Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He ataata i whakairihia e te perehitini o UFC, a Dana White, i whakaatu mai i nga mea tino nui e mahia ana e nga kaiwhawhai kia taumaha ai. I te hawhe haora i mua noa iho i tana eke ki runga i te pauna, ka takaia a Lyoto Machida ki roto i te kopare hiko me te karaka i whakaarahia ki te <unk>max<unk>. I te mutunga o te riipene ataata, ka hiki ake te tangata o Brazil i tana kākahu kaukau, ka ringihia he nui o te wai ki te papa. Panuku ki raro mō ngā ataata. I whakaatu a Lyoto Machida i te roa o tana haere ki te whakaoho i a ia ma te werawera i raro i te kopare hiko. E tatari marie ana a 'The Dragon' i a ia e mau ana i te kākahu hauā i mua i te taumahatanga. Kei te rite a Machida ki te tango i tana kākahu kaukau kia taumaha ai i mua i te whawhai a te Rāhoroi. He nui te nui o te wai ka maringi ki te papa i muri i te hiki ake a te Brazilian i tana kākahu kaukau. I muri mai ka hurihia e Machida te pauna i runga i te rohe welterweight o te 185 pauna i a ia e whakarite ana ki te tango i a Luke Rockhold i New Jersey i te po o te Rahoroi. Ko te 36-tau te pakeke, he toa o mua o te taumaha taumaha, he wehenga kei reira te rohe ko te 205 pauna. I korero a Machida ki a Sportsmail i mua ake nei e tumanako ana ia ko te wikitoria ki a Rockhold ka arahi ki te taitara taitara. Ki taku whakaaro ki te whakamahi au i taku kāhua, i taku tikanga, ka taea e au te whakamutu i a Luke, e mōhio ana koe. Ki te taea e au taku rautaki, ka taea e au te wikitoria i te whawhai, e ai ki a ia. E mohio ana ahau i reira tetahi atu whawhai i roto i te rarangi mo te taitara - Jacare vs Yoel Romero engari inaianei, ko wai e wikitoria i roto i ahau me Luke <unk> e tika ana he taitara taitara ki taku whakaaro. Ka kite ahau i ētahi ngoikoretanga i roto i a Luke engari he uaua ki te kōrero i mua i te whawhai, he uaua ki te matapae i te whawhai. Me noho au ki reira ki te ite i te whawhai- ki te kite i ngā hapa ka mahia e ia. Kua tino rite ahau mō tēnei whawhai. E waru wiki oku noho ki te puni, ā, he whakangungu tino pai taku. I reira a Glover [Teixeira] me te tini, te tini atu o nga kaiwhawhai. Na kei te tino pai ahau, tino marino, a ki taku whakaaro ka taea e au te mahi nui.<unk> Ka mau a Machida ki te pauna i te taumahatanga i mua i tana tukinga ki a Luke Rockhold. Ko Machida rāua ko Rockhold (matau) e whai wāhi ana ki te tukinga o mua i te tukinga i New Jersey.
Kei te whakarite a Lyoto Machida ki te whawhai ki a Luke Rockhold i te tukinga UFC ā te Rāhoroi. I taumaha te tangata o Brazil mā te mau i tētahi kākahu hau ki raro i tētahi kākahu hiko. E tūmanako ana te toa taumaha māmā o mua kia whiwhi anō ia i tētahi taitara.