Split decision. 2 of 3 judges scored the bout for Quinton Jackson; Nelson Hamilton had it for Lyoto Machida.
Scorecards as recorded by PropSports round data · source ↗ · fighter attribution derived from the recorded result, not assumed from score order · how this is built
Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.
Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.
| Round | Fighter | KD | Sig. str. | Total | TD | Sub | Ctrl | Head | Body | Leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 |
| Quinton Jackson |
| 0 |
| 5/18 |
| 26/39 |
| 0/0 |
| 0 |
| 1:03 |
| 4 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| Lyoto Machida | 0 | 12/18 | 16/22 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:18 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| R2 | Quinton Jackson | 0 | 7/16 | 28/38 | 1/1 | 0 | 1:02 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Lyoto Machida | 0 | 8/12 | 11/15 | 0/1 | 0 | 1:23 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| R3 | Quinton Jackson | 0 | 4/15 | 16/27 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:17 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Lyoto Machida | 0 | 13/21 | 26/34 | 1/2 | 1 | 2:55 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
