Machida Was Ready To Change Weight Class Before Getting Ryan Bader Fight

[No More Sorrow]

“I was ready to fight but the opportunity was not there. The division is lacking, it’s a bit mixed, and I didn’t know, right (who would be my next opponent)? I even had the intention of fighting at 185lbs so I wouldn’t lose the opportunity of keeping busy. I spoke to Ed Soares and (Jorge Guimarães), but they told me to be patient. Look, I’m a guy that usually weighs at most 96kg (21lbs), so I don’t think there would be a problem fighting (at middleweight). My objective is to fight at (205lbs), but to make a fight at middleweight would not be a problem. Anderson is a comrade of mine, a friend in my team. (Middleweight) is his, but I would take a fight to keep me busy. The important thing is to keep fighting, it’s the adrenaline. I would like to fight there, but only with the objective of keeping me busy.â€

In a recent interview with Brazilian media outlet El Globo, former UFC light-heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida discusses his motivation to stay busy.


While there would be plenty of challenges for him in the middleweight division, the Karate based practitioner just booked a fight with Ryan Bader for UFC on FOX 4. But could he have found success against the divisions elite fighters?

I think he's going to drop down to 185, maybe even 170 in the next year.

Sonnen is always talking shit about him and that would be a fight that both fighters would end up taking i have no doubt about that, and the welterweight division is full of wrestlers so he'd fit in to it nicely.

 

[The Cork]

IDK what his motivation would be to move down when he won't fight Anderson anyway, dunno if he's buddies with guys like Belfort and Palhares too because if he is it's really limiting him in terms of what fights he gets.

 

[Deezy]

Doubt Sonnen even continues fighting after the Silva fight.

Still doubt Silva fights after the Sonnen fight for that matter.