A biography for Lyoto Machidahasn’t been written yet.
“I live my life - I walk the right path - but I can't be like, 'Oh, I'm scared of this or that.'”
“I eat very healthy all the time, low on fats and sweets and no fried foods.”
“As a professional, I get in a dilemma between sport and entertainment. There's these two sides.”
“I will not talk bad about the UFC.”
“I'm not gonna change my principles. I'm not gonna change anything just to make money.”
“Hard moments can happen with anyone. And these are the situations that you have to overcome.”
“Karate is my main martial art; that is what I train in every day. It has always been in my life. Sumo is another Japanese martial art that I got into at an early age. It is something that has helped and added to my overall stance and is a good base. It is not something I necessarily use in all my fights, though.”
“Many of my greatest fights and moments were in the UFC, and they were always good to me.”
“It's an honor to fight someone like Randy Couture.”
“It's best to keep a strategic fight and try to win because the level of the sport is so high.”
“As you go in there, you keep winning; after you've had a loss or two, people start to humanize you.”
“I want to be the middleweight champion.”
“Fighting in Brazil is always great because you're close to the fans. It's a good energy on fight day: during the open workouts, the support on social media is always closer.”
“Anderson Silva, Georges Saint-Pierre, and Rodrigo Nogueira are some of the top fighters in the UFC among many other great fighters. The UFC has many of the toughest fighters around.”
“I'm a fan of Fedor, have been a fan since he was in PRIDE, a great champion, and since I like to challenge myself, new challenges, that was one of the offers that came with my move to Bellator. Of course fighting Fedor would be an honor, a dream.”
“My dad taught me; Mr. Steven Seagal taught me, also.”
“I'm a professional, and I focus on one fight at a time.”
“If you lose three or four in a row, people start talking about retirement. They are not used to this sport like they are used to tennis. If you take a look at how many times Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer lost, it's all part of the game. Soccer is no different: teams go through bad times and then rise again.”
“Separating your profession from friendship is very difficult.”
“Having your father to help you to get back up is good, but you need to get up by yourself and walk alone. Life goes on.”