Issue 179
June 2019
This egregious falsehood became the topic of heated debate after Lyoto Machida’s 205lb title defense against Mauricio Rua in 2009 when judge Cecil Peoples defended his decision to score the fight for the champion.
The controversial official argued ‘Shogun’s offense wasn’t effective enough to justify winning the fight.’ Anyone who has taken a shin to the thigh or quad from a good striker will tell you otherwise. If you’ve yet to experience the horrors, it could be compared to having a baseball bat slammed into your flesh.
Don’t believe us? Ask anyone who’s fought Edson Barboza. And even if you’re not getting finished by leg kicks, you can be close to crippled by them – like Urijah Faber in this traumatizing fight with José Aldo from 2010.
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