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Lyoto Machida
Lyoto Carvalho Machida ((:liˈotu maˈʃidɐ); 町田龍太) (born May 30, 1978) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who currently fights in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. As of June 29, 2015, Machida is ranked #5 in the official UFC middleweight rankings.〔(UFC Fighter Rankings )〕
==Background==
Lyoto was born in Salvador, Brazil, as the third son of the highly ranked head of the Brazilian branch of the Japan Karate Association,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Link text )〕 Shotokan karate master Yoshizo Machida (町田嘉三). Yoshizo moved to Brazil from Japan when he was 22 years old, where he met and married Lyoto's mother, Ana Claudia, who is of Portuguese and Italian descent. Growing up in Belém, Lyoto began training in karate at age 3 and earned his black belt at the age of 13.
He also began training in sumo at seven and Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Boxing at sixteen. He won a number of amateur karate tournaments, including the 2001 Pan American Karate tournament. Later he travelled to Thailand to study Muay Thai, to Japan to study grappling and finally to United States to pursue his UFC career.
He was the runner-up in the 2000 Brazilian Sumo Championships in the 115 kg division. As an adult, he became Brazilian Champion twice, and placed second in the South American Championship. He defeated American fighter and jiu-jitsu black belt Rafael Lovato Jr. at ''L.A. Sub X''. In addition to his sumo and karate achievements, he has a college degree in Physical Education. Lyoto's older brother Chinzo is also a Shotokan karate champion and MMA fighter. Lyoto and Chinzo fought in a karate tournament final over ten years ago in which Lyoto gave Chinzo a cheek scar that still exists today.〔(Lyoto Machida ). Usadojo.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-27.〕 His other brothers include Kenzo Machida, a TV journalist for one of Brazil's biggest TV stations, and Take Machida.
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