“Machida Karate is for real combat. Other karate may be not for real combat because there are many rules for the competition, and a lot of the rules aren't good for real combat - you can't do some takedowns, you can't finish the fight on the ground. Machida Karate is very different.”

Brazilian mixed martial artist

Lyoto Carvalho Machida is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. He competed in the UFC and later in Bellator MMA, and he is known as a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and a former middleweight title challenger. Machida built his reputation in the light heavyweight and middleweight divisions. His career is tied to elite-level competition in mixed martial arts, where he stood out for reaching championship level in more than one weight class.