Some of you might find this interesting in the run up to tonight's fights. It an interview with a French Muay Thai coach who has trained with both Machida and Rua and basically its his analysis of what's going to happen in the striking. My understanding of striking is limited, I know that you are supposed to hit the other guy harder and more often than he hits you but I thought it was pretty readable. Apparently front kicking will feature heavily.

http://riddum.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=782:riddum-exclusive-daniel-woirins-technical-breakdown-of-machida-vs-shogun&catid=50:ufc-news&Itemid=122

Did he have to say that bit about Lyoto having a "sour taste in his mouth" that **** grosses me out.

http://i39.tinypic.com/4tn8m0.jpg

Tom Lawlor was rocking that Severn stache.

Got to say I'm glad I got back from Canada in time to catch the headline fight. Now I get to watch the rest of the fights...not as fun when you know who wins though.

Good event that.

Stevens Stout was awesome wasn't it?

Koscheck says he was egging Daley on during the last minute of the fight.

Daley's been cut from the UFC.

This is how Dana keeps his org above Strikeforce.

I said it before. Andre Dida does a pretty damn good Machida impression. So, have we seen the Machida era effectively ended? Will he go train in the mountains and come back even better? Will the Karate nuthuggery finally go away?

My heart is broken... ):

I've been hearing that Machida's been trying to improve his close-range striking at AKA for a while now, hopefully this encourages him to take it to the next level.

At least now we can see Anderson fight for the belt at 205.

Ohhhh. Yeah, I thought it was just a powerbomb. I think Nate Marquardt pulled it off once, but dropped them more on their arms, rather than face.

Stupid post, but in a power bomb you're landing more on your upper back/shoulders. Such as:

YouTube- Kevin Nash Jacknifes the Giant (Bigshow) for the 3rd time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o45JGrDHLpM)

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/garethadavies/100008013/exclusive-ufc-113-paul-daley-cut-from-ufc-by-dana-white/

Bye Bye Daley. You will not be missed.

I honestly don't know who was the bigger douche in that match.

I honestly don't know who was the bigger douche in that match.

Don't know who's bigger, but Koscheck's the more consistent one - the phantom eye gouge last time, and this time he grabbed his face after the knee parted his hair.

Daley's been cut from the UFC.

This is how Dana keeps his org above Strikeforce.

Paul Daley should be spending the night in an American jail on battery charges.

And there was a cut right on Koscheck's hairline right where his 'fro wobbled. I cannot be the only person who saw that.

What I was hoping was going to happen when Miragliotta collared Daley:

YouTube- Referee choke slam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ2iNt6KOfU)

I'm jumping on the double douchebag bandwagon. Also, the main event couldn't have gone better.