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Originally Posted by just_mo
Machida just totally **** the bed in the grappling department. Rockhold ran roughshod over him on the ground and then he had zero gas left after....1 round? Ok I guess.
It wasn't that he was gassed, he got absolutely mauled and the damage did him in. His lack of defensive technique was severely exposed, something he didn't have to worry about as much earlier in his career, but now he's older and people are better. But even then, looking back, he was bad defensively in Shogun II, the Jones fight, and now this. And he lacks durability/recovery.. he pretty much got finished every time he got rocked.