| By now, if you are a fan of mixed martial arts, | | | | Lyoto is so successful because he combines the |
| you have heard of the name Lyoto Machida. Who | | | | best aspects of traditional Karate along with |
| is he? Machida is one of the most successful | | | | jiu-jitsu, grappling, and wrestling. Those who have |
| fighters in the world today. He currently holds the | | | | fought against Lyoto such as Tito Ortiz, Rashad |
| light heavyweight championship belt of the world, | | | | Evens, and Thiago Silva can testify to the |
| and he is also considered the most elusive fighter | | | | immense difficulty they have had in even touching |
| in mixed martial arts history. | | | | Lyoto. |
| Lyoto Machida is of Japanese and Brazilian | | | | Something else that you may not know is that his |
| heritage. Perhaps this is one of the secrets of his | | | | brother Chizo Machida is also a great fighter in his |
| success because he has the traditional discipline of | | | | own right. He is one of the best Shotokan fighters |
| the Japanese combined with the athleticism and | | | | in the world, and he has also competed in mixed |
| creativity of the Brazilians. He does not speak | | | | martial arts competitions. He has great standup, |
| English well, but he is working on it. He speaks | | | | but his ground game has much to be desired. |
| Portugese and a little bit of Japanese. Regarding | | | | Recently, Lyoto has added a new strength and |
| Spanish, he says that he only knows the word | | | | agility coach, and it has paid off in his knockouts |
| "gracias". | | | | of Thiago Silva and Rashad Evans. |