View Full Version : Machida wants 5 fights, then Brock Lesnar
dallaskd
10-17-2009, 07:09 PM
Lyoto Machida makes me proud to be a fan and observer of this sport. He's respectful, appreciative and the ignition for the most talked-about platform shift in fighting sports since Royce Gracie began choking out people with his thighs.
Machida explained that if he defends his belt five times, he wants an opportunity to face Brock Lesnar.
"My focus is on my class, but in the future I would like to do a couple of [heavyweight] fights, like Brock Lesnar," Machida said. "I respect Brock Lesnar as a fighter, but I know I can fight with him. Brock Lesnar is a big challenge for me because he's a big guy, very strong, very fast. For me, I like the challenge."
Painfully ambitious guy. Lesnar-Machida, if it ever happens, could represent the largest-scale style-versus-style match in the sport's history. There's probably no way Lesnar could tag Machida standing, but I would have a hard time imagining Machida could get out from underneath Lesnar. That's not a character flaw: He couldn't out-grapple a Kodiak bear, either, but I don't hold it against him.
Said before but maybe worth repeating: Machida is a new incarnation of Rickson Gracie, a near-mythical fighter whose value comes from a seemingly flawless execution of a house style. Thankfully for fans, Machida is actually interested in fighting.
Posted by Jake Rossen/Sherdog
Discuss.
Lyoto is oddly deceptively big for a LHW. He just doesn't look that big but he is a good sized LHW.
Fedor is of course a very undersized HW so it matches. Muscle wise they are the same....Lyoto just has less body fat.
Rip-Hamilton32
10-18-2009, 09:27 AM
i don't think machida would stand a chance brock is just way to strong
djohn14
10-18-2009, 09:52 AM
Now this is something that I appreciate. If he is serious about this, he has shot up on my list of favorite fighters.
Lyoto is oddly deceptively big for a LHW. He just doesn't look that big but he is a good sized LHW.
Fedor is of course a very undersized HW so it matches. Muscle wise they are the same....Lyoto just has less body fat.
I'm retarded....
I thought this was about Fedor since I was reading something on this earlier and I was half awake.
polandprzem
10-18-2009, 11:15 AM
I'm retarded....
I thought this was about Fedor since I was reading something on this earlier and I was half awake.
Yea but that would be great matchup. next year when brock won't be the champ they will send machida to the HW to face Fedor :)
IMO Fedor is the guy who disturbs every fighting style
cornbread
10-18-2009, 12:47 PM
I could imagine Machida winning this fight with a matador-style game plan.
dbreiden83080
10-19-2009, 12:10 PM
Mis-Match, Brock would take him down and hurt him bad...
ATRAIN
10-19-2009, 12:13 PM
WOW Machida has some balls on him. Hes got skill no doubt but Brock is wayyyy to big for him.
dallaskd
10-19-2009, 08:31 PM
Mis-Match, Brock would take him down and hurt him bad...
He wouldnt be able to take Machida down. Machida would pick Brock apart.
dbreiden83080
10-19-2009, 11:18 PM
He wouldnt be able to take Machida down. Machida would pick Brock apart.
:lmao
Yeah okay Dallas, whatever you say..
Stringer_Bell
10-20-2009, 09:58 AM
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an unmovable object? I have no idea, but I think Machida/Brock would look nothing like that. If Machida was such a competitor, he'd fight Silva and give everyone an amazing tactical battle.
Brock would sit just sit on him. /end
desflood
10-20-2009, 11:33 AM
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an unmovable object?
The impact of the collision forces both into the next dimension.
If Machida was such a competitor, he'd fight Silva and give everyone an amazing tactical battle.
This possibility has already been put to both of them. Anderson Silva refused, not Machida.
ATRAIN
10-20-2009, 11:33 AM
Brock would sit just sit on him. /end
Yup if he could do that to Mir he could easily do that to Machida.
desflood
10-20-2009, 11:34 AM
I never bought into the Mir hype. He seemed overrated from the beginning.
polandprzem
10-20-2009, 11:39 AM
WOW Machida has some balls on him. Hes got skill no doubt but Brock is wayyyy to big for him.
Too big for Machida but not too big for Fedor?
ATRAIN
10-20-2009, 11:39 AM
Too big for Machida but not too big for Fedor?
Too big for fedor too, he would smash him :)
dbreiden83080
10-21-2009, 11:31 AM
Yup if he could do that to Mir he could easily do that to Machida.
How could anyone think Machida could take Brock? That fight is the definition of why there are weight classes. As much as i love GSP, i'm not delusional enough to think he can go all the way up to 205 and dominate.. He's not big enough..
polandprzem
10-21-2009, 12:49 PM
Fedor at 230 beating heavier opponents
Crocop as well is not a big HW
Machida would probably be at 225 fighting Brock- Randy was 220 fighting Brock and many people was giving him chance even though he is 50 years old.
dbreiden83080
10-21-2009, 01:06 PM
Fedor at 230 beating heavier opponents
Crocop as well is not a big HW
Machida would probably be at 225 fighting Brock- Randy was 220 fighting Brock and many people was giving him chance even though he is 50 years old.
Brock has already shown the ability to toss around 250 pd elite fighters like rag-dolls. Machida is great no doubt, but nothing would stop Brock from grabbing a hold of him, putting him down and pummeling him.. Brock would not stand around and let Machida pick him apart with his stand-up, he'd bum rush him and dump Machida on his head..
760Spursfan
10-21-2009, 05:18 PM
I know Machida is a Karate guy but how is his ju-jitsu? I say that becasue Royce Gracie submitted Kimo back in the day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC8TJT3-4Hk
Stringer_Bell
10-21-2009, 08:32 PM
This possibility has already been put to both of them. Anderson Silva refused, not Machida.
My bad, I thought it was both that refused.
But yea, Machida being the least hit fighter in the UFC doesn't mean when he's getting hammerfist after hammerfist. It's basically Frank Dux (Lyoto) vs Chong Li (Brock), and if Lyoto hasn't lost by then -- he will that night. :ihit
cornbread
10-21-2009, 10:07 PM
It's basically Frank Dux (Lyoto) vs Chong Li (Brock), and if Lyoto hasn't lost by then -- he will that night. :ihit
I guess you didn't see how Bloodsport ends.
Stringer_Bell
10-21-2009, 10:31 PM
I guess you didn't see how Bloodsport ends.
Oh but I did, and I always thought Chong Li should have won. No way could Dux recover if he got powder in the eyes. In RL, Chong Li wins. :downspin:
cornbread
10-21-2009, 10:50 PM
If Lyoto has been training in blind-folded tea serving, Brock is f-ed.
ATRAIN
10-22-2009, 08:16 AM
If Lyoto has been training in blind-folded tea serving, Brock is f-ed.
:lmao
desflood
10-22-2009, 08:53 AM
My bad, I thought it was both that refused.
Actually, you're right. My husband brought to my attention last night a video in which Machida also refuses to fight Silva. My mistake.
polandprzem
10-22-2009, 01:10 PM
Good that machida didn't say:
"I wanna fight in HW ... guy like Rogers"
Rogers is even bigger then Brock
Fedor lost :shootme
Stringer_Bell
10-28-2009, 01:54 AM
After UFC 104, I don't think Machida had any business thinking 5 fights down the road...especially not against Brock.
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