YOU KNOW WHAT EVREYBODY I THINK SHOGUN RUA IS NOT A WORTHY OPPONENT FOR MACHIDA. I ADDRESS THIS COMMENT BECAUSE WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO RUA, WHAT DID HE TRULTY DO IN THE UFC, I KNOW HE KO LIDDELL, HOWEVER HE KO A CHUCK LIDDELL WHO WAS ALREADY PAST HIS PRIME, AND HE KO COLEMAN, WHO BYE THE WAY WAS OVER 40 YRS OLD. AND WHAT HAPPENED WHEN RUA FACED A YOUNG OPPONENT WHO IS IN HIS PRIME IN THE UFC, LET ME TELL YOU, HE TAPPED OUT TO FORREST GRIFFIN!!. EVEN THOUGH RUA IS A GOOD STRIKER TO A FIGHTER LIKE LYOTO HIS RESPONSE TO THAT IS "SO!", LYOTO FACED THEM ALL, SUCH AS DEADLY STRIKERS LIKE THIAGO SILVA, GOOD WRESTLERS WHO ARE EXCELLENT IN TAKE DOWN'S SUCH AS TITO ORTIZ, AND THEN SOME. ON PAPER THIS LOOK'S LIKE A GREAT FIGHT, IN THE OCTAGON RUA WILL NOT HURT MACHIDA, LYOTO MACHIDA WILL CRUISE TO VICTORY IN THIS FIGHT. I WANT HIM TO FIGHT ANDERSON SILVA, THAT MAN(SILVA) RIGHT NOW IS THE ONLY MAN WHO CAN HURT MACHIDA AND GIVE HIM PROBLEMS.