accurate   Machida returned to his native Brazil to face Phil Davis on August   at UFC  In a unanimous decision Davis defeated Machida This caused controversy among many MMA fans  In one sample  of  media outlets scored the bout in favor of Machida ESPN scored it for Davis  Davis had takedowns near the end of rounds one and two and some moderate GNP which formed the only significant offense of the fight Many UFC affiliate bloggers and also scored the fight  in favor of Machida UFC promoter Dana White stated shortly after the fight that he had Machida winning all three rounds and later told Yahoo Sports that Machida definitely won and MMA judging sucks Fightmetric Analysis shows Davis struck machida more times  ESPN released a similar analysis tracking each fighters activity in each category and reporting the  victory scored by the three judges at ringside