So why did Machida back out?
So why did Machida back out?
lmao jon is laughing at this right now... i was talking to him about it earlier... his words "why fight someone with a style you were not training to fight in the first place" dana isnt really pissed.. its a publicity stunt and thats that.. i grew up with jon and will still be his biggest fan
So he finds it funny to be the least popular fighter in the UFC, and now just lost his last 2-3 fans in the world, then cost travelers, other fighters on the card 100s of thousands of dollars, not to mention lost revenue for Vegas?
Brilliant!!!
The belt is meaningless if there is no contention process, this isn't the WWE. :bored:
So why did Machida back out?
Sucks for sure for the people out cash whether it be the fighters or the viewers. I have much more respect for Sonnen now though.
People will hate him no matter what. He can't win with majority of fans so it doesn't matter.
If he took the fight and destroyed Sonnen within 30 secs of the 1st round then he gets less respect for taking an "easy fight" with a lesser ranked none-contender. If Sonnen pulls out a miracle win and Jones loses than that invalidates his entire career cause he lost to a heavy underdog.
You can't blame the guy for wanting to fight TOP COMPETITION. His career thus far he has fault legends of the sport and former champs. There is nothing to be gained by fighting Sonnen and everything to lose.
Sonnen on the other hand gets a gift wrapped title shot, a whole bunch of publicity, street cred and a nice payday. He knows he would lose badly to jones. The only way he can stay relevant is to run his mouth. I would fight Jones too if it meant getting publicity and a payday.
It was a stupid fight and not good for the UFC. Its supposed to be a legitimate combat sport where you go through the ranks in your class in a quest for the title. The belt is meaningless if there is no contention process, this isn't the WWE. :bored:
I don't blame them. At his age this might be the last title shot he gets if he looses. I think a fully trained machida is gonna give jones a damn good fight this next time.
Fighters fight. Period. He's being a bitch.
I disagree. Machida is giving up way too much height and reach in addition to his wrestling absolutely sucks which is key to shutting down Jones wrestling. It's going to take someone with a simliar size/reach in order to really challenge him. There is always that punchers chance someone can catch him of course, but it's unlikely because most people will be punching in an upwards direction at him and it's hard to catch anyone like that.
Well, I wouldn't say he's being a "bitch" persay, but he's definetely drinking his own koolaid trying to build a legacy and beating Ortiz's record. He doesn't want to do that on what he percieves as easy fights or rematches because he doesn't want anyone questioning his "greatness" as he puts it.
In my opinion, we won't see Jones dominated by anyone until he moves up to heavyweight where he will meet guys with his height/reach stats and he won't be able to throw around a HW so easily with his wrestling. Jones is a bully in the LHW division at the moment.
The UFC is won't last very much longer. It seems to have lost all of it's appeal. Boring ass fights with the same 3-4 washed up has been fighters (Mir, BJ Penn, Henderson). I remember a few years ago people would have huge parties and we would all get together to watch the fights. Now i couldn't tell you the last time i've even bothered to watch a preview. I think the constant repeats on Spike Tv and several other networks have helped to water down and "play out" the UFC.