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By rss@youtube.com (PedroLMariano2) PART 3 OF 3) You need to know a little about Karate to understand this great fighter: Lyoto Machida! Knowing when to attack and when to dodge it's not backpedaling, it's being intelligent and it's what any karateka should do! (22/07/2006)

By Brad 4. Lyoto Machida: He could possible pull the Royce Gracie and take it all.  Dangerous and elusive. Plus, we recently discovered he has striking power. 13. Rich Franklin: Former champ has good striking and submission skills. 4. Tito Ortiz: Puts butts in the seats.  A ground and pound specialist. 

By Mike Fagan Ortiz went on to beat up Ken Shamrock not once, but twice before Chuck Liddell obliterated him for a second time.  He later drew Rashad Evans in a dreadful fight, followed by getting the Mexican beaten out of him by Lyoto Machida at UFC 84.  Since then, Ortiz has been busy teasing Strikeforce,...

By Jesse Holland One of the big stories coming into this event is of course the headlining fight (and rematch) between Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin. It's the "Huntington Beach Bad Boy's" first bout at light heavyweight since coming up short against Lyoto Machida back in May 2008. Ortiz: Griffin:

By Bryan Levick Also under consideration would be Rich Franklin. He would need a solid win as an actual light heavyweight rather than fighting at catchweight bouts. The UFC could market a Franklin-Machida matchup, the two have met before back on New Year's Eve in 2003.

Brazillians have had trouble drawing in North America at the level of other elite MMA fighters. Lyoto Machida’s first title defense drawing just 475,000 buys – the lowest figure for a light heavyweight championship match since Randy Couture vs. Chuck Liddell III in February, 2006 – was th...

By E. Spencer Kyte That being said, Ortiz is essentially a big bag of question marks coming into this fight, as more than 18 months have passed since we last saw him in the ring, losing a unanimous decision to current light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida.

By Sterling Spiars Randy Couture One reason is that Machida has already verbally agreed to fight Mauricio Rua in a rematch for the light-heavyweight championship. Another reason is that Couture did not win impressively. So in the end, Couture has agreed to fight UFC Hall of Fame fighter, Mark Coleman at UFC 1...

By Erik Fontanez Reports are surfacing that the highly anticipated rematch between UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua is set to take place this May in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. UFC president Dana White spoke with Yahoo! Sports on Wednesday and confirmed the bout say...

By Zdot The loss against Lyoto Machida was at K-1 Hero’s 1, and he was giving away almost 30 pounds to Machida. Machida fought at 220 lb while Penn was weighing 191lb. Get the B.J. “The Prodigy” Penn Cage Fighter • BJ Penn UFC 101 Cage Fighter Post Fight CageTee- @ UFC Store

By John Morgan [kingofabuelos] The rematch fans have been demanding ever since the conclusion of UFC 104 may happen in May. UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and challenger Maurico "Shogun" Rua (18-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) have agreed to revisit their October clash on May 1, according to Yahoo! Spo...

By Kris Karkoski A rematch between UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua will headline a May 1 UFC event in Montreal, Canada, UFC President Dana White confirmed with Yahoo Sports’ Dan Wetzel on Wednesday. For the latest UFC rumors check out the MMAFrenzy.com MMA rumors se...

By James Ryan At the age of 46, Randy “The Natural” Couture returned to the UFC Light Heavyweight Division and immediately declared an interest in fighting Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida (UFC LHW Champion).  At this stage in his career, I think that a lot of people would agree that Randy Couture has very lit...

By Maggie Hendricks Silver Star Casting Company picked up Forrest Griffin, and designed his walkout shirt for UFC 106. Though their clothes are not my favorite -- this is the only design I like with skulls and flowers --  they have been impressive in picking up fighters. Their roster now includes Lyoto Machida...

Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez returns today to talk all the news in pro-wrestling and MMA! We'll talk the latest on Brock Lesnar, his illness and recovery, plans for the UFC Heavyweight Title, several major matches announced for early 2010 including Rua vs. Machida II, Spike ratin...

By Chart Topper MMA for the longest time seemed like the domain of the trash talking, hype selling superstar, but a new breed of fighter seems to be emerging, one based more on talent, and sold less on his or her words. Names like GSP, Anderson Silva, and Machida come to mind to name a few, a select group of fighters who rarely if ever bash their opponents and prefer to settle matters in the ring. Fedor Emelianenko is the flagship of that group in this aspect, not only choosing to never bash an opponent but rather giving them respect whenever possible. “MMA is not dogs fighting in a cage,” Emelianenko said. “This is a great sport. I like to meet my opponent and show that, first of all, I respect him as a sportsman.” Opinion.   [read the full post]

By Josh Nason What's next for Couture? I'm not sure. I don't think he earned a title match against Lyoto Machida with the win that honestly felt inconsequential in the grand scheme of the light heavyweight division. Would it make sense to put him against the winner of Rashad Evans against Thiago Silva? Wh...

Thumbs up Worst match: Couture-Vera Very good show overall. Joe Rogan embarrassed himself, however, with his rant against the judging in the main event. This was no Hamill-Bisping or even Shogun-Machida. It was a fight that was even at 1-1 in rounds wrong guy. Mike Jenkinson

By Tom Grant Just days after his epic match with Shogun Rua, with a rematch already on the books, UFC Light Heavyweight Champ Lyoto Machida went into surgery for a broken hand, and has been sidelined for several weeks. And then, of course, this is the likely rematch of Bantamweight champion Brian Bowle...

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By Justin Orel UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva Henderson's a wrecking machine when he's not facing the very best in the world. The problem with that? Anderson Silva is the very best in the world at middleweight. I don't see it happening.

By Leland Roling While I doubt either man will be put on the spot with a title shot following the rematch between Machida and Rua, the winner should be in line for a shot at a top five opponent in the division and the potential to become a title contender. After all, the UFC has always liked the concept of a new fac...

JUDGING Hey Dave- I was reading through the Observer today and specifically the Machida/Shogun coverage. I didn't really feel like discussing it last weekend because people were so vehement about it and I wasn't vehement at all so it just felt awkward. Watching it from a suite Saturday nig...

By Tim Ngo UFC light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida doesn’t know what was more hectic, the treacherous training camp he endured for his first title defense at UFC 104 or the week since the bout where he was forced to justify his controversial unanimous decision win over Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

By Greg Riot The Lyoto Machida vs. Shogun Rua light heavyweight title fight at UFC 104 is excellent proof of the evolution of the sport and should be used as a shining example of a fight to show people who don’t think MMA fighters are highly skilled athletes.

By Ed J Pickle McNasty III Total Wins = 305Wins by Knockout = 88 (29%)Wins By Submission = 116 (38%)Wins by Decision = 101 (33%) Light Heavyweight: (Frank Shamrock, Tito Ortiz, Randy Couture, Vitor Belfort, Chuck Liddell, Quinton Jackson, Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans, Lyoto Machida, Wanderlei Silva, Dan Hen...

By Tom Ngo Preliminary Bouts: Main Bouts: Tyson Griffin vs. Jim Miller Carlos Condit vs. Paul Daley Junior Dos Santos vs. Gabe Gonzaga Thiago Silva vs. Rashad Evans Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Lyoto Machida (UFC Light Heavyweight Champion) Shane Carwin vs. Brock Lesnar (UFC Heavyweight Champion)

By Justin Orel Shogun Rua . Okay, my Pride side is showing. I must’ve watched the Shogun-Wandy sparring videos online more than I’ve watched actual fights. I couldn’t be happier with Shogun’s ascension in the UFC Light-Heavyweight division, and after his performance against Lyoto Machida at UFC 104, I’...

By Yehia El Behery The Iceman, Georges St-Pierre and many other notable mixed martial artists and world champion kickboxers also come from a background in Karate, yet we don’t often see anyone fighting the way Machida does, not even Lyoto’s father and brother.

Miller is absolutely right, in most cases a late takedown does not result in effective grappling or striking but is just a last ditch effort to try to appeal to the judges and score points. The problem with that being scored has nothing to do with the ten point must system, if either Machida or...

By Tim Wow! Machida vs. Rua UFC 104 had the best judges in the history of MMA.  Oh, wait! Maybe the judging was the worst.  Or was it more of the same?  I guess that is a matter of opinion.  Then again, so is the judge’s decision isn’t it?  Some of the analysis and some of the breakdowns have been very insigh...

By Tom Ngo It’s been four days since UFC light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida controversially defended his strap at UFC 104 against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, and it appears that more MMA enthusiasts are starting to see the fight a lot closer than originally thought, with some even changing their mi...

BIG MOMENTS IN SCORING HISTORY Quick, what were the big moments in the Velazquez vs. Rothwell fight? The takedowns, right? That was an easy one because it was so one-sided. The biggest moment in Shogun vs. Machida occurred near the end of the third round.

By Brandt DeLorenzo UFC 104 gave us one of the most exciting back and forth main events that we have seen in a long time. It also gave many fans a reason to jump online to discuss why they believe Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua was robbed by the judges after his fight with light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida. But now the...

By 5thRound.com Staff Marcos Rosales (Machida 48-47): Cecil Peoples (Machida 48-47): 1stRound: Machida 10-9 2ndRound: Machida 10-9 3rdRound: Machida 10-9 4thRound: Rua 10-9 5thRound: Rua 10-9 1stRound: Rua 10-9 2ndRound: Machida 10-9 3rdRound: Machida 10-9 4thRound: Machida 10-9 5thRound: Rua 10-9

By Tom Ngo The planet’s biggest sports media outlet accidentally stated on their homepage that challenger Mauricio “Shogun” Rua took a decision over champ Lyoto Machida to capture the light heavyweight title at this weekend’s show. The only problem is, Machida successfully won a controversial...

By Jim Genia Light-heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida, heretofore believed to possess an aura of invincibility, lost that aura thanks to Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. And Rua, at one time believed the best light-heavyweight in the world from his performances in Pride, lost his UFC 104 match-up against the c...

By Chart Topper Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida was awarded a unanimous decision victory over Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 104 Saturday night. He retains his light-heavyweight title despite the opinion of many fans and critics who felt the match should have been scored as a loss to the champion. “I think there will be a rematch,” White said. “I talked to both of them, and they both agreed to a rematch.” Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida was awarded a unanimous decision victory over Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 104 Saturday night. He retains his light-heavyweight title despite the opinion of many fans and critics who felt the match should have been scored as a loss to the champion. Even UFC president Dana White disagreed with the [...]   [read the full post]

The final horn sounded and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua raised his hands towards the roof of the Staples Center, sure he'd just won the UFC light-heavyweight championship. The building's 16,000 fans cheered him, ready to shower him with glory to match his new gold.

By Drew Lyoto Machida obviously. He was exposed, if only somewhat. He appeared frustrated at times and his power was sapped by the vicious body and leg attack from Shogun. The UFC light heavyweight division is even more chaos than anticipated, somehow.

By Tommy Hackett Main Event, for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship: Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida (champion) vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua Despite what Marc says, I don’t see any advantage for Rua other than possibly size. No way is he catching Machida with a lumbering lead left hook as he did in his knockout...

By Tim Ngo Lyoto Machida: Yes he’s undefeated. Yes he’s been untouched while putting together a 15-0 record. But, it wasn’t until his win over Tito Ortiz that Machida became “dominant.” If Machida can somehow find a way to get past Rua in his first title defense, then he will have proven himself as the...

By Marc Staehling Shogun has better wrestling, better jiu-jitsu, better ground and pound and more heart than Machida has ever showed in a ring or cage, yet the champ is a massive betting favourite, and people are already annointing him the next Anderson Silva, and he hasn’t even defended his title ye...

By Tom Ngo Unfortunately for “The Ultimate Fighter 2″ winner, his record and position in the lightweight pecking order isn’t where he would like it to be, but the good news is that his losses came against champ BJ Penn and top contenders Kenny Florian and Diego Sanchez – the who’s who of the 155-pound...

By Tom Ngo It appears as though you can add UFC light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida to the ever-growing list of detractors that feel Fedor Emelianenko is not the world’s best heavyweight.  In fact, the Brazilian believes that UFC champ Brock Lesnar is the planet’s top heavyweight mixed martial a...

By Marc Doche “Anderson has been the champion for a while now and defended his belt,” said the 31-year old Machida, who has vowed to never step inside the Octagon to face his amigo. “This will be my first title defense so I have to prove that I am worthy of being a champion like him.” A true champion.

By Tom Ngo Machida has silenced his critics by ending his last two scraps in dominating fashion. However, prior to his knockouts of Thiago Silva and former champ Rashad Evans, most considered Machida nothing more than a solid light heavyweight due to his inability to finish.

By Tom Ngo It’s been about five months since UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida’s life got turned upside-down.  Although he carried with him an impressive 14-0 pro record into his title fight against Rashad Evans at UFC 98, it wasn’t until after the 2ndRound TKO that MMA fans started to pa...

By Kris Karkoski UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun – October 24, 2009 (Los Angeles, CA)DREAM 12 – October 25, 2009 (Osaka, Japan)Strikeforce Challengers: Evangelista vs. Gurgel – November 6, (Fresno, CA)Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers – November 7, 2009 (Hoffman Estates, IL)Sengoku 11th Battle – November 7, 20...

By Staff Light Heavyweight Rankings (186 to 205 lbs.) 1. Lyoto Machida (15-0) 2. Quinton Jackson (30-7) 3. Rashad Evans (13-1-1) 4. Anderson Silva (25-4) 5. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (18-3) 6. Forrest Griffin (16-6) 7. Gegard Mousasi (26-2-1) 8. Dan Henderson (25-7) 9. Thiago Silva (14-1)

By Josh Stein Light Heavyweight Rankings (186 to 205 lbs.) 1. Lyoto Machida (15-0) 2. Quinton Jackson (30-7) 3. Rashad Evans (13-1-1) 4. Anderson Silva (25-4) 5. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (18-3) 6. Forrest Griffin (16-6) 7. Gegard Mousasi (26-2-1) 8. Dan Henderson (25-7) 9. Thiago Silva (14-1)

By Zach Arnold Is Kimbo damaged goods? And speaking of another fighter at an older age trying to learn the sport of Mixed Martial Arts, Strikeforce is ready to promote Herschel Walker for this December or January in a fight. Aren’t you excited, Mr. White?

By Andrew Nuschler Guys like Anderson Silva, Lyoto Machida, Georges St. Pierre, B.J. Penn, Fedor Emelianenko, Mauricio Rua, Quentin Jackson, Dan Henderson, Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, etc. aren't (or weren't) hulking bulges of muscle. They're all absurdly strong and a guy like GSP or Captain America coul...

By Dorothy Willis Sugar has a sweetness that is lacking in so many fighters who are afraid of showing their true feelings (like Brock Lesnar and Forrest Griffin, who only show mean spiritedness). Waiting to see Lyoto Machida fight Shogun Rua is making me a nervous wreck. I enjoy both fighters' styles and woul...

By Larry Vollmer In a message on his website today, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson announced he is retiring from mixed martial arts. Or maybe he just figures it’s a good time to retire on a win without having to inevitably face Lyoto Machida towards the tail end of his career.

By Dave Walsh Light Heavyweight Rankings (186 to 205 lbs.) 1. Lyoto Machida (15-0) 2. Quinton Jackson (30-7) 3. Rashad Evans (13-1-1) 4. Anderson Silva (25-4) 5. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (18-3) 6. Forrest Griffin (16-6) 7. Gegard Mousasi (26-2-1) 7. Rich Franklin (25-4, 1 No Contest) 9. Keith Jardine (14-5-1)

By Numbers Fedor Emelianenko KO's Andrei Arlovski, Affliction Day of Reckoning (1/24/2009) Lyoto Machida KO's Thiago Silva, UFC 94 (1/31/2009) Matt Hamill KO's Mark Munoz, UFC 96 (3/7/2009) Lyoto Machida KO's Rashad Evans, UFC 98 (5/23/2009)

By Brad Guys like Lyoto Machida make a living predicting the timing of fighters like this, slipping the punch and making their own move. Love him or hate him, he's on to something and I wouldn't be surprised to see more fighters start following his lead.

By D Wizzle Tito Jones, Strikeforce Featherweight Fighter: Mike Swick, UFC Welterweight Fighter: I predict Machida. Keith "KO Kid" Berry, KOTC Middleweight Champion: Houston Alexander, UFC Light Heavyweight Fighter: Lyoto wins on Saturday.

By Thomas Hackett In a recent interview with Fight Magazine, Lyoto Machida was asked what was in his refrigerator. The Brazilian MMA phenom known as “The Dragon” (or, as I prefer to call him, “The Next Light Heavyweight Champion of the World”) didn’t surprise me when he included açaí (pronounced a-sigh-ee...

Lyoto Machida and his family, which includes his father who is a Shotokan master from Japan, have adapated the martial art to form Machida Martial Arts Karate. His unorthodox approach to the MMA game has made Machida one very difficult fighter for opponents to get a handle on. That on top of a...

By e We only wanted to best nicknames on the best fighters in the sport. And here our the first bracket... London Bracket 2] "sugar" Rashad Evans vs [7] Jeff " the snowman" Monson Currently sugar 'Shad Evans stands as the UFC light heavyweight champion and faces Lyoto Machida at UFC 98 in May. 

By Michael Rome 3)  Most top fighters don't fight each other:  In MMA Weekly's current top 10 list at 205 pounds, Lyoto Machida has fought exactly one guy there, and it's a guy I don't think has any business being considered one of the 10 best fighters in the world.  

By Josh Nason Knockout Of The Night went to Lyoto Machida for his at-the-bell KO of Thiago Silva, earning him an extra $65k. UFC President Dana White didn't have anything to add at the press conference, other than "If a guy was intentionally putting Vaseline on a guy's back, he should never corner a mixed...

By John Shubert I think Gono is a little over the hill, and Fitch is an incredible fighter who will overwhelm Gono with his wrestling and ground and pound. Karo is 18-5, 1-0 in the WEC, 8-3 in the UFC, with nine wins by submission. Lyoto Machida-Thiago Silva Georges St. Pierre-BJ Penn

By Mark Chalifoux Light Heavyweight 1.    Forrest Griffin 2.    Lyoto Machida 3.    Rampage Jackson 4.    Rashad Evans 5.    Wanderlei Silva 6.    Anderson Silva 7.    Rich Franklin 8.    Chuck Liddell 9.    Keith Jardine 10.    Brandon Vera Middleweight 1.    Anderson Silva 2.    Paulo Filho

By nospam@example.com (Johnny MMA) Even without Chuck fighting, you can be sure that we will have full UFC 85 results posted here. Also, UFC 84 is being held on May 24th, featuring a title bout between Sean Sherk and BJ Penn. Also on the UFC 84 fight card is Tito Ortiz vs Lyoto Machida and Wanderlei Silva vs Keith Jardine. UFC 84 resu...