Alert: Lyoto Machida VS Ryan Bader

 By Mike Chiappetta

Source: MMAFighting.com

In his first fight since a UFC light-heavyweight championship defeat at the hands of Jon Jones, the Brazilian karate master will face Ryan Bader. The bout will take place at UFC on FOX™ 4. It was first reported by Brazilian news outlet Esporteand confirmed by the UFC.

 

Once thought to be an unsolvable opponent, Machida has lost three of his last four, though one of those, a split decision loss to Quinton Jackson, was controversial. His only win since the start of 2010 was a knockout of Randy Couture at April 2011’s UFC 129.

Machida most recently lost to Jones by second-round submission last December, and has been awaiting an opponent since. He is 17-3 overall.

 

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