Machida Not Opposed to Facing Jacare or Bisping

Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Lyoto Machida looked great at UFC Fight Night 36 in Brazil this past weekend against Gegard Mousasi.  Though it has come out that Gegard Mousasi landed more strikes than Lyoto Machida, Machida was still able to walk away with the victory.  Machida felt that the win over Mousasi was enough to earn him a title shot, but he wouldn't be opposed to taking another fight until he gets the title shot.  When speaking of a possible shot or future opponents, he mentioned two names.  Those names were "Jacare" Souza and Michael Bisping.  Michael Bisping has already signed an agreement to fight Tim Kennedy in a few months, but Jacare who also fought on the same night as Machida hasn't already agreed to face another opponent.  Machida and Jacare share a common training partner in former UFC Middleweight Champion, Anderson "the Spider" Silva.

Which fighter would you prefer to see Lyoto Machida face if he must earn another win before fighting for the title?--Tough Spar MMA

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UFC Fight Night 36 Weigh-in Results

Main Card:

Lyoto Machida (185) vs. Gegard Mousasi (186)
Ronaldo Souza (185) vs. Francis Carmont (185)
Erick Silva (170) vs. Takenori Sato (170)
Viscardi Andrade (170) vs. Nicholas Musoke (170)
Charles Oliveira (143) vs. Andy Ogle (146)

Preliminary Card:

Cristiano Marcello (156) vs. Joe Proctor (155)
Rodrigo Damm (156) vs. Ivan Jorge (156)
Francisco Trinaldo (155) vs. Jesse Ronson (156)
Iuri Alcantara (136) vs. Wilson Reis (135)
Felipe Arantes (146) vs. Maximo Blanco (145)
Ildemar Alcantara (171) vs. Albert Tumenov (170)
Douglas Silva de Andrade (145) vs. Zubair Tuhugov (146)

Machida-Mousasi, Jacare-Carmont

Two HUGE Middleweight fights have been scheduled for UFC Fight Night 36. The event will be headlined by former MMA champions Lyoto Machida and Gegard Mousasi and co-headlined by Francis Carmont and Jacare Souza. The event will take place in Brazil on February 15th.

This will be an event with four of the best that the UFC has to offer. We are in for an amazing night of fights in February and I cannot wait. All four of the fighter s have world class skills and are sure to got out and perform to the best of their abilities especially considering how close they all are to getting a title shot. I feel that a win for Machida or Souza could be a guarenteed title shot depending on how the UFC decides to eliminate the other if they both win. I feel like Carmont would be one win away with Mousasi being two fights away from a title shot.  This will be a night to look forward to.