Franklin, Shogun, and UFC 93
It's the week of UFC 93, and that means a look back at the careers of some of the top fighters on the card. Today marks the release of career reports for Rich Franklin and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua.
We also have two new in-depth fight reports. The first is for a fight that many considered the 2005 Fight of the Year, the battle between Shogun and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.
The other fight is significant because it has the second highest fighter effectiveness score in UFC history. The fight between Rich Franklin and David Loiseau had Franklin throw up a score of 788. That comes in second to Georges St. Pierre's 814 against Jon Fitch.
Once UFC 93 is behind us, we'll shift our attention to UFC 94 and the statistical wonder that is Lyoto Machida. So we ask you: If you could choose one fight from Machida's career for us to create an in-depth report, which would it be? Leave your pick in a comment, and keep in mind, the fight against BJ Penn is already done.
posted by FightMetric @ 5:18 PM
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4 Comments:
For Machida, I'd vote either Dimitri Wanderlei (one of Lyoto's more aggressive outings) or Sam Greco (a razor thin decision...Greco's kyokushin background left him unimpressed by Lyoto's Shotokan). I'd also love to see a write-up or two on any of the fighters for UFC 93, they're my favorite part of FightMetric
I haven't seen many of Machida's pre-UFC fights, just the Franklin fight, but I'd vote for stats on the BJ Penn fight.
Love the site.
I'd like to see Tito/Machida.
Whoops, I see the BJ Penn fight already has a report. In that case, I second the suggestion for a report on the Greco fight, which is the closest Machida has come to losing. Or perhaps his clash with Sam "The Senator" Hogar.
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