Q&A with Machida - wants to fight Jardine next

If an undefeated fighter is a virtually unknown to the mainstream fans the first reason that comes to mind is that he hasn’t fought top competition. This could not be further from the truth when it comes to UFC 205 lb. contender Lyoto Machida. Lyoto has fought and defeated UFC stars Rich Franklin, B.J Penn, and Stephan Bonnar. Most recently Lyoto won a one-sided unanimous decision over Pride Veteran Kazuhiro Nakamura at UFC 76 making Lyoto a perfect 3-0 in the UFC. In this must read interview Lyoto explains how he bucked the trend and made a successful transition into the octagon, his toughest fight of his career, and who he wants to make unlucky victim number 12. All of this and much more in this fightbeat exclusive......................

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Lyoto is the man and I can't wait until he gets to fight a big name in front of the world and finally gets some recognition! He's fought 2 of the biggest names in the sport and most mma fans don't even have a clue.

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Posted by waylon_o

Lyoto is the man and I can't wait until he gets to fight a big name in front of the world and finally gets some recognition! He's fought 2 of the biggest names in the sport and most mma fans don't even have a clue.

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Dunno about that tbh! All the english fans know that from seeing him at ufc 70 and the us should have seen or heard that at ufc 76
He is very very good but at the same point very very unexciting - not boring as such - but he is hardly a great advertisement for exciting fights that always go to decision

If he could just finish 2 guys in a row then he would be in title contention, for now he would have to get like 4 decisions....unfortunately for him. I like for some fights to go all 3 rounds, but not ALL the time!!!

Yep and actually he fights harder than say Okami (at least for 2 rounds) as he dropped Hoger numerous times, not forgetting outside of the UFC where he actually finished both Bonnar and Franklin