Lyoto Machida

Lyoto Machida
Lyoto Machida 2008
Data
Fight name	The Dragon
size	185 cm
Weight	84 kg
nationality	Brazil
Date of birth	May 30, 1978
place of birth	Belém (Pará)
team	APAM / Team Machida
Fighting style	Shotokan Karate , Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & Judo
MMA statistics
Victories	24
Knockout	10
task	2
Points	12
Defeats	8th
Knockout	3
task	2
Points	3

Lyoto Machida (born May 30, 1978 in Salvador da Bahia ) is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter .

Machida was born in Brazil to a Japanese Brazilian who was a karate teacher . Machida's main martial art is karate, he is also proficient in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu , judo and sumo .

Machida made his MMA debut on May 2, 2003 at an event of the Japanese wrestling league New Japan Pro Wrestling in Tokyo , where he defeated his opponent Kengo Watanabe. After a victory over Stephan Bonnar at Jungle Fight 1 on September 13, 2003 in Manaus , he inflicted his first defeat on the later UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin at the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye Festival 2003 . Machida then competed three times at K-1 , defeating Michael McDonald, Sam Greco and BJ Penn on March 26, 2005 in Saitama . After winning the Jungle Fight and against Vernon White in the World Fighting Alliance , Lyoto Machida made his successful debut in the Ultimate Fighting Championship at UFC 67 on February 3, 2007 . After three more victories in the UFC , including against Kazuhiro Nakamura , he fought on May 24, 2008 at UFC 84 victorious against Tito Ortiz . In the next fight, against Thiago Silva at UFC 94 on January 31, 2009, his victory was declared Knockout of the Night . He then went on May 23, 2009 at UFC 98 for the title fight for the Light Heavyweight Title against Rashad Evans . He defeated Evans and was able to defend the title on October 24 at UFC 104 against Mauricio Rua , but in the rematch on May 8, 2010 at UFC 113, Machida Rua was knocked out and had to deal with his first MMA defeat.

In his next fight, at UFC 123 on November 21, 2010, he lost to Quinton Jackson just on points. On April 30, 2011, Machida defeated Randy Couture at UFC 129 in the 2nd round by a spectacular knockout, whereupon Couture announced his sporting retreat. In December 2011, Machida was defeated by Jon Jones with a guillotine choke in the 2nd round. In 2013 Machida switched to middleweight division, where he took up the title fight against Chris Weidman after victories against Mark Muñoz and Gegard Mousasi on July 5, 2014 at UFC 175 , but lost it by unanimous decision. A win against CB Dollaway was followed by premature defeats against Luke Rockhold and Yoel Romero .

In April 2016, Machida tested positive for a steroid during a doping control and was banned for 18 months. After his suspension, Machida fought three times at the UFC, winning two fights against Eryk Anders and Vitor Belfort and losing one to Derek Brunson.

MMA statistics

Result	Professional record	opponent	date	event	method	round	time
victory	1-0	Kengo Watanabe	May 2, 2003	NJPW Ultimate Crush	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	2-0	"The American Psycho" Stephan Bonnar	September 13, 2003	JF - Jungle Fight 1	TKO (cancellation by the doctor)	1	4:21
victory	3-0	Rich "Ace" Franklin	December 31, 2003	Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 - Inoki Festival	TKO (kick to the head and punches)	2	1:03
victory	4-0	"Black Sniper" Michael McDonald	March 14, 2004	K-1 Beast 2004	Task (forearm choke)	1	2:30
victory	5-0	Sam Greco	May 22, 2004	K-1 MMA - Romanex	Point decision (shared)	3	5:00
victory	6-0	"The Prodigy" BJ Penn	March 26, 2005	K-1 Hero's 1	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	7-0	Dimitri Wanderley	April 29, 2006	JF - Jungle Fight 6	TKO (exhaustion)	3	3:24
victory	8-0	Vernon "Tiger" White	July 22, 2006	WFA 4 - King of the Streets	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	9-0	"The Alaskan Assassin" Sam Hoger	February 3, 2007	UFC 67 - All or nothing	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	10-0	"The Headhunter" David Heath	April 21, 2007	UFC 70 - Nations collide	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	11-0	"King Kaz" Kazuhiro Nakamura	September 22, 2007	UFC 76 - Knockout	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	12-0	"The African Assassin" Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou	December 29, 2007	UFC 79 - Nemesis	Task (arm triangle choke)	2	4:20
victory	13-0	"The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Tito Ortiz	May 24, 2008	UFC 84 - Ill Will	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	14-0	Thiago Silva	January 31, 2009	UFC 94 - St. Pierre vs. Penn 2	KO (blows)	1	4:59
victory	15-0	Rashad "Suga" Evans	May 23, 2009	UFC 98 - Evans vs. Machida	KO (blows)	2	3:57
victory	16-0	Mauricio "Shogun" Rua	October 24, 2009	UFC 104 - Machida vs. Shogun	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
defeat	16-1	Mauricio "Shogun" Rua	May 8, 2010	UFC 113 - Machida vs. Shogun 2	KO (blows)	1	3:35
defeat	16-2	Quinton "Rampage" Jackson	November 20, 2010	UFC 123 - Rampage vs. Machida	Point decision (shared)	3	5:00
victory	17-2	"The Natural" Randy Couture	April 30, 2011	UFC 129 - St. Pierre vs. Shields	KO (Front Kick)	2	1:05
defeat	17-3	Jon "Bones" Jones	December 10, 2011	UFC 140 - Jones vs. Machida	Technical task (guillotine choke)	2	4:26
victory	18-3	Ryan "Darth" Bader	4th August 2012	UFC on Fox 4 - Shogun vs. Vera	KO (blows)	2	1:32
victory	19-3	Dan "Hendo" Henderson	February 23, 2013	UFC 157 - Rousey vs. Carmouche	Point decision (shared)	3	5:00
defeat	19-4	"Mr. Wonderful “Phil Davis	3rd August 2013	UFC 163 - Aldo vs. Korean zombie	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	20-4	"The Filipino Wrecking Machine" Mark Muñoz	October 26, 2013	UFC Fight Night 30 - Machida vs. Munoz	KO (blows)	1	3:10
victory	21-4	"The Dreamcatcher" Gegard Mousasi	15th February 2014	UFC Fight Night 36 - Machida vs. Mousasi	Point decision (unanimous)	5	5:00
defeat	21-5	"All-American" Chris Weidman	5th July 2014	UFC 175 - Machida vs. Weidman	Point decision (unanimous)	5	5:00
victory	22-5	"The Doberman" CB Dollaway	20th December 2014	UFC Fight Night 58 - Machida vs. Dollaway	TKO (kick against body & punches)	1	1:02
defeat	22-6	Luke Rockhold	April 18, 2015	UFC on Fox 15 - Machida vs. Rockhold	Task (rear-naked choke)	2	2:31
defeat	22-7	"Soldier of God" Yoel Romero	June 27, 2015	UFC Fight Night 70 - Machida vs. Romero	KO (elbow)	3	1:38
defeat	22-8	Derek Brunson	October 28, 2017	UFC Fight Night 119 - Brunson vs. Machida	KO (blows)	1	2:30
victory	23-8	Eryk "Ya Boy" Different	3rd February 2018	UFC Fight Night 125 - Machida vs. Different	Point decision (shared)	5	5:00
victory	24-8	"The Phenom" Vitor Belfort	May 12, 2018	UFC 224 - Nunes vs. Pennington	KO (blows)	2	1:00

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Askmen: Lyoto Machida Interview . Retrieved March 22, 2010.
2. ^ New Lyoto Machida Interview: Talks UFC 104 . Retrieved March 22, 2010.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Lyoto Machida in the Sherdog database , accessed on March 23, 2010.
4. ^ UFC Title Holder History . Archived from the original on February 26, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
5. ↑ BJ Penn vs. Matt Hughes UFC 123: Trilogy Ends with Explosive Knockout . cbsnews.com, November 21, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
6. ↑ Randy Couture Calls It Quits After Knockout Loss, Ending Legendary Career
7. ↑ Lyoto Machida banned until October 2017 due to doping gnp1.de November 16, 2016

Web links

• Lyoto Machida in the database of Sherdog (English)