Lyoto Machida UFC 94 Training

[dchokee]

watch out, evans.

[ashjudd]

OMG that first flying kick was just like Ryu's jumping roundhouse !

[sooner70]

His dad is Japanese..

[633airRangers]

he is japanese he was just born in brazil

[mpcc2022]

his mother is brazilian you know that right? and brazilian is a nationality not a race i'm Dominican but i'm brazilian

[pitbull103]

One of the reasons he is so good is that he has expanded beyond the confines of shotokan. There is a reason that few in MMA have a shotokan base. I went to brown belt as a shotokan student, and it is not relevant to actual fighting. Point fighting yes, but not full contact with takedowns. You must be mixed, and Machida is definitely a mixed martial artist. His unique traditional background is a help. It's almost as if he coaxes his opponents into a point fight. Incredible fighter.

[mitchx69]

u do realise that theres different schools of Shotokan that do full contact and practice the fighting applications of it and not just train in katas and point sparring they actualy train properly as its supposed to be its just that Shotokan has been watered down

[Panther704]

His dad look like japanese

[bahmand]

his dad is jap, then he moved to brasil

[leothelion2001]

as l brazilian myself , l kinda shocked to find out that lioto machida is from brazil , l just now found out on a brazilian website , l'm kinda glad though to see another brazilian mma fighter representing us so good at ufc , know we even got a better lineup of good brazilian fighter , such as anderson silva , shogun rua , minotauro and now lioto , go machida and make us proud .

[TMLeafsGuy]

He technically is Brazilian but his heritage and main style is Japanese! But Brazil has produced amazing MMA fighters! I am glad that Canada has someone to be proud of as well :P

[lhkjk]

is his dad speaking Japanese?

[jbone488]

love this guy

[MMA3013]

Train the spirit.....I like that. Hope you win Dragon.

[rubberchickenbrick]

SOOO looking forward to UFC 98

[freshboi89]

Does Lyoto speak both Japanese and Portugese?

[yosmikey]

Yeah Lyoto speaks Japanese as well. I just seen a video with him speaking Japanese on UFC Japan site.

[kiddtaak]

Lyoto is the man one of the best MMA fighters out there. Since his father is from Japan does Lyoto even speak Japanese?

[baihbalm]

Japanese and Portuguese, and a funny style of English ever since he called Tito a Cheeto!

[Mehdoozi]

The difference between the best and the good is Spirit-Strategy... Look at Silva, Fedor, Machida.

[MarcosMarchesini]

Lyoto is the revenge of Karate, after all these years that Muay Thai and Kickboxing ruled in MMA, Lyoto proved that Karate have a value, OSS!

[uckushtar]

great post brother

[disbejorge]

Damn, I am a fan of Lyoto AND Rashad. For the first time, I'm actually unsure of who to pick as a potential winner.... Lyoto has unsurpassed strategies and technique and Rashad has ridiculous speed and KO power... jeez..

[44cansosteel]

Lyoto looked bigger and stronger than ever and was still light on his feet at UFC 94. Lyoto has all the tools to beat all the other top 10 light-heavyweight fighters

[magician234]

Machida finally gets his shot at Evans in 05/23/09..Cant wait to see what happens.

[robbiart]

I dont know why Dana gave the shot for the belt to Rampage he is not as good as Machida. Compare the fight of Rampage vs Jardine and Machida vs Silva. Machida is better than Rampage.

[nfarino]

if you look at the site they have it as rashad vs ? now. but it used to say rampage. so i think they might fake an injury for rampage and have machida fight. and then rampage vs machida at ufc 100

[captainchau20]

he doesn't get enough credit. he deserves the title shot NOW!

[robbiart]

WOW one of a kind warrior

[T1S2G3]

Incredible respect for the Machida family.

[romangods99]

the best

[mrpenumpela]

hes also my favorite fighter

he deserves a title shot SO BADLY

[decaunited]

i think it's badass that he actually is paying close attention to his dad...i don't know how many pay attention to their fathers...you can just see the level of respect

[systh7]

my fav fighter what a badass.