Lyoto needs to focus on May 23

by bigcherry on Mar 12, 2009 11:51 PM EDT

When i got the news yesterday that Lyoto would be fighting for UFC LHW belt on may 23, I immediately recalled a couple of stories i saw last week on the brazilian site “uol”.

http://esporte.uol.com.br/lutas/ultimas/2009/03/03/ult4362u501.jhtm

http://esporte.uol.com.br/lutas/ultimas/2009/03/04/ult4362u502.jhtm

The first one is about Lyoto acting on a movie that is suposed to be shot in Canada in march or april. Althought Lyoto said he doesn´t now what the movie is about, he accepted the invite of the director Hector Echavarria an argentine kickboxing fighter. Echavarria was also the director of “Never Surrender”, a 2009 film wich featured mma stars such as BJ Penn, GSP, Anderson Silva and Rampage.

On second one Lyoto says that japan’s olympic superstar Ishii is going to Belem, Lyoto’s home city in Brazil, to learn a little bit more about MMA. The story states that the two met in a hotel during UFC 94 and that Ishii is suposed to have arrived in march 5 and should stay for 15 to 20 days.

Any way, between acting on a movie and training a mma newcomer, it looks to me that Lyoto might have too many distractions right now. If Machida is smart enough he will set those things aside, starting from yesterday, and focus on Rashad full time. In my opinion this is not a easy fight for Lyoto and it is definitly a step up on the competion for him.

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I dont think having a good judo training partner serves as a distraction.

and dont worry, lyoto has been waiting for this shot i doubt he’d lose focus..

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by Anton Tabuena on Mar 12, 2009 11:53 PM EDT reply actions

So you’re criticizing him for making plans to have money coming in during a time when he did not have a fight scheduled? That doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. Now that he knows he will be getting the title shot instead of Rampage I’m sure he is 110% focused on nothing but training. I don’t see anything wrong with him making those other plans when he had no idea he would be fighting in May.

by ufc4 on Mar 13, 2009 12:10 AM EDT reply actions

Did bigcherry suggest that there was something wrong with Lyoto making those plans when he thought he wouldn’t be fighting? I must have missed that part of the post.

by FRANKIE on Mar 13, 2009 2:18 AM EDT up reply actions