UFC 140 Pre-fight Interview with Lyoto Machida




Lyoto Carvalho Machida (Portuguese pronunciation: [liˈotu maˈʃidɐ]; born May 30, 1978) is a Japanese-Brazilian mixed martial artist from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil who fights as a light heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and is currently ranked as the #6 light heavyweight fighter in the world by Sherdog.Machida was born in the city of Salvador as the third son of the highly ranked head of the Brazilian branch of the Japan Karate Association,[5] Shotokan karate master Yoshizo Machida.[6] Yoshizo moved to Brazil from Japan when he was 22 years old. There he met and married Lyoto’s mother, Ana Claudia.[7] Growing up in Belém, Lyoto began training in karate at the age of three and earned his black belt at the age of thirteen.[8] He also began training in sumo at twelve and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at fifteen. He won a number of amateur karate tournaments, including the 2001 Pan American Karate tournament.


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