I've seen every bit of UFC 104, and i have to tell you that although the fights were good, i have a really bad taste in my mouth. Why, you ask? Because of the result of the UFC Light Heavyweight title match-up between Lyoto Machida and Mauricio Shogun Rua, and if any of you saw the fight for yourselves, you'll see what i mean pretty quickly. Shogun had a game plan coming into this fight against Lyoto, and it worked to perfection. Lyoto couldn't fight like he was known for, and he took the most damage also. Still, those stupid judges give the fight to Lyoto anyway. Needless to say, a lot of people were pretty pissed about the result[as a matter of fact, i'm still pissed off about it too!], but i think Shogun himself is the most shocked about this whole thing. Henceforth, i will now call this event the Staples Center Screwjob{Taken from the Montreal Screwjob by the way}. Overall, Mauricio Shogun Rua is the real winner of the fight and he is the real UFC Light Heavyweight champion, and no one's gonna tell me otherwise! :D The only other thing i'll say is: INSTANT REMATCH!!! Anyway, the rest of the show was pretty good. Here's the overall results for UFC 104. Mauricio Shogun FTW! :D -Tahj{Strider Tahj}

Preliminary card (Non-televised)

• Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve vs. Chase Gormley

Struve defeated Gormley via submission (triangle choke) at 4:04 of round 1. Although on the preliminary card, this bout aired on the Spike TV Prelims special. This bout also aired on the pay per view broadcast after the main event.

• Light Heavyweight bout: Kyle Kingsbury vs. Razak Al-Hassan

Kingsbury defeated Al-Hassan via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

• Middleweight bout: Jorge Rivera vs. Rob Kimmons

Rivera defeated Kimmons via TKO (strikes) at 1:53 of round 3.

• Middleweight bout: Yushin Okami vs. Chael Sonnen

Sonnen defeated Okami via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). Although on the preliminary card, this bout aired on the pay per view broadcast following the Stevenson vs. Fisher fight.

Preliminary card (Spike TV)

• Heavyweight bout: Antoni Hardonk vs. Patrick Barry

Barry defeated Hardonk via TKO (strikes) at 2:30 of round 2.

• Light Heavyweight bout: Ryan Bader vs. Eric Schafer

Bader defeated Schafer via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-26, 30-27).

Main card

• Welterweight (176 lb) bout: Anthony Johnson vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida

Johnson defeated Yoshida via TKO (punches) at 0:41 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout: Joe Stevenson vs. Spencer Fisher

Stevenson defeated Fisher via Submission (elbows) at 4:03 of round 2.

• 157lb Catchweight bout: Gleison Tibau vs. Josh Neer

Tibau defeated Neer via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).

• Heavyweight bout: Cain Velasquez vs. Ben Rothwell

Velasquez defeated Rothwell via TKO (punches) at 0:58 of round 2

• Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Lyoto Machida (c) vs. Mauricio Rua

Rua defeated Machida, but in the biggest controversial decision in UFC history Machida was awarded the win via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) to retain the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $60,000 bonuses.^[6]

• Fight of the Night: Antoni Hardonk vs. Patrick Barry
• Knockout of the Night: Patrick Barry
• Submission of the Night: Stefan Struve

  Chase Gormley who was slated to face Ben Rothwell, instead faced Stefan Struve after Rothwell's opponent was changed to Cain Velasquez.^[3] An injured Sean Sherk was replaced by Josh Neer against Gleison Tibau.^[4]

  As with UFC 103, the UFC announced a portion of the preliminary card will air live and commercial-free during an hour long block on Spike.^[5] The Ryan Bader vs. Eric Schafer and Antoni Hardonk vs. Patrick Barry fights were shown on Spike in the U.S and ESPN in the UK. Yushin Okami who was last scheduled to return at UFC 98 against Dan Miller, but suffered a torn ligament and was not be able to compete made his return to fight Chael Sonnen.