MACHIDA WANTS HENDERSON FIGHT

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Lyoto Machida is currently training himself to recover from the elbow injury after the loss to light heavy weight champion Jon Jones. He is constantly going through a fitness regime and hopes to become perfectly fit as soon as possible. However, once he reaches the fitness level, he does not want to waste any time thinking of his opponent and who he wants to fight. His is the basic reason why he managed to give his decision to fight Dan Henderson once he recovers back to full health and fitness.

The basic reason why the Dragon wants to fight Dan is because he feels that Dan is a legend in his sport. After the loss to the reigning champ Jon Jones, Lyoto Machida wants to fight someone who has been known in the arena for quite some time. Having to fight a legend like Dan will help him understand his level and it will be a match where Lyoto himself can judge his skills which will be put to test in the most rigid manner. Lyoto Machida should be fine in a few weeks and once he feels he is satisfied with him, he will ask for the fight. Moreover, he also has plans of entering the middle weight division and making a name for himself there as well. However before he manages to do anything, he needs that one win which will get him back the fame and popularity from his fans. And what better way to get it, than defeating the legend in the sport, Dan Henderson. The match will probably be scheduled in the month of April or May in all probability.

Henderson also has quite a few matches lined up in his list, where he will be fighting Antonio Rogerio, after which he will move on to fight Jon Jones. This is only if Rashad Evans backs out of the game and does not turn up for the event. The schedule for both these fighters needs to be planned accordingly so that both are in an agreement to fight it out on stage and get the fight started. It will definitely bring quite a huge crowd who will love to see the legend fight Lyoto Machida, known as the Dragon. Both of them are quite popular in their own ways and this is one of the reasons why there is going to be a huge fan following.

MACHIDA FACE OFF WITH JONES

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Lyoto Machida, the former UFC light heavy weight champion has recently been defeated by Jon Jones and this match created a great deal of controversy as Jon had just left the lifeless body of Machida on the ground after the submission win. There have been talks going around saying that Jon has been highly unprofessional and unsporting by trying to perform such an act. Lyoto Machida on the other hand has added to his number of losses which have turned out to be 3 so far out of the total 20 appearances that he has made. Out of the 17 wins 6 out them were ended by a knock out while the rest were just by submission or by decision.

Lyoto Machida made his debut with the UFC in his match against Sam Hoger at the UFC 67 and managed to end up in a victory. He went on to successively win future matches as well and hence began to create a name for him in the fighting industry.

Lyoto has developed a unique an unorthodox style when he fights in the MMA and makes use of a number of combined elements that he had picked up during his training in the early years.

His list of achievements and awards are quite a few in number and they have been achieved from a wide array of background which include those from Martial arts, Mixed Martial Arts. He has been awarded the 2009 MMA fighter of the year and also selected as the knockout of the night on three occasions. Besides these, Lyoto Machida has also won the Fight of the night award once and the Best fighter ESPN award in the year 2009. He has a black belt in Jiu Jitsu and a 3rd Dan Black belt in Shotokan Karate.

MACHIDA READY FOR JONES

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Lyoto Machida was considered by the MMA world to be an unstoppable force not so long ago in the light heavyweight division. His first claim to fame was his fight with Thiago Silva in which he knocked him out just moments away from the end of their fight. This was in the year of 2009, January. He then was given a shot at the UFC Light Heavyweight championship. Lyoto Machida pounced on this opportunity and knocked out Rashad Evans in the second round itself.

His knockout of Rashad Evans was commented upon by Joe Rogan as the dawn of the “The Machida Era”. It did look like he was going to reign over in his decision but that was put to end by the Mauricio Rua. He shattered the aura around Lyoto Machida and found the weak spots in his armour.

Machida then also lost a very close fight to Quinton Jackson which was considered by many to be his final nail in the coffin. He then gained back his reputation after a brilliant front face lick knockout of Randy Couture in the month of April. He then found himself facing Jones at the UFC 140 for the title. He announced that he was very determined to regain his title, having once tasted the sweet taste of being the number one in the business.

Lyoto Machida has been training very hard for the fight and has full confidence in himself. In order to win back the title he will have to face the 23 year sensation Jones, a very strong and formidable opponent. He is a very unorthodox fighter and his moves just cannot be predicted hence making the prospect of fighting him really difficult. Lyoto Machida has been quoted as saying that he has been studying his fights carefully on order to fully understand and comprehend what he is actually against.