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9. Luke Rockhold vs. Lyoto Machida
UFC on Fox 15
April 18, 2015 | Newark, New Jersey
Rockhold did more than slay “The Dragon.” He destroyed him. Rockhold capped off a virtuoso performance by submitting Machida with a rear-naked choke in the second round of their headliner at the Prudential Center. Machida feebly tapped out 2:31 into Round 2, having been brutally beaten by a superior opponent. Rockhold drove the off-balance Brazilian to the mat with a glancing right hand in the first round, bailed on a topside guillotine and then uncorked vicious ground-and-pound. Machida soon found himself in a hopeless state, with Rockhold on his back exacting heavy damage from which he would not recover. A concussive elbow in the closing seconds of the frame sent Machida back to his corner barely able to stand under his own power. He had nothing left to offer at the start of Round 2. There, Rockhold again bullied him to the canvas, softened him with strikes and then moved to his back to lock in the choke for the submission.

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