Lyoto Machida's GROUND GAME?

I knew he supposedly had an underrated ground game, and his positioning and sub finish against Soko would certainly make the claim legitimate.  He's so deadly and elusive on the feet, to think he has a formidable ground game to compliment his stand-up is fucking SCARY.

What can the UG experts tell me about his ground training?  How long, with who, etc?

 

He is a De La Riva Black Belt. DLR doesn't give complementary black belts, you have to truly earn it.

hard to say- obviously he schooled sudoku, but sukdoku's ground game looked absolutely atrocious. all sign suggest that machida's BJJ is excellent, not sure about his wrestling?

Machida tends towards old school Jiu-jitsu and Karate for takedowns. Though his wrestling for position looked good and his defence against standard wrestling looked good, his offence was more of the old style.

What is interesting about that is that the older stuff can come back again as people forget how to defend against it.

I guess his Jiu-jitsu is better than Soko's judo ;)

He doesn't seem to take any risks, not while standing up and not on the ground.

any clip of this?

When Lyoto initially began training for MMA, he was already a student of BJJ. If I'm not mistaken, he was a blue belt.

Inoki signed Lyoto to fight for him. Inoki then had Walid Ismael, Rico Chipparelli and Frank Trigg work with Lyoto for about a year before his debut. They continued to work with him throughout his first three years in MMA.

Thanks for the info...

 

DLR BITCHES!

He's very technical and strategic. But it's not boring. It's just smart :P There are plenty of all-out brawls if that's your thing...

Even though it's been a few years and he's undoubtedly improved, his guard didn't took that great against Sam Greco, who was not known for his gnp. I see big, strong wrestlers with good gnp being Lyoto's toughest matchup.

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Lyoto Machida vs. Sam Greco
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I'm so sick of the "this ain't Japan" bullshit.

Where the fuck do you think Machida spent most of his career before coming to the UFC??? Where did Henderson, Silva, Rampage, etc. spend most of their careers???

When the fuck are people going to realize that its not about where you fight but who you fight that makes someone a great fighter?

Machida schooled Suko in two areas stand up and ground, Suko had the clinch game.... no surprise there with his judo and hendo on his team.

If you look at who Machida has beat and his record of no losses as a pro...

Boring.... ???

lol.

god damn karate is good for MMA

Machida is one of the most entertaining fighters to watch. If you enjoy the sport with an eye for skill as opposed to an eye for blood.

He looked really fundamentally sound on the ground, that sweep after getting taken down the first time was sweet.

Machida is BJJ black belt/ has black belt in BJJ (from his instructor De La Riva).

Anybody who thought Sokoudjou's judo would outwite Machida's ground game are monumental dummieheads.

Machida has beaten Rafael Lovato Jr. in a grappling match for fucks sake.

I didn't know much about Machida before I saw this fight, but he looked like the real deal to me. He easily handled Sokoudjou, who everyone was touting as the "next big thing".