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Lyoto Machida

Brazil
Born 1978-05-30

Also known as

The Dragon

Description

Brazilian mixed martial artist and UFC light heavyweight champion (2009). Trained in Shotokan karate by his father Yoshizo Machida from the age of three; Antonio Inoki later took him under his wing.

Teachers (2)

  • Yoshizo Machida
    swordsShotokan Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Single source.
    “Machida, trained by his father Yoshizo in shotokan karate since the age of three”
    — Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info
  • Antonio Inoki
    swordsMixed Martial Arts Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Single source.
    “When Japanese professional wrestling legend Antonio Inoki took him under his wing, Machida added Muay Thai and wrestling to his repertoire.”
    — Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info

Sources

““Karate is back,” Lyoto Machida announced after he knocked Rashad Evans out cold in the second round of their UFC title fight. As he strapped the light heavyweight championship belt over his paper-thin gi”
— Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info

Identifiers

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Lyoto Machida. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6C18DS79PA13C3EF1PRFPS5 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M6C18DS79PA13C3EF1PRFPS5, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Lyoto Machida}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M6C18DS79PA13C3EF1PRFPS5}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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