Posted by Vegas Martin in
UFC News
on Friday, October 30th, 2009
UFC president Dana White has made it clear he’s already moving on to the scheduling of a rematch between Lyoto Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Immediately after the fight, both Machida and Rua were already preparing themselves for a second meeting as well.
Many fans were upset with the finish of the match, feeling that Rua was the victor in the bout. Before the match, Machida never lost a round in the UFC, but Rua was able to win the first two rounds of the fight. After the right, Machida was unapologetic about being awarded the controversial win.
“There’s three judges, and all three judges had a unanimous decision that I won the fight,” Machida said. “I wasn’t the one that called the fight, the judges were.”
White has yet to announce when Machida vs. Rua II will take place, but the UFC exec made it perfectly clear it’s a fight he believes needs to happen right away.
“I’m ready to make the rematch as fast as we can, and I actually think that the second fight will be the fight that we expect to see.”