Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-18, good fight between Lyoto Machida and Luke Rockhold: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).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!
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Event: UFC on Fox 15: Machida vs Rockhold
Date: 2015-04-18
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Division: middleweight (185 lbs, 84 kg)
UFC on Fox 15 fight card (main card):
Lyoto Machida vs Luke Rockhold
Ronaldo Jacare Souza vs Chris Camozzi 2
Cub Swanson vs Max Holloway
Felice Herrig vs Paige VanZant
Machida’s previous fight: Lyoto Machida vs CB Dollaway
Rockhold’s previous fight: Luke Rockhold vs Michael Bisping
Machida’s next fight: Lyoto Machida vs Yoel Romero
Rockhold’s next fight: Chris Weidman vs Luke Rockhold
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Official video:
Official video
(Alternative free embeddable highlights video hosted on Youtube)
Now Rockhold deserves the title fight, but I’m not sure he will fight against Weidman….I hope Vitor Belfort beat the champ!!
that never hapenned it