The black belt in karate and Bjj and former Ufc light-Hw champion Lyoto Machida entered this fight with a professional mma record of 22-5-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 middleweight in the world. ‘The Dragon’ fought three times in 2014 beating Gegard Mousasi (=Machida vs Mousasi) and CB Dollaway (=Machida vs Dollaway) but between these two bouts he lost to #1 Ufc Mw champion Chris Weidman (=Weidman vs Machida).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Strikeforce Mw champion Luke Rockhold, has an official record of 13-2-0 (85% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. He suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Vitor Belfort (4-stars-fight Belfort vs Rockhold) but after losing he has won three fights beating Michael Bisping in his last bout (=Rockhold vs Bisping). Machida vs Rockhold is the main event of UFC on Fox 15. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Best fights of the week 16, year 2015
Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 16: (Mon-Sun) from April 13, 2015 to April 19, 2015. Boxing Fight of the Week: Lucas Matthysse vs Ruslan Provodnikov Boxing Knockout of the Week: Shinsuke Yamanaka vs Diego Santillan K-1 Muay Thai … Read more