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Originally Published 9 months ago Matt Hughes Blames Bad Coaching On Evans Loss To Machida
Posted By krotouyy
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Matt Hughes gives his thoughts via his blog on the UFC 98 main event between Rashad Evans and Lyoto Machida:
“I went back and watched the Rashad fight again, and I think it comes down to bad coaching. In the prefight press conference, I heard Rashad say that he didn’t bring anybody in who would resemble Machida’s style. When I heard that, I knew that there might be some problems. That is probably a big reason why Rashad didn’t do very well in the striking area. I also think Rashad should have been coached on using his wrestling talent. He didn’t shoot one takedown that I can remember and he just made it a sparring match. If I was to coach Rashad against Machida, I would have told him to make it a fight, use his wrestling and groundwork to really dictate the match. Not just go out and spar with him. I think Rashad could have done a lot better in that fight. I’m not saying he should have won, but he’s a lot better than he showed on Saturday.”
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7 months ago
i guess hughes is talking bullshit!!
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8 months ago
ahahahahha madness are u rashads fan? look kid machida is the champ1 it wouldnt matter what evans did! he would lose every day of the week! now can u say the dragon is champ,,yea thats right bitcch
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9 months ago
Wow Matt Hughes....did your wife tell you that...
Matt's Wife:After you give me serra's blood, I 'd like for you to give your useless opinion about Rashad/Lyoto fight
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9 months ago
Hughes is right
Rashad should have used a different game plan..it would have made it a longer fight...i don't understandt the "love on" for Rashad, he's not a great entertainer but at least he's tryin...i think Shogun could stop Machida if he get's it together.And hits the weights.
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9 months ago
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9 months ago
Madness is a f**!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! rashad could have done better but he didnt...so do everybody a favor and go choke on something :)
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9 months ago
You got to take a punch to make a punch.
Rashad was too hesistant. He didnt want to attack incase he got attacked
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9 months ago
You know, they said they didn't bring anyone in to emulate Machida, did hughes sit back and think about that before he said it? Who the hell are you going to get to emulate his style? He's been studying karate since he was a child, he's also a black belt in BJJ, and overall he's very well rounded and unique at the moment. It's going to be really hard to find someone like him to train with.
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9 months ago
there is no probleme at the way of training the fighter can loss his fight just for a mouvement or something u can find that evans had prepare for this fight very very good but machida know how to find the exact time and the exact punch hehehe
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9 months ago
hughes is the man fuk all yall
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9 months ago
hughes is a cock but he has a good point!!!!!
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9 months ago
My bad "anonymous", it's not like this is a sport where matches are based on what a fighter does or doesn't do, it's either he wins and guys like you ride him or he loses and he sucks...strategy is a bad word.
Keep riding goofy, but remember hughes won too so you've got you owe him time in the saddle. Here's your balloon
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9 months ago
I kind agree with Hughes. I think Rashad used the wrong strategy, to stand in front of Lyoto and basically being a target. He shoud`ve tried to take him down and ground n pound, that`s my opinion.
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9 months ago
Balloons
More Bubbles and Balloons please!
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9 months ago
This is the internet. Even if i put my name as "Bubbles" IM STILL ANONYMOUS. Get the cock out of your mouth.
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9 months ago
yeah, but that straight left is a boxing counter punch
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9 months ago
It does not matter Rashad would have lost anyway. Machida can defend takedowns and hes strong in the clinch. don't base Machidas skills just on his UFC fights.
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9 months ago
Actually the knockout was Machidas patented straight left. You can see him back off a bit before he throws it.
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9 months ago
I agree, Machida used boxing to get the ko.
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9 months ago
That want karate, he got the ko using boxing
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9 months ago
madness doesn't matter what he could have done he didn't do it. rashad is dumb for even trying to box with him he didn't shoot cause he was cocky and thought he could knock out anyone he messed up that's that. Karate's BACK! lol
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9 months ago
Thankyou anonymous d***rider. It's pretty damn obvious rashad could ahve done better..he was undefeated before right? Isn't that why guys like you ride fedor?
Pretty damn obvious he needed to do something other than try to box with machida...did you even watch the fight? he barely even threw any kicks, if machida can dodge anything someone throws at him so far, dodging nothing but punches is basically a vacation.
Help stop stupid, bash "anonymous" posters.
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