Lyoto Machida Record, Stats & Next Fight

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Fabian Edwards16-5	KO/TKO	Elbow and Punches	R1	3:18	Bellator	May 13, 2022
L	Ryan Bader31-8	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Bellator	Apr 9, 2021
L	Phil Davis25-8	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Bellator	Sep 11, 2020
L	Gegard Mousasi49-9-2	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Bellator	Sep 28, 2019
W	Chael Sonnen31-17-1	KO/TKO	Flying Knee and Punches	R2	0:22	Bellator	Jun 14, 2019
W	Rafael Carvalho17-9	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Bellator	Dec 15, 2018
W	Vernon White26-33-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WFA 4	Jul 22, 2006
W	Dimitri Wanderley5-2	KO/TKO	Exhaustion	R3	3:24	Jungle Fight 6	Apr 29, 2006
W	B.J. Penn16-14-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	K-1	Mar 26, 2005
W	Sam Greco3-1-1	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	K-1 MMA	May 22, 2004
W	Michael McDonald1-1	Submission	Forearm Choke	R1	2:30	K-1	Mar 14, 2004
W	Rich Franklin29-7	KO/TKO	Head Kick and Punches	R2	1:03	Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003	Dec 31, 2003
W	Stephan Bonnar15-9	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	4:21	Jungle Fight 1	Sep 13, 2003
W	Kengo Watanabe8-13-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	NJPW	May 2, 2003

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

11 wins, 4 losses

W11

L4

Submission

2 wins, 2 losses

W2

L2

Decision

13 wins, 6 losses

W13

L6

Finishes

UFC KOs

7

Above avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.58

Above avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

1

Below avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.33

Below avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Lyoto Machida

PowerChin

Knockout rate

29%

7 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

14

3.89 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

3

1.47 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

7 scorecards on file

Lyoto Machida

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 2 of 3 coin-flip decisions — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 7 of 12 rounds they disagreed on (58%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

2–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

7–5

Won – Lost

58% went their way

Unanimous4 decisions · 57%

2W2L

Split3 decisions · 43%

2W1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

1 round total

0

Won

1

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB65th

53%716 / 1,384

Striking accuracy

61%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.02 differential

Landed2.59

Absorbed1.57

68%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+14%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head50%31st360
Body27%62nd196
Leg22%67th160

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

71%Standing

Standing71%509
Clinch12%89
Ground16%118

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Lyoto Machida

Landed per 15

Head

D

26th

18.9

26th

Body

B

62nd

10.3

62nd

Leg

B

68th

8.4

68th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A+

96th

10.7

96th

Body

A

77th

5.4

77th

Leg

D

41st

8.2

41st

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	18.9	360	886	41%
Body	10.3	196	281	70%
Leg	8.4	160	217	74%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	10.7	204	799	26%
Body	5.4	102	191	53%
Leg	8.2	156	245	64%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Lyoto Machida

64%

Takedown accuracy

76%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.9 min net

On top2.3

On bottom1.4

Offense

Takedowns

D

39th

0.7

39th

TD accuracy

A

82nd

64%

82nd

Sub attempts

C

53rd

0.4

53rd

Control

C

43rd

2.3 min

43rd

Defense

TD defense

A

75th

76%

75th

Controlled

1.4 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	14 / 22
Submission attempts	8
Control time	44:41

Defense

TDs defended	65 / 85
Control absorbed	26:58

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (286min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Lyoto Machida

24 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 286 min

114%

R3 pace · 12 bouts

Machida fades (-8% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Machida lifts to 114% of round-1 output by round 3 (12 bouts).

Machida ▼ FADESOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Machidalanded / min

Takedown attempts

Machidaattempts / min

Control time

Machida% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.4	2.5	1.4	0.11	15%	24
R2	3.3	2.6	1.8	0.05	13%	19
R3	3.9	2.7	1.6	0.09	24%	12
R4	2.0	1.6	1.6	0.05	5%	4
R5	2.9	2.4	2.4	0.00	13%	4

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Lyoto Machida

24 resolved UFC bouts · 9 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

69/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

92nd

69%

92nd

Win quality

A+

87th

55%

87th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

3

11

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Long-tenured vet12+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.60 win rate
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	3	0-3	0%
Top-5	11	7-4	64%
Ranked 6–15	2	2-0	100%
Long-tenured vet	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	2	1-1	50%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	2	2-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Vitor Belfort#9	Top-5	81	May 12, 2018
W	Eryk Anders	Established	22	Feb 3, 2018
L	Derek Brunson#7	Top-5	78	Oct 28, 2017
L	Yoel Romero#6	Top-5	85	Jun 27, 2015
L	Luke Rockhold#4	Champion	93	Apr 18, 2015
W	CB Dollaway#10	Ranked 6–15	69	Dec 20, 2014
L	Chris WeidmanCHAMP	Champion	100	Jul 5, 2014
W	Gegard Mousasi	Top-5	68	Feb 15, 2014
W	Mark Munoz#5	Top-5	78	Oct 26, 2013
L	Phil Davis#4	Top-5	83	Aug 3, 2013
W	Dan Henderson#1	Top-5	95	Feb 23, 2013
W	Ryan Bader	Top-5	65	Aug 4, 2012
L	Jon Jones	Champion	88	Dec 10, 2011
W	Randy Couture	Long-tenured vet	60	Apr 30, 2011
L	Quinton Jackson	Contender-level	40	Nov 20, 2010
L	Mauricio Rua	Top-5	70	May 8, 2010
W	Mauricio Rua	Top-5	70	Oct 24, 2009
W	Rashad Evans	Top-5	79	May 23, 2009
W	Thiago Silva	Ranked 6–15	49	Jan 31, 2009
W	Tito Ortiz	Contender-level	50	May 24, 2008
W	Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou	Unproven	8	Dec 29, 2007
W	Kazuhiro Nakamura	Unproven	8	Sep 22, 2007
W	David Heath	Building	15	Apr 21, 2007
W	Sam Hoger	Building	18	Feb 3, 2007

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

24 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

5-1

6 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

7-3

10 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

3-4

7 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

5-3

8 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

10-5

15 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

2-3

5 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

1-1

2 bouts

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-2

3 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

0-1

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last bout

4y 3mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Lyoto Machida

Extended layoff

4y 3mosince last bout

vs Fabian Edwards · May 13, 2022

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs favorite 11-4As underdog 1-4

62.00

DK avg

71.90

Median

107.20

Ceiling

11.50

Floor

42%

Boom

25%

Bust

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