5 Potential Fights for Lyoto Machida To Take at Middleweight

Following his loss to Jon Jones at UFC 140, a lot of questions have been raised about Lyoto Machida’s spot in the light-heavyweight division. Machida will likely have to work extremely hard and go on a sizable win streak in order to get another s…

Following his loss to Jon Jones at UFC 140, a lot of questions have been raised about Lyoto Machida’s spot in the light-heavyweight division.

Machida will likely have to work extremely hard and go on a sizable win streak in order to get another shot at Jones and the 205lb title. And some fans have been calling for “The Dragon” to cut the 20 lbs in order to make the middleweight division.

Machida himself recently said that the move is possible—if not a little unlikely. But if he does decide that 185 is the weight for him, which fighters would he likely be matched up against?

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