Machida's record at LHW is actually incredible.

[Oris79]

If you give Shogun the decision in their first fight, and give Lyoto the decision against Rampage and/or Davis you see Lyoto Machida ending his UFC career at LHW with an astonishing 18-2 record. (Officially 17-3). Either way, it was an incredible run.

He became the UFC LHW champion.
He gave seven undefeated fighters their first loss, he also beat 8 former champs.
The names he's beaten at LHW are all high level and almost all were in their prime when he did:

Bonnar, Frankling, Penn, Sokodjou, Ortiz, Thiago, Rashad, Shogun, Rampage, Randy, Bader, Dan Henderson, Phil Davis.

War Machida.

 

[Deleted member 587672]

If you give Shogun the decision in their first fight, and give Lyoto the decision against Rampage and/or Davis you see Lyoto Machida ending his UFC career at LHW with an astonishing 18-2 record. (Officially 17-3). Either way, it was an incredible run.

He became the UFC LHW champion.
He gave seven undefeated fighters their first loss, he also beat 8 former champs.
The names he's beaten at LHW are all high level and almost all were in their prime when he did:

Bonnar, Frankling, Penn, Sokodjou, Ortiz, Thiago, Rashad, Shogun, Rampage, Randy, Bader, Dan Henderson, Phil Davis.

War Machida.

Indeed.
"Welcome to the Machida era, ladies and gentlemen"

I really enjoyed watching him fight.
I strongly suspect he could have comfortably cut to MW early in his career. Who knows how that would have been.

 

[wwkirk]

Well, he did have his own era.
Any fighter with their own era has to be great.

 

[AmericanMMA]

He drinks his own pee.

 

[rear naked ankle pick]

He drinks his own pee.

Who isnt?

 

[Oris79]

He drinks his own pee.

 

[SalazarSlytherin]

He drinks his own pee.

It’s got electrolytes.

 

[Nobru]

Machida had the invincibility aura during his run
Something not a lot of champs have. He beat top top competition on the stand up and barely getting hurt in any of such fights
He was usually undersized in such fights
A beast. Best karate fighter in mma history.

 

[ChimRichalds]

It’s got electrolytes.

Brawndo for the win.

 

[Katsushyro]

Also, he was pretty undersized for the weight class, even after moving to MW he wasn’t a big guy.

Prime machida was such a joy to watch. His counters, blitzes, unexpected foot trips.

 

[heSHurt]

It’s got electrolytes.

Just like water.

 

[Robbocop]

Lyoto Machida's UFC record is 16-8.

 

[Lee_]

The fact alone that he was the architect of Shadface makes him a great one.

 

[d2s]

yes, if you turn any fighters losses into wins, their record looks more favourable. If you turn his loss to Weidman into a win, he would have been champion. Hell, he could be undefeated if you remove his losses altogether

 

[GlasgowKiss81]

If you give Shogun the decision in their first fight, and give Lyoto the decision against Rampage and/or Davis you see Lyoto Machida ending his UFC career at LHW with an astonishing 18-2 record. (Officially 17-3). Either way, it was an incredible run.

He became the UFC LHW champion.
He gave seven undefeated fighters their first loss, he also beat 8 former champs.
The names he's beaten at LHW are all high level and almost all were in their prime when he did:

Bonnar, Frankling, Penn, Sokodjou, Ortiz, Thiago, Rashad, Shogun, Rampage, Randy, Bader, Dan Henderson, Phil Davis.

War Machida.

proceeds to include Shogun AND Rampage and Davis in victories list. Can’t have it both ways ffs lol

Favourite fighter. His run to the apex of his career was awesome

 

[kingofthecans]

I loved watching him fight. Thought he was gonna keep that 0 for longer, but no shame in losing to Rua.

 

[Cobra 03]

If you give Shogun the decision in their first fight, and give Lyoto the decision against Rampage and/or Davis you see Lyoto Machida ending his UFC career at LHW with an astonishing 18-2 record. (Officially 17-3). Either way, it was an incredible run.

He became the UFC LHW champion.
He gave seven undefeated fighters their first loss, he also beat 8 former champs.
The names he's beaten at LHW are all high level and almost all were in their prime when he did:

Bonnar, Frankling, Penn, Sokodjou, Ortiz, Thiago, Rashad, Shogun, Rampage, Randy, Bader, Dan Henderson, Phil Davis.

War Machida.

I just watched his title fight with Jon Jones, and he was fighting really good, until Jones caught him in a standing guillotine, chocked him unconscious, and dropped him like a sack of potatoes! He was an interesting fighter to watch, and I really enjoyed his UFC career.

 

[StonedLemur]

Machida did ok in the UFC.

@AmericanMMA

 

[BJJ4Tone]

He drinks his own pee.

But Conor eats his own poop.

 

[beastman]

The karate style doesn't always translate, but Machida did it.