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Lyoto Machida
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Lyoto Machida

"The Dragon"
26-12-0★ 9bonusesBrazilBrazilLast 5
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CAREER SUMMARY

Lyoto Machida holds a professional MMA record of 26-12-0. Their full professional MMA career spans 38 bouts on record. Lyoto Machida has won 26 fights: 11 by KO/TKO, 2 by submission, 13 by decision. Of 12 career losses, 4 came by KO/TKO and 2 by submission. In the UFC, Lyoto Machida lands 2.59 significant strikes per minute with 53% accuracy and averages 1.21 takedowns per 15 minutes. Most recent fight: May 13, 2018. Tracked organizations: UFC.

Profile

Height
6'1"185 cm
Weight
185 lbs84 kg
Reach
74"188 cm
Stance
Southpaw
DOB
1978-05-30
Age
48
Nationality
Brazil
Birthplace
Salvador, Brazil

Fight DNA

Knockout Artist

UFCalendar's style model · Light Heavyweight roster (129 fighters)

PowerSpeedPrecisionDurabilityEngineWrestlingGround
One-Shot Power
98 · top 2% in division
Sniper
98 · top 2% in division
Fast Hands
99 · best in division
Punch power96
Kick power98
Punch speed99
Kick speed99
Accuracy98
Takedowns63
Ground striking94
Submissions79
Chin87
Body strength97
Cardio62

Attributes are rated 0-100 by UFCalendar's style model.

By the numbers

UFC careerRecord: 24-8-0 · Source: UFCStats.com
Striking
Strikes landed2.59per min
53% accuracy
Strikes absorbed1.57per min
61% avoided
Grappling
Takedowns landed1.21per 15 min
65% success
Takedowns stuffed75%
Submission attempts0.4per 15 min

Bonus résumé

Lyoto Machida has won 9 UFC post-fight bonuses. Estimated bonus earnings: $250,000.

★ FOTN ×3★ POTN ×2★ KOTN ×4
  1. ★ POTNvs Vitor Belfort · UFC 224: Nunes vs PenningtonMay 13, 2018
  2. ★ POTNvs CB Dollaway · UFC Fight Night: Machida vs DollawayDec 20, 2014
  3. ★ FOTNvs Chris Weidman · UFC 175: Weidman vs MachidaJul 5, 2014
  4. ★ FOTNvs Gegard Mousasi · UFC Fight Night: Machida vs MousasiFeb 15, 2014
  5. ★ KOTNvs Mark Munoz · UFC Fight Night: Machida vs MunozOct 27, 2013
  6. ★ FOTNvs Jon Jones · UFC 140: Jones vs MachidaDec 10, 2011
  7. ★ KOTNvs Randy Couture · UFC 129: St-Pierre vs ShieldsApr 30, 2011
  8. ★ KOTNvs Rashad Evans · UFC 98: EVANS vs MACHIDAMay 23, 2009
  9. ★ KOTNvs Thiago Silva · UFC 94: ST-PIERRE VS PENN 2Jan 31, 2009

Estimates use each era's real amount: $50,000 from 2012, $100,000 from UFC 324, plus $25,000 finish incentives. 4 pre-2012 awards are not priced — amounts varied per event.

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Salary & career earnings

Disclosed purses, reported paydays and our model's estimate of what Lyoto Machida earns per fight.

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Career history

  1. LOSS
    vs Fabian Edwards
    Bellator 281· May 13, 2022· Middleweight· 26-11 vs 9-2
    TKO
    R1 · 3:18
  2. LOSS
    vs Ryan Bader
    Bellator 256· Apr 9, 2021· Light Heavyweight· 26-10 vs 27-6
    UD
  3. LOSS
    vs Phil Davis
    Bellator 245· Sep 11, 2020· Light Heavyweight· 26-9 vs 21-5
    SD
  4. LOSS
    vs Gegard Mousasi
    Bellator 228· Sep 28, 2019· Middleweight· 26-8 vs 45-7-2
    SD
  5. WIN
    vs Chael Sonnen
    Bellator 222· Jun 14, 2019· Light Heavyweight· 25-8 vs 30-16-1
    TKO
    R2 · 0:22
  6. WIN
    vs Rafael Carvalho
    Bellator 213· Dec 15, 2018· Middleweight· 24-8 vs 15-2
    SD
  7. WIN
    vs Vitor Belfort
    UFCUFC 224: Nunes vs Pennington· May 13, 2018· Middleweight· 23-8 vs 26-13
    TKO
    R2 · 1:00
    POTN
  8. WIN
    vs Eryk Anders
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Machida vs Anders· Feb 4, 2018· Middleweight· 22-8 vs 10-0
    SD
    R5 · 5:00
  9. LOSS
    vs Derek Brunson
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Brunson vs Machida· Oct 29, 2017· Middleweight· 22-7 vs 17-5
    TKO
    R1 · 2:30
  10. LOSS
    vs Yoel Romero
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Machida vs Romero· Jun 27, 2015· Middleweight· 22-6 vs 9-1
    TKO
    R3 · 1:38
  11. LOSS
    vs Luke Rockhold
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Machida vs Rockhold· Apr 18, 2015· Middleweight· 22-5 vs 13-2
    SUB
    R2 · 2:31
  12. WIN
    vs CB Dollaway
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Machida vs Dollaway· Dec 20, 2014· Middleweight· 21-5 vs 15-5
    TKO
    R1 · 1:02
    POTN
  13. LOSS
    vs Chris WeidmanTitle bout
    UFCUFC 175: Weidman vs Machida· Jul 5, 2014· Middleweight· 21-4 vs 11-0
    UD
    R5 · 5:00
    FOTN
  14. WIN
    vs Gegard Mousasi
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Machida vs Mousasi· Feb 15, 2014· Middleweight· 20-4 vs 34-3-2
    UD
    R5 · 5:00
    FOTN
  15. WIN
    vs Mark Munoz
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Machida vs Munoz· Oct 27, 2013· Middleweight· 19-4 vs 13-3
    TKO
    R1 · 3:10
    KOTN
  16. LOSS
    vs Phil Davis
    UFCUFC 163: Aldo vs Korean Zombie· Aug 3, 2013· Light Heavyweight· 19-3 vs 11-1
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  17. WIN
    vs Dan Henderson
    UFCUFC 157: Rousey vs Carmouche· Feb 23, 2013· Light Heavyweight· 18-3 vs 29-8
    SD
    R3 · 5:00
  18. WIN
    vs Ryan Bader
    UFCUFC on FOX: Shogun vs Vera· Aug 4, 2012· Light Heavyweight· 17-3 vs 14-2
    TKO
    R2 · 1:32
  19. LOSS
    vs Jon JonesTitle bout
    UFCUFC 140: Jones vs Machida· Dec 10, 2011· Light Heavyweight· 17-2 vs 14-1
    SUB
    R2 · 4:26
    FOTN
  20. WIN
    vs Randy Couture
    UFCUFC 129: St-Pierre vs Shields· Apr 30, 2011· Light Heavyweight· 16-2 vs 19-10
    TKO
    R2 · 1:05
    KOTN
  21. LOSS
    vs Quinton Jackson
    UFCUFC 123: RAMPAGE vs MACHIDA· Nov 21, 2010· Light Heavyweight· 16-1 vs 29-8
    SD
    R3 · 5:00
  22. LOSS
    vs Mauricio RuaTitle bout
    UFCUFC 113: MACHIDA vs SHOGUN 2· May 8, 2010· Light Heavyweight· 16-0 vs 18-4
    TKO
    R1 · 3:35
  23. WIN
    vs Mauricio Rua×2Title bout · Title win #2
    UFCUFC 104: MACHIDA v SHOGUN· Oct 24, 2009· Light Heavyweight· 15-0 vs 18-3
    UD
    R5 · 5:00
  24. WIN
    vs Rashad Evans×1Title bout · Title win #1
    UFCUFC 98: EVANS vs MACHIDA· May 23, 2009· Light Heavyweight· 14-0 vs 13-0-1
    TKO
    R2 · 3:57
    KOTN
  25. WIN
    vs Thiago Silva
    UFCUFC 94: ST-PIERRE VS PENN 2· Jan 31, 2009· Light Heavyweight· 13-0 vs 13-0
    TKO
    R1 · 4:59
    KOTN
  26. WIN
    vs Tito Ortiz
    UFCUFC 84: ILL WILL· May 24, 2008· Light Heavyweight· 12-0 vs 15-5-1
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  27. WIN
    vs Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
    UFCUFC 79: NEMESIS· Dec 29, 2007· Light Heavyweight· 11-0 vs 4-1
    SUB
    R2 · 4:20
  28. WIN
    vs Kazuhiro Nakamura
    UFCUFC 76: KNOCKOUT· Sep 22, 2007· Light Heavyweight· 10-0 vs 11-6
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  29. WIN
    vs David Heath
    UFCUFC 70: NATIONS COLLIDE· Apr 21, 2007· Light Heavyweight· 9-0 vs 9-0
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  30. WIN
    vs Sam Hoger
    UFCUFC 67: ALL OR NOTHING· Feb 3, 2007· Light Heavyweight· 8-0 vs 6-2
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  31. WIN
    vs Vernon White
    WFA 4: King Of The Streets· Jul 22, 2006· Light Heavyweight· 7-0 vs 24-26-2
    UD
  32. WIN
    vs Dimitri Wanderlei
    Jungle Fight· Apr 29, 2006· Heavyweight· 6-0 vs 3-1
    TKO
    R3 · 3:24
  33. WIN
    vs BJ Penn
    K-1 HERO'S: LeBanner vs. Akiyama· Mar 26, 2005· Heavyweight· 5-0 vs 9-1-1
    UD
  34. WIN
    vs Sam Greco
    K-1: Romanex 2004· May 22, 2004· Heavyweight· 4-0 vs 2-0-1
    SD
  35. WIN
    vs Michael McDonald
    K-1: Beast 3· Mar 14, 2004· Heavyweight· 3-0 vs 0-0
    SUB
    R1 · 2:30
  36. WIN
    vs Rich Franklin
    Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003· Dec 31, 2003· Heavyweight· 2-0 vs 14-0
    TKO
    R2 · 1:03
  37. WIN
    vs Stephan Bonnar
    Jungle Fight· Sep 13, 2003· Heavyweight· 1-0 vs 4-0
    TKO
    R1 · 4:21
  38. WIN
    vs Kengo Watanabe
    NJPW: Ultimate Crush 1· May 2, 2003· Heavyweight· 0-0 vs 7-8-2
    UD

Career history data via Tapology.

Official UFC Ranking

Lyoto Machida's standing in the official UFC rankings, tracked since 2013.

Current
Unranked
Peak
#1 Middleweight
First ranked
Feb 4, 2013
Times ranked
159

Middleweight

#1#5#10#1520142015201620172018Oct 28, 2013 · #5Dec 9, 2013 · #4Feb 17, 2014 · #3Mar 24, 2014 · #2Apr 21, 2014 · #3May 12, 2014 · #2May 26, 2014 · #3Jun 2, 2014 · #2Jun 16, 2014 · #3Jul 8, 2014 · #2Jul 21, 2014 · #3Jul 28, 2014 · #2Sep 9, 2014 · #4Dec 22, 2014 · #3Mar 2, 2015 · #1Mar 16, 2015 · #2Apr 20, 2015 · #4May 11, 2015 · #5May 18, 2015 · #4May 25, 2015 · #3Jun 1, 2015 · #4Jun 15, 2015 · #3Jun 22, 2015 · #4Jun 29, 2015 · #5Jan 19, 2016 · #4Feb 29, 2016 · #5Apr 18, 2016 · #6Apr 25, 2016 · #7Jul 11, 2016 · #8Aug 3, 2016 · #7Oct 30, 2017 · #13Nov 8, 2017 · #14Jan 17, 2018 · #13Jan 24, 2018 · #14Jan 29, 2018 · #13Feb 7, 2018 · #12Apr 18, 2018 · #13Apr 23, 2018 · #12May 16, 2018 · #9May 30, 2018 · #8Jun 6, 2018 · #9Jun 13, 2018 · #9#9

Light Heavyweight

#1#5#10#152014Feb 4, 2013 · #2Feb 25, 2013 · #1Aug 5, 2013 · #2Sep 2, 2013 · #3Sep 6, 2013 · #4Sep 23, 2013 · #5Oct 21, 2013 · #6Oct 28, 2013 · #10Dec 30, 2013 · #14Feb 17, 2014 · #15Feb 18, 2014 · #15#15

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UFCalendar Power Index rating

Current
1719▼15
Peak
1959Oct 24, 2009
Rated fights
39
150016501800195020042008201220162020May 2, 2003 · 1529Sep 13, 2003 · 1591Dec 31, 2003 · 1654Mar 14, 2004 · 1678May 22, 2004 · 1687Mar 26, 2005 · 1728Apr 29, 2006 · 1735Jul 22, 2006 · 1744Feb 3, 2007 · 1760Apr 21, 2007 · 1794Apr 21, 2007 · 1773Sep 22, 2007 · 1815Dec 29, 2007 · 1838May 24, 2008 · 1857Jan 31, 2009 · 1890May 23, 2009 · 1938Oct 24, 2009 · 1959May 8, 2010 · 1900Nov 21, 2010 · 1893Apr 30, 2011 · 1904Dec 10, 2011 · 1885Aug 4, 2012 · 1899Feb 23, 2013 · 1903Aug 3, 2013 · 1891Oct 27, 2013 · 1903Feb 15, 2014 · 1914Jul 5, 2014 · 1901Dec 20, 2014 · 1912Apr 18, 2015 · 1894Jun 27, 2015 · 1875Oct 29, 2017 · 1713Feb 4, 2018 · 1719May 13, 2018 · 1737Dec 15, 2018 · 1744Jun 14, 2019 · 1754Sep 28, 2019 · 1751Sep 11, 2020 · 1749Apr 9, 2021 · 1741May 13, 2022 · 17191719

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Frequently asked questions

When does Lyoto Machida fight next?

Lyoto Machida has no confirmed upcoming fight.

What is Lyoto Machida's record?

Lyoto Machida's professional MMA record is 26-12-0.

Who is Lyoto Machida fighting next?

Lyoto Machida's next opponent has not been announced.

Who did Lyoto Machida fight last?

Lyoto Machida most recently fought Vitor Belfort at UFC 224: Nunes vs Pennington on Sunday, May 13, 2018, WIN (TKO).

What weight class does Lyoto Machida fight in?

Lyoto Machida fights at Middleweight.

How many knockouts does Lyoto Machida have?

Lyoto Machida has 11 wins by KO/TKO and 2 wins by submission.

How many UFC bonuses has Lyoto Machida won?

Lyoto Machida has won 9 UFC post-fight bonuses: 3× Fight of the Night, 2× Performance of the Night, 4× KO of the Night.

How tall is Lyoto Machida?

Lyoto Machida is 6'1" (185 cm) tall.

How much does Lyoto Machida weigh?

Lyoto Machida weighs 185 lbs (84 kg).

What is Lyoto Machida's reach?

Lyoto Machida has a reach of 74" (188 cm).

How old is Lyoto Machida?

Lyoto Machida is 48 years old (born May 30, 1978).

Where is Lyoto Machida from?

Lyoto Machida is from Brazil.