Lyoto Machida versus Mauricio Rua UFC 104 Machida versus Shogun Betting Odds Pick Preview

Published on October 16, 2009 by admin · No Comments

On Saturday Night October 24th its UFC 104 Machida versus Shogun on Pay Per View from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. In the main event it will be a fight for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship, as UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida will defend his title against the challenger Mauricio Rua. The current odds in this UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout reveals the champion Lyoto Machida as the prohibitive –500 favorite with the challenger Mauricio Rua bringing back +325 to pull off the upset victory.

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Lyoto Machida enters UFC 104 with a perfect 15-0 professional record with 5 wins coming by knockout. Machida is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who specializes in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The champion is coming off a victory over Rashad Evans at UFC 98 by knock out and earning the honors of knockout of the night on that card back on May 23rd of this year. Machida has notable victories over Thiago Silva, Tito Ortiz, Rich Franklin and B.J. Penn over his professional career that began on May of 2003.

The underdog in this match up is Mauricio Rua. The Brazilian mixed martial artist Rua has a professional record of 18 wins and three losses with 15 wins coming by way of knockout. Rua presents the Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu style in competition. The challenger is coming off a notable victory last time out beating the legend Chuck Liddell by knockout back at UFC 97 Redemption in April of 2009. He too earned knockout of the night honors in his last bout. Mauricio Rua has notable victories over Mark Coleman, Quinton Rampage Jackson and Alistair Overeem to name a few.

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The question in this fight is can Mauricio Rua find an opening to knockout Machida behind his successful striking ability. Lyoto Machida is not likely to make a mistake to allow his opponent Rua to exploit. Machida has beaten top competition in his past few fights while Rua is coming off wins over two fighters who are without doubt beyond their prime in Mark Coleman and Chuck Liddell. This will be Lyoto Shogun Machida’s first title defense of his UFC Light Heavyweight Title belt. It will be scheduled for five rounds with each round five minutes in length. Neither fighter has gone beyond 3 rounds in their professional career. Shoguns past 13 fights have gone the distance 10 times. This will be Mauricio Rua’s fourth fight in the UFC and he is 2-1 in the promotion. Forrest Griffin defeated Rua in Mauricio’s last fight against a fighter in his prime by submission at UFC 76 Knockout, way back in September of 2007. Following his loss to Griffin, Mauricio Rua had knee surgery that took him out of action for 16 months.

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