This is the beginning of the end.
MMA and the UFC will forever be tarnished, just like Boxing.
This is what happens when the UFC is owned by Casino scumbags... Tons of people put money on Shogun @ 3-1 odds and they were going to lose big on payouts. So the judges were paid off. I don't see how it could be anything else. Everyone judged it Shogun and he landed 2x as many strikes.
http://fightmetric.com/fights/Machida-Shogun.html
How other site scored the fight
FightMetric: 49-47 Rua
Yahoo Sports / Cagewriter: 48-47 Rua
BloodyElbow : 48-47 Rua... Read More
USAToday: 48-47 Rua, 49-46 Rua
Savage Science: 49-46 Rua
ESPN / Jake Rossen: 49-46 or 48-47 Rua
MMA Fanhouse / Michael David Smith: 48-47 Rua
411mania.com: 48-47 Rua
CagePotato: 49-46 Rua
MMATorch : 48-47 Rua
MMAJunkie : 49-46 or 48-47 Rua
MMAMania : 50-45 Rua
5 Ounces of Pain : Rua (no score given)
Fightlinker : Rua (no score given)
MMAConvert: Rua ("Machida was given a gift")
ProMMA.Info: 50-45 Rua
Sherdog: Jordan Breen -- 48-47 Rua, Brian Knapp -- 48-47 Rua, Mike Fridley -- 50-45 Rua
Shogun deserves that belt.