Lyoto Machida
- March 6th, 2010
Lyoto Carvalho “The Dragon” Machida (May 30, 1978) is a Japanese Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter from Salvador, Brazil who fights as a light heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and is the current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. As of November 2009, Machida is undefeated in his professional MMA career. He is currently ranked as the #1 light heavyweight fighter in the world and the #4 pound-for-pound fighter
He began his professional career in the pro-Japan wrestling circuit. He continued to train his more formal muay thai and jiu jitsu skills. Eventually he found the UFC and quickly became a star handing a rare loss to B.J. Penn, the current lightweight champion. Then going undefeated all the way to his own belt.
| Win | Mauricio Rua | Decision (Unanimous) | UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun | 10/24/200910 | 5 | 5:00 |
| Win | Rashad Evans | KO (Punches) | UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida | 5/23/2009 | 2 | 3:57 |
| Win | Thiago Silva | KO (Punch) | UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2 | 1/31/2009 | 1 | 4:59 |
| Win | Tito Ortiz | Decision (Unanimous) | UFC 84: Ill Will | 5/24/2008 | 3 | 5:00 |
| Win | Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou | Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) | UFC 79: Nemesis | 12/29/2007 | 2 | 4:20 |
| Win | Kazuhiro Nakamura | Decision (Unanimous) | UFC 76: Knockout | 9/22/ 2007 | 3 | 5:00 |
| Win | David Heath | Decision (Unanimous) | UFC 70: Nations Collide | 4/21/2007 | 3 | 5:00 |
| Win | Sam Hoger | Decision (Unanimous) | UFC 67: All or Nothing | 2/3/2007 | 3 | 5:00 |
| Win | Vernon White | Decision (Unanimous) | WFA: King of the Streets | 7/22/2006 | 3 | 5:00 |
| Win | Dimitri Wanderley | TKO (Exhaustion) | Jungle Fight 6 | 4/29/2006 | 3 | 3:24 |
| Win | B.J. Penn | Decision (Unanimous) | K-1 Hero’s 1 | 5/26/2005 | 3 | 5:00 |
| Win | Sam Greco | Decision (Split) | K-1 MMA ROMANEX | 5/22/2004 | 3 | 5:00 |
| Win | Michael McDonald | Submission (Forearm Choke) | K-1 Beast 2004 in Niigata | 3/14/2004 | 1 | 2:30 |
| Win | Rich Franklin | KO (Strikes) | Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003-Inoki Festival | 12/31/2003 | 2 | 1:03 |
| Win | Stephan Bonnar | TKO (Cut) | Jungle Fight 1 | 9/13/2003 | 1 | 4:21 |
| Win | Kengo Watanabe | Decision (Unanimous) | NJPW: Ultimate Crush | 5/2/2003 | 3 | 5:00 |