Daily Poll Feb. 14: Who will be the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion by the end of 2010?
Posted on February 14, 2010, 09:51 AM by Anton Gurevich- 1. Rashad Evans
- 2. Lyoto Machida
- 3. Shogun Rua
- 4. Randy Couture
- 5. Rogerio Nogueira
- 6. Rampage Jackson
- 7. Other

Comments
Shogun is finally gonna get what should have been his since ufc 104, hes gonna be the champ for sure
gotta be shogun ladz
who actually voted randy? I love the guy and all but cmon...
cock
Absolutely!!!
to be fair rashad for me has the best chanse after shogun. machidas gameplan has been exposed now and however much he tries to diguise
his weaknesses, his karate along with lack of other standup will prove his downfall sooner or later
You lost me there, as long as a Brasilian has the belt, I dont see Anderson going for it at all.
I dunno, Machida is Silva's boy. Maybe if Shogun wins, Silva will immediately ask White for a fight with him just to avenge the lost.
Or maybe thats just an american bro love thing between Jardine and Evans.
Well Silva recently said he supports Wanderlei and would have liked to help him prepare for Bisping if he had been able, back in Pride Shogon was Wand's right hand man and it took a long time before Shogun became champ because he refused to fight Wand.
But I mean then again Shogun is fighting Machida so I doubt Silva would hesitate to fight Shogun really. However I think Shogun would beat Silva.
Personally I dont care what you think, whoever Tfk you are.
Coward the way I see it, nothing you say can change that truth
GUEST
Vitor doesnt train with Anderson to clarify your miniscule knowledge.
I think you might be right, except for that I think Dana will want him to fight at 185 and offer him max 1 fight before title shot if he does.
it could happend mousasi is a very skilled fighter!
i would like to see him fighting guys like rampage and rashad!
and then shogun or machida!
The Shogun
Hard to say, but I have to go with my man shogun even if I have to follow the wagonning since his fight against machida. It's a very tough division and I think either shogun, machida, nogueira or even jon jones by the end of 2010 could be champion. That all makes for exciting fights in 205.
Remember that Shogun can be a little slappy at times.
SHOGUN ALL THE WAY
dude got robbed -.-
When did Machida Beat Shogun the first time? As I remember Shogun beat Machida's ass he just still lost the fight, somehow.
Rashad has zero chances, and anyways how is he going to become champion with that paper chin, Rampage is gonna knock him out and send him to the bottom of the lhw's
Either Shogun or Rampage, only rampage if he starts concentrating on mma hes still got what it takes to be champ
All great fighters have one or two bad fights in their careers But when that happens, it doesn't mean they are done. My point is Not because Shogun fought a great fight against Machida doesn't mean he will beat him the next time. Can Shogun beat him...YES but can Machida beat him... of course.
Dude obviously Shogun is gonna change is strategy, hes not gonna come with the same one thats just idiotic
Jon Jones will be champion but not this year, this year its gonna be either shogun or rampage
well the thing is shogun had a great game plan last time but machida knows all about that now will it work again whats shogun going to do to outsmart him now because they are both excellent fighters both with striking grappling and cardio elements to their game.
in the 205 division its almost impossible to defend the belt more then twice, its a crazy stacked division and I don't see anyone holding the belt for long.
Shogun will be champ this year no doubt... Will he be able to keep it is the question!
I'm with Shogun. Been watching him since he came into Pride and they put all these poor Japanese Pro Wrestler types before him to get pulped by blitzkrieg of punches, kicks, knees n stomps. Then they put him up against the top guys and he did the same to them. LHW division's a different world now and he can't use his stomps but you can't doubt how great this guy could be once again.
Machida's gonna have adjusted his game plan a lot for the rematch but Rua'll come with a different approach too so I believe he could take it, maybe even finish the Dragon this time. Then I think only Anderson could take it off him and that wouldn't be easy but it would certainly be one of the most eagerly anticipated fights in MMA history.
Todos aguardam ansiosamente entre lutas: Lyoto vs Rua e A.Silva vs Belfort, só Brasileiros movem este UFC, sem eles Dana White já teria quebrado com UFC se dependessem dos Norte Americanos, Asiaticos, Europeus.
Randy, say what you want, wait and see!!!