Video: In unconventional training, Lyoto receives 23 kicks to the waist

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The Bahian middleweight Lyoto Machida is scheduled to face Luke Rockhold in the main fight of UFC on FOX 15, April 18, in Newark (USA). Eyeing a new opportunity to compete for the category belt, the Brazilian is not only preparing to hit his rival, but to absorb the North American's attacks.

This weekend, Lyoto's manager, Jorge Guimarães, released a video in which the fighter receives 23 kicks to the waist from two training partners. The attacks serve to strengthen the abdominal region and increase resistance.

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Machida seems to handle the kicks well, but at the end of the session, he is visibly uncomfortable.

Machida's habits

Lyoto Machida He is known for his unconventional habits in the fighting world. In a family tradition, of Asian origin, the fighter uses urine therapy, which consists of drinking a quantity of his pee.

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“You won't have extraordinary power by drinking urine, but you will protect your body from a lot of things and feel good, like I feel. But currently I do it sporadically. Only when I feel a lack of resistance, tiredness, then I do it”, reveals Machida.