It’s almost fitting that after Frankie Edgar’s controversial decision win over former lightweight champ BJ Penn, the next UFC will feature another P4P candidate in Lyoto Machida, looking to reclaim his MMA demi-god status against “Shogun” Rua. Of course, unlike Penn, Machida managed to retain his title, but due to the fact many saw their first bout going the way of Shogun, an immediate rematch was set up (which we strongly endorse, likewise for Penn vs. Edgar II, this way precious bandwidth is conserved from years of keyboard debating on who won the first meeting, and can be directed towards more productive endeavours like locating pictures of Jessica Alba…).
Sherdog.com has posted an interesting interview with Shogun, where the well rounded fighter discusses the fact he’s training regularly with various karate practitioners, judging (a common topic lately in case you’re new to electricity), as well as Jon Jones. After all, a bout with the rising prospect could very well be in his future.
“He is a great young fighter, too damn good, and he’s coming with everything in our division. He is very good in wrestling. I think he and Cain Velasquez are the two guys with the best wrestling in MMA today, together with Georges St. Pierre. He’s a very good wrestler, very dangerous. He’s a guy who will give a lot of people trouble.”
Yeah, after watching Jones bomb out Brandon Vera recently, how can you not say he’s damn good.
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