Lyoto Machida (22-6) mötte Luke Rockhold (14-2) på UFC on Fox 15 och blev besegrad via submission. Nu hävdar Machida att han mottog ett illegalt slag som påverkade matchens utgång.
Machida har sett matchen flera gånger och menar att han fick en armbåge i nacken som gjorde honom yr.
”I’ve watched it maybe 3-4 times, that fight,” sa Machida på måndagens avsnitt av The MMA Hour. ”I saw that I got an elbow on my neck, he elbowed my neck and I was so dizzy that time. Then, when I went to corner, I barely hear my brother, so when I got back to the fight, I was so dizzy, my legs were wobbly. I wasn’t recovered. So suddenly I fell again, and he was smart and capitalized.”
”I thought that was illegal shot,” sa Machida. ”But, it’s not a problem because it’s a fight, something happens sometime. I think it wasn’t on purpose, but I think it happened, it made me bad.”
