Lyoto Machida reveals how clinging to traditional karate almost cost him his place in modern MMA. Faced with a sport rapidly ...

Former UFC light heavyweight champion and crème de la crème Karate master, Lyoto Machida, was on commentary duties for Karate Combat 42 in the Dominican Republic. While I was on location covering the ...

These were the same tears he felt at times as a child waking up every morning before the sun had risen to face his father and teacher, Yoshizo, as he mastered the art of "Machida Karate." It was no ...

Lyoto Machida’s shocking knockouts didn’t just win fights—they shattered the belief that karate couldn’t work at the highest ...

Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida and his three brothers were groomed in the martial arts at an early age. He practically grew up in his father’s academy in Belem, Brazil. His father happens to be Yoshizo ...

Karate has always been and always will be a way of life for the Machida family. The UFC was created with the intent of finding out which martial art worked the best in a true no-holds barred fight.

The term "karate master" conjures a strange duality of notions. To one person, the phrase "karate master" evokes images of the comic character in an action film who sweeps his hands in bladed motions ...

Saturday, Lyoto Machida may well wind up finishing what Minoki Ichihara started. Ichihara, if not the pioneering karateka to step into a mixed-rules ring, was certainly the first to do it for the ...

I've written plenty about Lyoto Machida's karate over the past two years, but I thought we would try something different. I usually speak at length about Machida's striking style, which is very much ...

Saturday in Las Vegas, Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida will call upon generations of martial arts wisdom and practice as he attempts to defeat Rashad Evans and claim the UFC light heavyweight title. The 30 ...