Lyoto Machida talks Luke Rockhold, Anderson Silva, steroids & more

Interview conducted by me for this channel (MMA Digest). Exclusive interview with former UFC light-heavyweight champion Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida. He discusses his fight with Luke Rockhold and talks delves into a variety of other topics such as PEDs in the sport, his colleague and friend Anderson Silva's positive test, Vitor Belfort not wanting take an interim title fight with him, the Chris Weidman vs Vitor Belfort match, what he'd do differently a rematch with Weidman, CM Punk being a part of the UFC, Conor McGregor vs Jose Aldo, as well as lessons from he's learned through Karate.

[nextgen]

Lyoto has such an evolved, objective mind. Every single one of his opponents post fight gives him props win or lose. This guy deserves Legend status IMO.

[mmadigest]

Lyoto Machida, a very respectful and humble fighter, discusses fighting Luke Rockhold at the beginning of this clip; and at:

0:30 asked about Anderson Silva's positive test for steroids
1:19 asked if there's pressure to do steroids
1:58 is happy there's more testing, but never really bothered him either way
2:18 talks Olympic weightlifting training
2:45 talks life lessons from Karate
3:45 talks about emptying his mind before fights
4:40 talks Vitor Belfort not wanting to do the interim title fight with him
5:39 how he breaks down Vitor vs Chris Weidman
6:24 what he'd do differently in a rematch with Weidman
7:08 asked about CM Punk
8:05 asked about UFC 189: Jose Aldo vs Conor McGregor
8:32 on his motivation
9:02 message to fans

[johnyoxford]

His English has improved dramatically in the past couple of yrs. I like seeing fighters/athletes make the effort to learn at least basic English to be able to communicate with their fan worldwide. 
Great interview, bud. Keep' em comin.

[hbeezey]

one of the best interviews I've seen with lyoto, kudos

[humanmoron]

Loved the one on one. Hope to see more of theses in the future. Great work as always. Thank you for what you do. Hope to see you grow your brand and have lots of success.

[renatoray]

What ?! Positive comments on youtube? Good surprise. Good interview. Machida is my favorite fighter. Always cheer win or lose

[gordolegendario]

my favourite fighter! men thanks for this interview and your videos as always!

[jomarcfontanosestella]

Your chanel needs more attention. i Love your videos. worth watching. keep it up man :D

[anonoumos]

thanks for this interview, very good questions

[TYPHOONproven]

I've been waiting a long time to see Machida vs Belfort

[doubledoubleandfries]

So rad you got to interview the dragon. (One of my favorite fighters). Love the longer videos as well. Keep up the good work! 👍👍

[BangBebop]

More interviews like this! Machida is the man, very humble and talented, a true martial artist. Great work by the interviewer also!

[BoxyTheSpaceDog]

better questions than those at post fight press conferences

[gabet]

what's not to love about this guy?  Go Dragon!

[GODTHESOOTHSAYER]

True Martial Arts is perfection of character.

[Bloodwolf]

Way to go mmadigest! You ask a lot of good questions.

[cuchulainn]

Great stuff man, now you're out and about interviewing, just be you, ask real and interesting questions, don't be those carbon copy journalists, even throw in some fun questions. Look forward to more when you can get the time.

[ssbif]

great interview bro.. really interesting questions that brought out a different side to Lyoto.. he was obviously really calm with the interview.. so A+ for technique... keep up the good work.. EVERYONE: make an account and subscribe.. this is pretty much the BEST MMA news source on YouTube.. pure gold.. love ya work bro.. 

[thekid]

How can anyone hate this guy..He respects everyone 

[SuperJay]

My favorite fighter on my favorite channel SWEET