Does anybody know this guy? I'm guessing many here don't even have a clue who I'm talking about & I shouldn't say it but I'm going to: He's from MMA. Ok ok don't bite my head off. Stop right there. STOP! Just listen to me ok. I know many Boxing fans don't like MMA I don't know why maybe they feel threatened but MMA - like boxing - its an art and there are many more styles than you know - Point in fact: Lyoto Machida. A man who entered the ground and pound MMA system and has quite literally destoyed the belief that G&P was the superior fighting art form - he has embarrassed MMA's G&P absoute best with his fists. With his counter punching boxing skillset. He's no Mayweather for sure. No Calzaghe no Hopkins or RJJ but he has talent & has used that talent to sweep through the MMA rankings. Actually he's specialism is Karate but he uses that skillset to fight in a counter punching style very reminiscent of how Bernard Hopkins sets people up; he lets them come to him, open up and he counters. Or feigns and counters. Often with devastating results just checkout his fights with Rashad Evans and Silva. If he's fighting you really should watch him guys he has talent with his fists. MMA and boxing needn't be enemies. To me both are fantastic entertainment and both have lazy fighters and both have tremendously talented and committed fighters and both operate rock/paper/sciccors (A beats B who beats C who beats A etc). Here is Machida & Evans @ Weigh In This content is protected And here's Evans KTFO This content is protected
Lyoto has a lot in common with Marquez counter puncher, Latino, quiet, and urine therapy. This thread should be in another forum as it does not really have much to do with boxing.
i've seen him and he does nothing reminicent of a boxer he is pure Karate which is a defensive art when used the right way. and he uses it the right way. i've alwasy said any good martial artist would beat those MMA guys. just like any good boxer. . Machida is very skilled in that art form. and you can see the disparity in class even against taltented guys like Evans and other MMA fighters. if more martial artist got into mma then i would watch it but most see it as garbage and uncueth. as the main purpose for Martial arts is for defence, MInus a few Style like Ishin RU and a few others that that specialize in the art of breaking bones and hurting or diabling your foe. thos practioners would literly kill an Mma fighter in a few seconds they fight to hurt not to win. I know this becaus my father is a Black belt in Ishin Ru and as well as Judo as well as a few other styles.
It started as a martial arts tournment which includes all kinds of style from kung fu to karate to bjj etc. We all know what happen then.. BJJ prove to be the best style when it comes to fighting. Now many MMA fighter are well rounded in just about every style you can imagine.
I'll preface this by admitting that I am very deficient in MMA knowledge, but let me ask this. Is the emergence of someone like a Machida maybe proof that some of this "well rounded" stuff has backfired to a degree in MMA? At the top levels of an sport or profession, you begin to see specialization take over. It's why a pure boxer doesn't try to brawl face first, and why the great pressure fighters don't sit back and counter. Why wouldn't someone who is highly skilled in specific techniques or abilities, and equal in areas like conditioning, hold a clear edge over somebody who is just "pretty good" at doing a bunch of different things?
did you see when tito had benn trying to take machida down all through the first round but failed at every attempt but machida in his first attempt took ortiz down easly machida is something else
Hi Sarah Yes i know Lyoto very well. He's an incredible fighter - perhaps my favourite in all MMA. The comparison with JMM is very nice
I think Machida's spatial awareness & striking accuracy is spot on but that is pretty much an elementary skill in boxing. It only stands out in MMA because the fighters are technically horrible when it comes to "stand up".
Plus I would say it not necessarily one or the other just because you enjoy boxing doesnt mean you automatically have to hate MMA. Obviously most of us here are boxing fans but Im sure plenty enjoy MMA as a spectacle/artform
