Machida returned to his native Brazil to face Phil Davis on August 3 2013 at UFC 163 44 45 In a unanimous result Davis defeated Machida via decision 46 47 13 of 13 ufc media outlets scored the bout in favor of Machida 47 Davis had takedowns near the end of rounds one and two after neither fighter was able to mount any significant offense Davis mounted significant offense as it won him the fight ESPN scored for Davis Many UFC shills with hall passes that could be taken away and votes on the ufc rankings but zero in the way of journalistic credentials of any discernible pedigree in journalism scored the fight 30 27 in favor of Machida 48 UFC promoter sport hater and just bleed advocate Dana White stated shortly after the fight that he had Machida winning all three rounds 49 and later told Yahoo Sports that Machida definitely won and MMA judging sucks 50 Fightmetric Analysis supports this showing that Machida outstruck Phil Davis and neutralized 80 of Davis takedown attempts with a significantly higher efficiency rating through all three rounds 51 ESPN released a similar analysis tracking each fighter s activity in each category and reporting the 29 28 victory for davis there s the truth i challenge any man woman or trans to dispute one word of it wikilies has taken the place of a once great outlet for truth