Former undisputed gentle heavyweight champion, Lyoto Machida has denied claims from Yoel Romero that he was put right into a coma following their combat again in 2015, with the Brazilian struggling a devastating third spherical knockout loss within the it primary occasion conflict in Florida.
Machida, a former undisputed gentle heavyweight champion and perennial middleweight contender, headlining UFC Combat Night time Hollywood towards former title challenger, Romero of their high-stakes combat 10 years in the past, and after a 3rd spherical trade, was knocked unconscious with a slew of floor elbow strikes by the Cuban.
Nevertheless, earlier this week, Romero — who’s at the moment signed to the GFL, claimed Machida had been comatose following the occasion on account of “brutal harm” suffered towards him — a declare which the Brazilian has staunchly denied this week.
Lyoto Machida denies Yoel Romero put him in a coma again in 2015
“I heard about [Romero’s comments] however I didn’t watch [the video], however that’s not true in any respect,” Lyoto Machida mentioned throughout an interview with MMA Combating. “What occurred was, I broke my nostril in that combat and had surgical procedure. However there was no coma or something like that. That by no means occurred.”
“It is mindless {that a} fighter would get in a coma after which combat like 20 occasions after that,” Lyoto Machida laughed. “I had nostril surgical procedure as a result of I broke my nostril. I needed to keep in Miami for per week — as a result of I lived in Los Angeles and couldn’t fly with the nasal packing. That’s principally what occurred. It’s regular stuff for us that combat, proper?”
Most just lately competing towards Fabien Edwards — the youthful brother of former undisputed welterweight champion, Leon Edwards at Bellator 281 three years in the past, Machida slumped to his fourth straight defeat with a brutal opening spherical knockout loss to the Birmingham native.
Profitable the undisputed gentle heavyweight championship again in 2009 with a knockout win over then-champion, Rashad Evans, Machida would defend the title efficiently later that very same annum in a contentious choice win over Brazilian counterpart and fellow ex-champion, Shogun Rua.
