Twitter reacts to Lyoto Machida's narrow win over Eryk Anders at UFC Fight Night 125

It's time for the #UFCBelem main event: Does former champ @LyotoMachidafw get his first victory since December 2014, or does @ErykAnders stay unbeaten?

Full play-by-play: https://t.co/nviI4LQv8r pic.twitter.com/r12Nrrhpvk

— MMAjunkie (@MMAjunkie) February 4, 2018

Eryk Anders out to "Set It Off" by Lil Boosie. Lyoto Machida to "Cheguei" by Ludmilla#UFCBelem

— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) February 4, 2018

#UFCFightNight 125 Main Event Closing Odds: Eryk Anders (-240) vs. Lyoto Machida (+200) – @FS1 @ufc @BrendanFitzTV @felderpaul @MMAOddsBreaker #UFCBelem

— Nick Kalikas (@FightOdds) February 4, 2018

Dropped with a leg kick. That’s not good. #UFCBelem

— Steven Grossi (@SteveOGrossi) February 4, 2018

Anders' right leg all marked up already.

— Guilherme Cruz (@guicruzzz) February 4, 2018

Ya Boy feeling them leg kicks right now

— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) February 4, 2018

Dragon 10-9

— Dan Tom (@DanTomMMA) February 4, 2018

Apparently, Machida still has some chin left. #UFCBelem

— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) February 4, 2018

Machida makes Anders look GREEN. Anders won't check kicks. Anders just follows, doesn't cut off the cage.

— RJ Clifford (@RJcliffordMMA) February 4, 2018

Eryk is trying to kill em! #UFCBelem

— Mike Jackson, Esq. (@TheTruthJackson) February 4, 2018

Anders gets the takedown, knees Machida and opens up a cut. Machida's got a gusher.

— Heidi Fang (@HeidiFang) February 4, 2018

Anders rocks Machida with a left hand with 30 seconds and probably won that round. Second round was close, and Machida won the first.

— Guilherme Cruz (@guicruzzz) February 4, 2018

Lyoto with all the kick/knee fakes. #UFCBelem pic.twitter.com/6QklWlpPtk

— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) February 4, 2018

Eryk Anders is fighting in an exactly perfect way to get screwed by the judges.

— Jed Meshew, Esq. (@JedKMeshew) February 4, 2018

Machida’s style unfortunately hasn’t quite evolved past completely disengaging/circling to rushing in with a counter (head high/hands low).

— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) February 4, 2018

Machida working cardio for his fights #UFCBelem pic.twitter.com/YiQNfV0h57

— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) February 4, 2018

Does Machida take it at home? #ufcbelem

— Jared Gordon (@JFlashGordonMMA) February 4, 2018

Interesting fight. I've got it Machida 48-47. Wouldn't argue Anders 48-47. Think it comes down to how second round was scored. When Machida went orthodox in the 5th, that seemed to really stall Anders offense.

— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) February 4, 2018

Machida 1/2/5

— Ali Abdelaziz (@AliAbdelaziz00) February 4, 2018

Damn what a close fight. I think the judges go with machida on that. But you never know. I got machida 1 and 5, anders 3and 4. Round 2 is gonna be the deciding factor

— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) February 4, 2018

Congrats to the Dragon for defying father time, at least one last time. #UFCBelem pic.twitter.com/FVx3jaTYb7

— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) February 4, 2018

Close fight. But I don’t think Machida wins that decision in any other country.

— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) February 4, 2018

Lyoto Machida calls to be Michael Bisping's retirement fight. #UFCBelem

— Shaheen Al-Shatti (@shaunalshatti) February 4, 2018

Lyoto Machida calls out Michael Bisping. That would be a fitting retirement fight for both men. #UFCBelem

— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) February 4, 2018

UFC Fight Night 125 results: Lyoto Machida digs deep for split over Eryk Anders, asks to face Michael Bisping https://t.co/iLNXCsRFev

— MMAjunkie (@MMAjunkie) February 4, 2018