For those that are not aware (judging by the comments I've read so far.) This is a sign of respect from your master, hence the handshake right after.
It proves that the master sees his pupil as a credible fighter, and would view him in a fight as his equal.
Antonio Inoki (The man with the amazing chin) is a well respected shoot fighter, martial artist and wrestler. Whom also has the honor of getting in the ring with Muhammad Ali in the early 1970's.
Its apparently the man who slapped(punched) Machida gives hims 3 of them and so far the people who got slapped by the man have great turnouts in their careers.
Inoki trained him!? Suddenly I realise why Machida's so great
RoboTurkeyNinja 4 months ago
i would of gave inoki a knee to the head of respect
reiss1productions 1 year ago 3
LMAO GOOD FIGHT SLAP!!!!!
Slaze11211 1 year ago
Inoki slaps a fighter 3 times for luck in a successful mma career
EoinGlynn903 1 year ago
WTF
Challangerxx 1 year ago
That dude has a massive fucking chin.
TimeWarp66 1 year ago 2
I said I DIDNT wanna shake your hand!!!......ok fine.
yoshibootz 1 year ago
i wonder if machida knew that he was going to do that i mean really he looked kida surprised hahahhahaha what the fk, i love those dudes .
ROLLTIDE4LIFE100 2 years ago
@ROLLTIDE4LIFE100 its a honnor in japan to be slap by inoki
2submit 1 year ago
@2submit oh ok thanks
ROLLTIDE4LIFE100 1 year ago
asians show tough love....and tougher respect
tupac809 2 years ago 4
For those that are not aware (judging by the comments I've read so far.) This is a sign of respect from your master, hence the handshake right after.
It proves that the master sees his pupil as a credible fighter, and would view him in a fight as his equal.
Antonio Inoki (The man with the amazing chin) is a well respected shoot fighter, martial artist and wrestler. Whom also has the honor of getting in the ring with Muhammad Ali in the early 1970's.
Big props to Lyoto Machida
Neopreacher 2 years ago
What the fuck.
Those were some close-fisted slaps...
Also check the mother-fucking chin on that azn man.
imhatepie 2 years ago
@imhatepie inoki bear ali's legs
2submit 1 year ago
Kids this a typical reaction when someone steals your lunch money I would do the same hahaha
Vertpill 2 years ago
wtf is this all about ,......
dfortin99 2 years ago 6
Its apparently the man who slapped(punched) Machida gives hims 3 of them and so far the people who got slapped by the man have great turnouts in their careers.
randumb1234 2 years ago
@dfortin99 ITS A FAMOST THING TO HAPPEN TO YOU TO BE SLAP BY INOKE
2submit 1 year ago