Lyoto Machida wants the light heavyweight title back within the next ten months
At UFC 113, Lyoto Machida saw his light heavyweight title and unbeaten record disappear when Mauricio “Shogun” Rua knocked him out. And now he has made regaining the belt is new dream.
Back in Belém, the city of his birth, the Karate fighter spoke to for the first time after his loss to Tatame Magazine:
“My plans are to dispute this belt in a year or less, like 10 months. To regain the belt is my dream. I don’t matter who has it, I want to have the opportunity to fight for the belt, if it’s Shogun I’m ok, I’ll enjoy the win”.
The loss is a devastating blow to Machida who for a while seemed unbeatable, but he still found time to praise his opponent.
“It’s a complicated moment for me, I’m trying to understand what I did wrong, but on the other side it’s great having the support of my fans”.
“I was well trained, focused, even because our last fight was really controversial. I wanted to end this fight, I was feeling fast, but a fight is a fight, you can’t say much before it happens. Sometimes you are winning it, but the guy hits you and you lose. I think I was winning this fight, despite his aggressiveness”.
“I give Shogun all credits for his win, he deserved it and is the new champion, but that not the end of the story, life goes on”.
And on that punch that knocked him out cold:
“That punch really got me and, on this division, is really hard to get a punch like that. When it gets you, it’s really hard”
Machida will have to wait some time until that dream becomes a reality and is likely to be taking some time off anyway. He’ll be back eventually with the possibility of taking on the loser of “Rampage” Jackson and Rashad Evans.
By Philip Simkins
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