Lyoto Machida: I am here to stay.

[WandAXE]

Originally Posted by Ramma

Yeah, which I don't understand why he was so rude to Soko.. and even post fight now, in the interview, he basically said he was superior to Soko on both the ground and standing up.

Maybe he has a reason to not like Soko..

Lets not start an UGLY rumor on these forums. There is no indication that Machida is a racist at all.

I think he was sayn those things because Soko had alot to say about brazilians before the Arona fight.

[Ramma]

Originally Posted by WandAXE

I think he was sayn those things because Soko had alot to say about brazilians before the Arona fight.

Soko talking smack about Brazilians slips my mind.. not saying you are making it up or anything, but you have a link? (I am curious to read it)

[WandAXE]

Originally Posted by Ramma

Soko talking smack about Brazilians slips my mind.. not saying you are making it up or anything, but you have a link? (I am curious to read it)

Did you watch the last pride event? Soko said something about how brazilians think they are from the jungle, i cant quite remember the exact words. just watch the last pride show. Machida mite have taken Soko words the wrong way. IMO.

[smoogy]

Originally Posted by Ramma

Soko talking smack about Brazilians slips my mind.. not saying you are making it up or anything, but you have a link? (I am curious to read it)

He never said anything really offensive, but being a goofball he says a lot of shit he doesn't intend to be taken seriously.

As for Lyoto, dude is obviously a class act, the fact that he owned that post-fight interview via a translator definitely gave his profile among newb UFC fans a bump

[rivethead]

Originally Posted by Ramma

Yeah, which I don't understand why he was so rude to Soko.. and even post fight now, in the interview, he basically said he was superior to Soko on both the ground and standing up.

Maybe he has a reason to not like Soko..

Lets not start an UGLY rumor on these forums. There is no indication that Machida is a racist at all.

Maybe he thinks he's superior to Soko both standing and on the ground. I'd agree with him. It's not like he said "Soko sucks and a five year old could kick his ass," he just said he was better.

And for the record, I liked the undefeated shirt. He's undefeated, he's not fighting hacks or getting handed controversial wins...he's earned it. It's better than any of Tito's shirts.

Originally Posted by jlruthven84

I'm still riding the bandwagon. WAR Mach!

"Mach" is actually Sakurai's nickname, not Machida's. Just wanted to make sure you'd gotten on the right bandwagon...you never know where they're headed.

rh

[Ramma]

I get ya Smoogy, I can't see Soko being a shit talker.. if he was goofing around, it makes sense

Originally Posted by rivethead

Maybe he thinks he's superior to Soko both standing and on the ground. I'd agree with him. It's not like he said "Soko sucks and a five year old could kick his ass," he just said he was better.

And for the record, I liked the undefeated shirt. He's undefeated, he's not fighting hacks or getting handed controversial wins...he's earned it. It's better than any of Tito's shirts.
rh

It is possible that he may think it. I am not saying he trashed Soko. But, if I think I am better than someone, it is better that I kept it to myself as to not look cocky.

The fact that he wears undefeated shirts kind of goes with the whole cockiness thing. Sure, he earned it, but to flaunt it is basically saying, "I'm undefeated and I'm the shit."

It could all just be mind tactics.. so for right now, the jury is out on Machida (when concerning whether or not I think he is cocky). This interview certainly showed him as a class act.

[rivethead]

Originally Posted by Ramma

It is possible that he may think it. I am not saying he trashed Soko. But, if I think I am better than someone, it is better that I kept it to myself as to not look cocky.

The fact that he wears undefeated shirts kind of goes with the whole cockiness thing. Sure, he earned it, but to flaunt it is basically saying, "I'm undefeated and I'm the shit."

It could all just be mind tactics.. so for right now, the jury is out on Machida (when concerning whether or not I think he is cocky). This interview certainly showed him as a class act.

C'mon, he was asked a question about whether he thought his standup matched up with Soko, and he answered it. If only fighters like Tito, Melvin, Bisping, Serra and Rashad could be so restrained.

The guy gets nearly zero respect, even though he's a great fighter. He fights a tactical fight, people say he's boring. He pounds out a fighter who was favored to KO him, people say he's cocky.

There is a difference between talking unsolicited shit and not backing it up, and just confidently answering a question.

But that's just my opinion, and I respect yours. I appreciate that you indicated he was a class act.

rh

[FE_EatsChildren]

Originally Posted by leedogg900

possibly because u dont understand english.

there was nothing racist about it. soko said that he trained kung fu in the jungle. and lyoto trains karate.

lyoto said maybe he should go back and train karate in the jungle [instead of kung fu]

just a bad interpretation me thinks

i think his translater is the one that gave it a negative spin if anything... if you watch his face after what was said, it looked like he (the translater) was mean muggin soko..

[leedogg900]

Originally Posted by Matrix

I understand English perfectly, thank you. I just wasn't aware of Soko's comment about his training in the jungle.

how were u not aware of him saying it?

the interpretor said after the fight something in the lines of: "soko said he trained kung fu in the jungle for this fight, maybe he should go back to training karate in the jungle"

im kinda lost as to how ppl dont understand that or mistake it as something racist. its pretty straight forward.