At last Shogun Rua prove to be the better fighter
Rua stuns Machida in UFC 113

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Posted at 05/09/2010 4:13 PM | Updated as of 05/09/2010 4:14 PM
MANILA, Philippines – Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida suffered his first career loss by knockout in the hands of eventual Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in UFC 113 on Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
According to UFC.com, Rua stunned Machida with the KO at 3:35 of Round 1. He finally got back at Machida for his UFC 104 loss last October via unanimous decision.
“Shogun” improved his record to 19 wins and 4 losses while Machida now has 16 wins and 1 defeat.
The two light heavyweights slugged it out in the main event held at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
Meanwhile, Josh “Kos” Koscheck edged Paul “Semtex” Daley by unanimous decision. Koscheck now has 17 wins and 4 losses while Daley has a 23-9-2 record.
Sam “Hands of Stone” Stout (16-6-1), meantime, lost to Jeremy “Lil' Heathen” Stephens (18-5) by split decision.
Matt Mitrione remained undefeated at 2-0 by scoring a technical knockout victory over Kimbo Slice (4-2) at 4:24 of Round 2.
Alan “The Talent” Belcher (15-5) and Joe “El Dirte” Doerksen (40-12) eked out wins via submission.
Belcher defeated Patrick “The Predator” Cote (14-6) by submission (other) at 3:25 of Round 2 while Doerksen beat Tom “Filthy” Lawlor (6-3-0, 1 no contest) by submission (choke) at 2:10 of Round 2.
Other matches in UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2 resulted in Marcus “The Irish Hand Grenade” Davis (22-7) beating Jonathan “The Road Warrior” Goulet (22-11-1) by TKO and Johny Hendricks (8-0) trouncing TJ Grant (15-4) via majority decision.
Joey “The Mexecutioner” Beltran (12-3) and Mike “The Joker” Guymon (13-3-1) posted unanimous decision victories over Tim “The Thrashing Machine” Hague (10-4) and Yoshiyuki “Zenko” Yoshida (11-5), respectively.
John Salter (5-1), meanwhile, kicked things off, with a TKO stoppage (referee) at 2:42 of Round 1 over Jason “The Athlete” MacDonald (22-13).