The black belt in karate and Bjj and former Ufc light-hw champion Lyoto Machida entered this fight with a professional mma record of 22-6-0 (50% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.4 middleweight in the world but he lost two out of his last three bouts: against #1 Chris Weidman in 2014 (=Weidman vs Machida) and with Luke Rockhold in 2015 (=Machida vs Rockhold). Between these two fights he defeated CB Dollaway (=Machida vs Dollaway).
His opponent, the 2000 Olympic Mw silver medalist in freestyle wrestilng Yoel Romero Palacio, has an official record of 9-1-0 (89% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. He suffered his only defeat in 2011 when he fought against Rafael ‘Feijao’ Cavalcante, since then he has won five consecutive fights beating Tim Kennedy in his last one (=Kennedy vs Romero). ‘The Dragon’ Machida vs Romero is the main event of UFC Fight Night 70. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Best fights of the week 26, year 2015
Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 26: (Mon-Sun) from June 22, 2015 to June 28, 2015. Boxing Fight of the Week: Callum Smith vs Christopher Rebrasse K-1 Muay Thai Fight of the Week: Mike Zambidis vs Steve Moxon … Read more