By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Josh Hedges

With six straight wins in the UFC, remaining undefeated after 14 fights in the career, Lyoto Machida still won’t have his titleshot. With the knockout win against Thiago Silva at UFC 94, the Brazilian hoped to face Rashad Evans for the belt, but Dana White revealed on the post-fight conference that he still won’t fight for the title. In an exclusive interview to Cristiane Ripari, Lyoto Machida revealed that he want’s to fight Rashad, but respects Dana’s decision.

“I’d like to fight with Rashad, but if it’s not possible I don’t pick another opponent. I’ll fight whoever comes. I might think (that I deserve a titleshot), but Dana is our boss and I’ll do whatever he says”, said Machida, looking the situation for the bright side. “It’s good for me because, when I get where I want, I’ll really deserve it”.

Against another undefeated Brazilian, Machida his first knockout in the UFC, just one second before the first round’s end. “I saw when he fainted, but I heard the bell and went to my corner, when I saw the judge by the screen saying that it was over. I didn’t knew what would happen, he could be back, but he’d be back really bad”, tells Lyoto, praising the ATT athlete. “Thiago is a great fighter, tough, was undefeated too, but my game was really well planned. We knew how he’d come and that was the result of our training”, said Machida.