Machida interview Regarding Shogun on 12/17/09

by Orcus on Dec 20, 2009 1:45 PM EST

Machida, who was elected by Veja Magazine (equivalent to Time Magazine) as one of 100 most influential people in Brazil in 2009, was interviewed by SporTV Sensei program on Friday, December 17th 2009. The interview went on for 50 minutes and I only caught the last 25 minutes of the program. While searching online to see if I could find the rest, I only came across a small portion of the interview. Overall I thought Machida carried himself very well, and I wish I could have found the rest of the interview so that I could share it all the Machida fans (yes, myself included), specially the portion of the most effective strikes Machida landed. But, life is not fair and I could not find the rest of the interview, if anyone finds it please put the URL in the comments section. I have translated this small portion of the interview to share it with you guys.

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that looks interesting but you said you translated the interview… Where’s the translation?

by DrTopo on Dec 20, 2009 2:41 PM EST reply actions

it’s embedded in the video, you can choose it but I think it’s set on auto…

cagar é uma filosofia profunda...
a merda bate na água e a água bate na bunda.

by Orcus on Dec 20, 2009 4:17 PM EST up reply actions

all right, it didn’t work with my version of Firefox but it’s working with my brand new Safari.
Thanks my friend.

by DrTopo on Dec 20, 2009 5:10 PM EST up reply actions

yip loved to know how he thought the fight was going

by mr. gogoplata on Dec 20, 2009 3:10 PM EST reply actions

thanks! I’d love to see the rest of the interview, if you ever find it.

by thekiltedwonder on Dec 20, 2009 5:32 PM EST reply actions

Now I really want to see Lyoto say “props” in an interview heh.

Great find Orcus, hopefully someone will post the rest online soon.

Guillotine.

by iiowyn on Dec 20, 2009 5:35 PM EST reply actions

ha! he actually said “merits to Shogun” but I thought “Props” would sound better :P

cagar é uma filosofia profunda...
a merda bate na água e a água bate na bunda.

by Orcus on Dec 20, 2009 6:06 PM EST up reply actions

Would have been interesting if his brother Kenzo (who is a TV journalist) had done the interview.

Thank you for the translation however ;)

by DirtyML on Dec 20, 2009 9:11 PM EST reply actions

Nice find. Thanks for the translation.

Ribbit.

by Ben Thapa on Dec 20, 2009 9:37 PM EST reply actions

Wow, just wow!

This interview was very insightful. The way to beat Machida is to take away his legs, if you can do that Machida is no longer elusive thus no longer a threat. I wonder how Machida will adjust for Shogun for their next fight?

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by Bandaka on Dec 21, 2009 10:06 AM EST reply actions

The man with no legs can’t be leg kicked…

But seriously, blocking leg kicks is pretty important. Of course Lyoto would have to modify his stance a bit. But I remember that he blocked one or two low kicks in 5th round, so it can be done…

by dancingChicken on Dec 21, 2009 12:10 PM EST up reply actions

It's Machida's footwork that made him the champ

Shogun figured that out and brought the correct strategy to bear. Unless Machida makes another quantum step in his movement or decides to play a clinch/ground strategy I expect the rematch to look pretty much like the robbery.

by some schmuck in texas on Dec 22, 2009 6:58 PM EST up reply actions