UFC ARCHIVE PROFILE

Lyoto Machida

“The Dragon”

16-8-0archive record · 24 UFC bouts

TALE OF THE TAPE

Profile

Height: 6' 1"
Reach: 74"
Listed weight: 185 lbs.
Stance: Southpaw
Born: May 30, 1978

RECORDED UFC OUTPUT

Career totals

24 bouts with stats

716Sig. strikes landed51.7% accuracy

14Takedowns landed63.6% accuracy

14Knockdowns8 submission attempts

45mRecorded controlAvailable UFC Stats rows

Totals reflect the archive rows available for this fighter. Early-era fights can have limited round data.

WIN PROFILE

How wins happened

KO / TKO7

Submission1

Decision8

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FIGHT HISTORY

24 UFC appearances

Vitor Belfort

UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington

KO / TKOMiddleweight · R2 1:00

May 12, 2018 W

Eryk Anders

UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders

DecisionMiddleweight · R5 5:00

Feb 3, 2018 L

Derek Brunson

UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida

KO / TKOMiddleweight · R1 2:30

Oct 28, 2017 L

Yoel Romero

UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Romero

KO / TKOMiddleweight · R3 1:38

Jun 27, 2015 L

Luke Rockhold

UFC on FOX: Machida vs Rockhold

SubmissionMiddleweight · R2 2:31

Apr 18, 2015 W

CB Dollaway

UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Dollaway

KO / TKOMiddleweight · R1 1:02

Dec 20, 2014 L

Chris Weidman

UFC 175: Weidman vs Machida

DecisionMiddleweight · R5 5:00

Jul 5, 2014 W

Gegard Mousasi

UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Mousasi

DecisionMiddleweight · R5 5:00

Feb 15, 2014 W

Mark Munoz

UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Munoz

KO / TKOMiddleweight · R1 3:10

Oct 26, 2013 L

Phil Davis

UFC 163: Aldo vs Jung

DecisionLight Heavyweight · R3 5:00

Aug 3, 2013 W

Dan Henderson

UFC 157: Rousey vs Carmouche

DecisionLight Heavyweight · R3 5:00

Feb 23, 2013 W

Ryan Bader

UFC on FOX: Shogun vs Vera

KO / TKOLight Heavyweight · R2 1:32

Aug 4, 2012 L

Jon Jones

UFC 140: Jones vs Machida

SubmissionLight Heavyweight · R2 4:26

Dec 10, 2011 W

Randy Couture

UFC 129: St-Pierre vs Shields

KO / TKOLight Heavyweight · R2 1:05

Apr 30, 2011 L

Quinton Jackson

UFC 123: Rampage vs Machida

DecisionLight Heavyweight · R3 5:00

Nov 20, 2010 L

Mauricio Rua

UFC 113: Machida vs Shogun 2

KO / TKOLight Heavyweight · R1 3:35

May 8, 2010 W

Mauricio Rua

UFC 104: Machida vs Shogun

DecisionLight Heavyweight · R5 5:00

Oct 24, 2009 W

Rashad Evans

UFC 98: Evans vs Machida

KO / TKOLight Heavyweight · R2 3:57

May 23, 2009 W

Thiago Silva

UFC 94: St-Pierre vs Penn 2

KO / TKOLight Heavyweight · R1 4:59

Jan 31, 2009 W

Tito Ortiz

UFC 84: Ill Will

DecisionLight Heavyweight · R3 5:00

May 24, 2008 W

Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

UFC 79: Nemesis

SubmissionLight Heavyweight · R2 4:20

Dec 29, 2007 W

Kazuhiro Nakamura

UFC 76: Knockout

DecisionLight Heavyweight · R3 5:00

Sep 22, 2007 W

David Heath

UFC 70: Nations Collide

DecisionLight Heavyweight · R3 5:00

Apr 21, 2007 W

Sam Hoger

UFC 67: All or Nothing

DecisionLight Heavyweight · R3 5:00

Feb 3, 2007