Lyoto Machida News

Tom Taylor - November 21, 2016

Earlier this year, former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida was yanked from a middleweight bout with Dan Henderson after he admitted that he’d consumed the banned substance 7-Keto-DHEA. Late last week, the former champ finally received his punishment for this incident: an 18-month suspension, retroactive to April 8, which means he won’t be able to compete again until October 2017. Machida’s suspension was reduced from the initially discussed two years because he admitted to consuming the substance, which was an ingredient in a supplement he was using. The key detail in all of this drama, however, is that he claims he did not know it was on USADA’s restricted list when he did so.

bjpenndotcom - November 19, 2016

This week, former UFC champion Lyoto Machida was handed an 18-month suspension for a USADA anti-doping violation. While Machida admitted to using a supplement which contained the substance he tested positive for, ‘The Dragon’ admitted that he didn’t know the substance was on USADA’s banned substance list.

Tom Taylor - November 16, 2016

Earlier this year, former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida was pencilled in for a middleweight bout with the now-retired Dan Henderson. The fight, which was scheduled for April’s UFC on Fox 19 card, would have been a rematch of a slow 2013 bout, which saw Machida walk away with split decision win. Regrettably, Machida was pulled from this April rematch when he was flagged by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for the steroid 7-keto-dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), which increases metabolism and weight loss and curbs the effects of aging.

Chris Taylor - August 7, 2016

Earlier today news broke that current UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones had been removed from the UFC rankings. Well two other former UFC title holders were also removed from the UFC ranking over the weekend, as both Brock Lesnar and Lyoto Machida are no longer listed.

bjpenndotcom - April 13, 2016

News broke Wednesday afternoon that former UFC champion Lyoto Machida had been pulled from his fight with Dan Henderson on Saturday after admitting to using a banned substance during a random out-of-competition drug test. Machida released a video statement on his Instagram in Portuguese, which included the following message in english as a caption:

bjpenndotcom - April 13, 2016

With just days left before UFC on FOX 19, the main card has lost a high-profile fight. News surfaced Wednesday afternoon that former UFC champion Lyoto Machida had admitted to using a banned substance during a random out-of-competition drug test.

bjpenndotcom - February 9, 2016

https://youtu.be/gxu0zO3TVn0 Respect in MMA is always a good thing coming from two fighters looking to put the hurt on one another after a fight.

bjpenndotcom - January 29, 2016

The UFC is reportedly booking a highly anticipated rematch that will see two legends of the sport collide as Lyoto Machida and Dan Henderson will reportedly fight at UFC on FOX 19 on April 16th. Machida and Henderson fought back at UFC 157 where Machida was awarded a split decision win. Henderson is coming off a KO loss to Vitor Belfort back in November in 2015. The loss returned ‘Hendo’ to the loss column after he had picked up a KO win over Tim Boetsch to snap a 2-fight skid.