Tag Archives: Yoshizo Machida

This is an interesting video.  ESPN talks to Lyoto Machida’s father Shinzo and asks if Lyoto should retire.  Shinzo says that Lyoto should retire, that he has spoken with the rest of his family about his opinion but has yet to raise the issue with Lyoto.

I think part of the reason Yoshizo wants him to retire is that Lyoto is Yoshizo’s son.  It must be hard watching your son getting beaten up by a fighter like Shogun Rua.  The interesting part for me, however, was at the end, when Yoshizo talks about spirit, and how physical injuries heal quick while injuries to the spirit can take years to recover. This was exactly why I was calling for Machida to fight someone very easy in his next outing.  (This, of course, is pretty hard to find.  That 205 division is stacked with talent.)