Lyoto Machida Interview part 2 of 5

Getting ready for Machida/Shogun II. Interview from 12/17/09 in SporTVs Sensei with Mario Filho. Make sure to turn on captions for the subtitles. sorry for the video quality.

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• lyoto
• machida
• mauricio
• shogun
• rua
• ufc
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• sensei

[IsolationInstigation]

@judaschongo Man you're talking straight out your ass. UFC is not MMA? Tell me what REAL MMA is supposed to be? MMA would be nothing like it is without UFC. You're precious Pride(I respect Pride, ofcourse, it was awesome while it lasted) died out 5 yers ago, where would MMA be today if not for UFC?

[judaschongo]

@TomSpartan218 I hope your correct! I would want nothing more than to see the PrideFC format, ring & tournaments brought back! & the "unified rules" read its last rites.

ufc is NOT MMA!

[judaschongo]

@TomSpartan218 I agree 100% PrideFC has been the epitome of MMA thu far!

ufc is nothing but a reality show charade! how they managed to sell everyone on this unified rules bullshit is beyond me. I suppose were getting just what we deserve with this ufc garbage; for being so fad conscience & feeble minded. When PrideFC came to town with 2 super stacked fight card that still hold up to this day. No one showed support, attendance was nothing spectacular & the PPV buys were dismal.

[judaschongo]

@TomSpartan218 a healthy Shogun should be heavily favored even under these bullshit god forsaken rules ufc. I just hope his knees hold up he's been having frequent trouble with them to the point of requiring multiple surgeries.

ufc is NOT MMA!

Shogun knows what REAL MMA/ValeTudo is!

[judaschongo]

@TomSpartan218 (dana white post-fight declaration) that Shogun's knee was re-injured during the fight; and NOT before the fight like it actually had.

you consider Machida to have a more fluent striking game? Shogun is superior there too; just consider their quality of competition & the result of their last fight; and it wasn't NO luck. Machida is nothing special on the ground either! did you forget he was almost submitted by a freak, semi-exhausted attempt of a triangle choke by Tito Ortiz.

[judaschongo]

@TomSpartan218 overestimate/overrated same concept; I was just using a gentler euphemism; didn't want to offend.

practically everyone says they're 100% ready before a fight; but once again, you know his knee was damaged before the Griffin fight which lead to the subsequent ACL surgical repair. What about his recent Machida victory? Shogun had his appendix removed 2 weeks prior & had even re-injured his knee. Totally contradicting dana white's open lie to the public; where he stated he hurt....

[judaschongo]

@TomSpartan218 Machida is overestimated; Shogun is the real deal. Luck happens? it really does when preparation & opportunity meet but you can't write off Rua's win as purely circumstantial. You can make a case for Shogun winning the 1st rd against Griffin; but you know during that fight Shogun was plagued with ACL damge with resulted in serious surgery. Machida is NOT better in any way than Shogun; ask yourself this: could Lyoto of done what Mauricio did during the PrideFC 2005 Middleweight GP?

[thedamgame]

urine therapy

machida needs to drink shogun urine now

[judaschongo]

I've always been a Machida criticizer, personally never understood the word "Great" being applied to him or "Machida era". When they were 1st slated to fight, the vast majority gave Shogun almost no chance; I just thought: does this uninformed public or analysts even know anything outside ufc?

Lyoto fought Penn a natural 155'er(albeit a great 1) and virtually lost every exchange on the feet. I just can't imagine Rua, Minotouro or Rampage struggling against any Lightweight? no matter how great

[tman229]

@judaschongo Also if any attack during that second fight hurt Machida then it would of been the elbow slash right after the clinch on the cage but I don't think that did as much damage either.