couldn’t see the punches and whether they were landing. If the fight had been on the ground, I could look at the big screens, but this was a fight where the blows were coming one at a time and you don’t want to look away and miss an important blow.”

-- Judge Doc Hamilton tells Yahoo!Sports.com that a poor position ringside may have affected his scoring of the championship match between Lyoto Machida and "Shogun" Rua back in October. Upon further review, he feels that "Shogun" likely won round four, which would have given him the match from Hamilton. However, Machida won via unanimous decision, meaning that even if Hamilton scored the bout the way he may have with a monitor, Machida still would have won via split decision.

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Dude… Let it go. It’s done and over. Lyoto won. And they’ll be fighting in May so just get over it already lol.

I swear “fans” bitch and whiny more then Shogun, actually Shogun didn’t complain. He just said, he thought he won and they went on to training for the rematch.

by Who is Ryoto on Dec 28, 2009 10:50 PM EST reply actions

This isn’t really bitching at all….he is just passing on some information.

by Amos14 on Dec 29, 2009 12:10 AM EST up reply actions

I didn’t say he was bitching, I said “fans” are, which some are indeed bitching. Either way, the point is, it’s done and over with, no need to press the matter further, specially since there’s an immediate rematch.

by Who is Ryoto on Dec 29, 2009 1:00 AM EST up reply actions

so, you dont think its interesting that a judge reversed his decision?

Im giving you info n u call it bitchin? how about thanks Joh6n! lol

by John G. on Dec 29, 2009 10:42 AM EST up reply actions

So what did he do…just guess who was winning…I wonder…?

by Amos14 on Dec 29, 2009 12:11 AM EST reply actions

Let it go!

Too much blood spilled for nothing.

"Once Flamengo, Flamengo until die"

by Eduardo Cruz on Dec 29, 2009 6:30 AM EST reply actions

Unbelievable

The judge actually couldn’t see? That’s the bigger story than just the poor scoring of Machida-Shogun, if judges are placed in poor positions so that they can’t even see the fight it’s no wonder that there’s been so many mistakes. This brings into question how legtimate their scoring is.

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by David W-S on Dec 29, 2009 1:23 PM EST reply actions