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Shogun Versus Machida: Cecil Peoples and the Judges Screw Up Again by Jung Soo Kim Contributor Written on October 25, 2009 After five tension-filled rounds of kicking and clinching at the Staples Center on Oct. 24, Bruce Buffer grabbed the mike. He announced that three judges had given the final decision on the main event fight of UFC 104: 48-47 for Lyoto Machida. Unanimous Decision for the invincible, untouchable Dragon. Yeah right. It turns out, I wasn’t the only one who was angry. Almost instantly after Buffer’s announcement, the Los Angeles crowd erupted, booing furiously. They instinctively realized that something was wrong, or “very” wrong. They knew better than the judges that Mauricio “Shogun” Rua won that fight. I wrote an article some time ago predicting that Shogun would be Machida’s toughest threat, and readers responded favorably, agreeing with my view-point. But the fight at UFC 104 not only showed Shogun bringing the fight to Machida, but “winning” it altogether. I won’t
