Quotes from Lyoto Machida

Chris Weidman is a tough guy; he's well rounded. He's known for being a wrestler. He's very good on the ground. He can knock people out standing up.

My father was a very tough guy with me and my brothers. He wanted to teach us a lot of discipline and life philosophy. As I became more interested in martial arts, he started teaching a lot of fighting philosophy and karate philosophy. While he was a tough father, he also knew when to be sweet and show a softer side.

Anderson Silva, Georges Saint-Pierre, and Rodrigo Nogueira are some of the top fighters in the UFC among many other great fighters. The UFC has many of the toughest fighters around.

As a professional, I get in a dilemma between sport and entertainment. There's these two sides.

When I signed with Bellator, I knew this would be a new positive chapter in my career.

Every fight is a new story, a new training camp.

I like to empty my mind and focus on developing my abilities in training.

One of my brothers teaches karate at our gym and also handles the administrative side of the gym. My other brother is a fighter like me and teaches a class at the gym. So my brothers are always at the gym together training.

It's not my style to talk trash to my opponents.

My father is a Japanese Shotokan karate master, so I have been training karate with my family since I was three years old. I got my black belt in karate at 13 and got introduced to judo and sumo shortly after.

Machida Karate is for real combat. Other karate may be not for real combat because there are many rules for the competition, and a lot of the rules aren't good for real combat - you can't do some takedowns, you can't finish the fight on the ground. Machida Karate is very different.

For sure, Jacare would be a great opponent. I have all the respect for him, but I would like a lot to have the opportunity of facing him someday.

I can't say 'OK, let's begin to exchange and see where it goes.' We want to give a fight and give people a good show, but you have to play on a safety zone.

Learning is constant. I learn something new every day.

It's very hard because the sport evolves so fast, changes so fast. So, you have to be there to see the changes that are happening in the moment. That's why I keep training every day. I try to mix myself in all of the academies.

In the mornings at around 5:30 A.M., I train karate with my family.

Everything Mousasi says only motivates me. I have a win over him, and I think he's a little bothered by it.

As you go in there, you keep winning; after you've had a loss or two, people start to humanize you.

I think we both matured together in this sport, so I think fight between Michael Bisping and myself would mean a lot.

Karate is my main martial art; that is what I train in every day. It has always been in my life. Sumo is another Japanese martial art that I got into at an early age. It is something that has helped and added to my overall stance and is a good base. It is not something I necessarily use in all my fights, though.

I've always worked hard and stayed focused.

Every time you step into a different cage, you can feel the difference.

My main objective is always the belt.

It's best to keep a strategic fight and try to win because the level of the sport is so high.