Machida Ready for Silva

One of the front runners for the title of contender at Light Heavyweight, Lyot “The Dragon” Machida believes that he sees some holes in the new UFC Light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans’ game that he believes he can exploit. However, he says this is not the right time to think about it since he is comlpetely focused and preparing for his next fight against the always exciting Thiago Silva.

This clash of Brazilians will be one of the most exciting matches on the UFC 94 card and is a match with definite title implications. When asked about what he is training most on for this fight against fellow Brazilian Thiago Silva, Machida says:

“I’m training on my Karate a lot since that is my speciality along with the takedown part and the ground game. I train all aspects of the game but prioritize on training my strongest weapon, stand up fight. We always study the opponent completely, for about three months, seeing how he is, where he works, so I can beat up on these things not being surprised.”

Machida also mentions that his weight is where he wants it to be and that he is completely prepared to take the fight to Thiago Silva and come out of the fight undefeated.

When asked about the comments that Dana White had about him, Lyoto mentions that he is pleasantly surprised and honoured by the UFC President’s compliments and that he will work with humility to get better and live up to the expectations of the UFC president and all his fans, especially since every fighter goes through stages in his career and it is important to keep training and fighting to win.