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Originally Posted by Palma
All I have to say is he took Liddell down in their last fight, he took Rashad down in their fight, and he took Forrest down... all three have great takedown defense and they knew he was going for a takedown.
People make a big deal about how Tito "telegraphs" his shots, but every fighter's game plan is to keep a sizable distance between them and Tito because they know it's comming and eventhough he has to close the distance everytime he still gets the takedown because his follow-through is as good as it gets.
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You make a great point when stating who Tito has taken down in previous fights, but I've been thinking about the match-up style wise, and I'm hoping that machida doesnt make Tito look stupid. He's real light on his feet and has that goofy ass awkward yet effective karate style. Do you see Tito getting around that in the fight? I see it going 1 of 2 ways:
1.) Tito takes machida down at will and just beats on him because i highly doubt machida will submit him.
2.) Tito tries to find his range so he can get a takedown, all the while being made look like a fool due to machida's elusive and awkward standup style.
I'm leaning more towards 1.) , but I could see it going the other way. I'm not limiting my expectations to just these 2 outcomes, but these are the 2 that I have played in my mind the most