Lyoto Machida performs at the UFC 140 open training session (Photo: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC)
No news of a new fight since he was defeated by Jon Jones in December, Lyoto Machida he already knows who he will face next in the UFC. The former light heavyweight champion will face Ryan bader No. UFC On FOX 4, which will be played on August 4th, in the city of Los Angeles.
The information was investigated by Rodrigo Farah, from iG. Machida and Bader will face each other at the same event as the former Bellator middleweight champion will make his UFC debut. The Cuban Hector Lombard will face American Brian Stann in his first commitment at the biggest event in the world.
Lyoto will enter the octagon with an uncomfortable recent series of three defeats in the last four fights. In addition to Jones, the karateka was defeated by Quinton jackson, in combat with controversial results, and for Mauricio Shogun, when he lost the belt. The only victory of this period was the spectacular knockout over Randy Couture, in the fight that retired the legendary veteran.
In turn, Bader recovered from the bad phase. After being run over by Jones, he suffered one of the biggest upsets of 2011 when he lost to Tito Ortiz, who hadn't won a fight in five years. After two consecutive defeats – the only ones of his professional career – Bader knocked out Jason Brilz in November and won Rampage last February.
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