no but that doesnt mean you have to run
yes machida would have won had the first round been 15 sec longer, but that dont mean nothing, had ortiz stuck with the triangle choke instead of trying to transition into an armbar he would of made machida tap
he was running any time ortiz would throw a punch, he would then come in get a little jab in and run some more
his next fight should be against wandy and wandy is going to go all out and knock his boring *** out and i will be estatic
all this coming from an ortiz hater that would of loved to see him get his *** kicked, but instead i got to see the most boring fight in ufc history with about 30 seconds of action in a 15 min fight
if you call that a boring fight I'd say you don't know what your looking at
karate is almost impossible to make work in MMA, you just saw it happen
Striking is more than just hitting people, its about making people miss, making them get confused and frustrated and if you were paying attention as the fight went on Machida worked it well enough that by the middle of the third round he was standing right there in the pocket close to Ortiz many many times and Ortiz was incapable of doing anything about it. I watched Machida put on so many feints and fakes Ortiz was frozen and jedi mind screwed, he didn't know what to do. These guys are using like 4oz fingered gloves so you cannot coverup and protect yourself, the only defense you have is movement and speed. Ortiz is painfully slow and telegraphs everything, Machida is fairly quick and uses movement to confuse, that is very smart and technical work.
Im no fan of Machida at all but you have to give him credit, he has one of the most technical styles in MMA right now and so far nobody has been able to beat him. Tito Ortiz king of the ground and pound and brutal shots taking ANYONE down at will getting shrugged off by Machida !! Is that running? No that is skill. Ortiz's footwork sucks, is that Machida's fault? Nope. Watch some old Muhammed Ali fights and learn what the floating and stinging attack style is all about, Machida's is very similar. You cannot run from someone with good footwork, these guys like Liddell and Ortiz and even Wandy that can't move and strike at the same time are gonna have a rough time with someone like Machida. You simply do not have the time to set both feet and get square with Machida and then throw, by the time you do he has moved out of the way. You have two choices, bum rush him and take your chances, or dance with him and get right in his face and move and strike right there with him, shrug off all his feints and fakes and hit him. Unfortunately in MMA nobody cept Machida has learned this, all these guys train to throw power from a stance with both feet planted like muy thai kickboxers. Ortiz stood there FLATFOOTED the entire fight, yet he says he has good boxing skills !! ???????????????? Incorrect, he has lousy boxing skills, you do not stand flatfooted and let someone pick you apart. Where was Ortiz's jab? He should have been throwing that thing like a machine gun in bursts of 3 and 4. He should have been on the balls of his feet using his cardio, where was that? Ortiz got schooled.
