Lyoto Machida Just for fun I like to imagine Lyoto Machida and Renan Barao together in the same van, leaving the arena in Barueri, Brazil, early Sunday morning after UFC Fight Night 58. I imagine them looking over at one another as they head off for their own champagne celebrations , exchanging polite, understated nods of congratulations and recognition, maybe flashing a thumbs up as they buckle their seat belts, then willing themselves to keep straight faces as they think, “That poor guy. At least I’ll get back to a title shot before he will.” It’s not hard to see it from both sides. If you’re Machida (22-5 MMA, 14-5 UFC), you probably point to your own devastating first-round finish of C.B. Dollaway (15-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC) in the main event, as well as your “Fight of the Night” effort in your last title shot, and you reason that that’s got to be worth more than Barao’s third-round submission win over Mitch Gagnon (12-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) in his first bout since the UFC 177 debacle.
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For Machida and Barao, the long climb back to the top is only beginning – MMA Junkie