Lyoto Machida replies, feud with Chael Sonnen is on.

With both competitors taking verbal shots at one another via Twitter, Lyoto Machida's ongoing feud with Chael Sonnen could culminate into a potential bout in the near future.

The former UFC light heavyweight champion recently underwent successful surgery to repair an elbow injury and posted the results on his Twitter account. Machida is coming off a loss to Jon Jones at UFC 140, where the Brazilian was submitted in the second round.

"The Dragon" also called out Sonnen in response to the UFC middleweight contender's comments regarding Machida's practice of urine therapy.

"Chael Sonnen, I just got out of an surgery but I can give you your Christmas gift inside the octagon with only one arm. Just take the fight," Machida wrote.

Sonnen responded to Machida's challenge a few hours later, but he initially declined the option of facing him.

Sonnen is already expected to meet Mark Munoz later this month on UFC on FOX 2; the winner is scheduled to face Anderson Silva in a middleweight title bout later this year.

If Sonnen is unsuccessful in beating Munoz, there is the possibility of witnessing a matchup between the Oregon native and Machida at 185 pounds. Machida has expressed interest in moving down to the middleweight division if he is unable to recapture the UFC light heavyweight championship.

This could be epic if it materializes.

Uncle Chael is at it again! Target Machida.

UFC middleweight contender Chael Sonnen has a date with Mark Munoz at the end of January, but he doesn't waste any time in taking shots at possible future opponents, and Lyoto Machida is someone he may end up facing if the former UFC light heavyweight champion decides to drop in weight for his next fight.

Sonnen recently tweeted about "The Dragon."

I don't have time for "pee pee" mouth. All the time I can spare him is enough to cold cock him and walk away.

Of course, Sonnen is referring to Machida, who is known to drink his own urine leading up to his fights. It was most notably shown leading up to his title fight with Rashad Evans at UFC 98, where he would go on to capture the title by second-round knockout.

Evans also made jokes about the subject at the time of the fight, saying Machida's secret weapon could be "urine breath."

Sonnen's response came from a Machida tweet just hours before.

Chael Sonnen, acabei de sair da cirurgia, mas posso lhe dar seu presente dentro do octogono com um so braco e so vc aceitar a luta.

Translation: Chael Sonnen, I just got out of an surgery but I can give you your Christmas gift inside the octagon with only one arm. Just take the fight

Since that fight, Machida's career has been up-and-down, winning two fights and losing three. His losses came against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, Jon Jones and Quinton Jackson.

Sonnen will face Munoz at the upcoming UFC on Fox 2 show, which features a main event between Rashad Evans and Phil Davis. Munoz is a former NCAA Division I wrestler and has claimed victories over Demian Maia and Chris Leben. The winner could be next in line to face UFC middleweight champion Anderson "The Spider" Silva.

If Silva isn't ready by the time Sonnen wants to fight again, a fight versus Machida could be on order, and it would already have a lot of hype behind it.

Lyoto Machida is considering a move to 185 pounds.

Lyoto Machida is considering a move to 185 pounds.

Fresh off his UFC 140 submission loss to Jon Jones, "The Dragon" is contemplating whether or not to drop to the middleweight division, which is headed by his teammate and close friend Anderson Silva.

"I don't want to change, but if I am not the light heavyweight champion, it really could happen," Machida told Fighters Only.

"I lost but I still have three more fights at UFC. My main goal is to be the champion of the weight class and bring the belt back to Para. Now, it is a challenge to beat Jones and bounce back. We already know the path to get to him, and in the next fight, things should happen with more ease."

Since entering the UFC, Jones has stormed to the top of the division, dismantling every world-class fighter in his path. Machida's awkward style and tricky footwork presented Jones with perhaps the toughest test in his young career.

After a strong start, Machida found himself in trouble in the second round after giving up a takedown that allowed Jones to posture up and unload on damage from top position. A few seconds trapped underneath Jones was all that was needed for Machida to emerge with a massive gash on his forehead.

The cut was the tide changer in the bout.

When the two light heavyweights returned to their feet, Jones landed a short left hand that dropped the Brazilian. The young champion wasted no time in pouncing on his hurt opponent and locking up a modified guillotine choke that solidified his second consecutive title defense and Machida's first submission loss.

"I think we always have to be learning something out of this, and it is through the loss that we learn more than with the victory," Machida said. "I am a professional, and it is part of my career to win or lose."

With ongoing Silva retirement murmurings, a move to middleweight seems plausible for Machida.

Machida and Silva have stated on various occasions that they aren't interested in fighting one another.

UFC 140 Aftermath: Brutal Finishes That Defied the Norm

It is the aftermath of UFC 140 in Toronto and living in the city, the buzz is surely on the brutal finishes of the fights from the card on Saturday night.

All the coverage and talk of Frank Mir breaking Nogueira's arm, along with local reports of how all the Maple Leafs and hockey players in attendance thought it was quite a brutal sport, has left me throwing caution to the wind.

The finishes, and some of the fights we saw this weekend fall directly into the five-90-five percent rule, and it must be explained before any judgement is passed by the uneducated MMA fan.

Five percent of all fights will end in some sort of shocking, brutal or even gruesome fashion, 90 percent will end in exciting, even thrilling but normal finishes and the other five percent will end in boring and uneventful fashion.

Usually, the shocking and brutal finishes are spread and sort out among the many different fight cards in a year or period of time. In my opinion, a case could be made that we saw three fights that had finishes in the first five percent.

Frank Mir's brutal kimura on "Big Nog" is definitely one, Jones's somewhat brutal-looking choke and how he landed plastered face-down was another.

It could be argued that Chan Sung Jung's knockout seven seconds in qualifies in there, too.

Mir's destruction of Nogueira's arm is comparable to the worst injury in any other sport suffered under the rules, like a broken neck on a clean hit in football, a broken leg on a knee-on-knee hit in hockey or a broken arm from a collision at home plate.

You can't judge the sport on the most brutal of its incidents. They happen but they are rare. Just like Machida getting choked out on his feet and dropped or Hominick getting knocked out in seven seconds.

The only difference in these incidents is what makes MMA even safer than some of the other sports mentioned.

Both Nogueira and Machida could have stopped these incidents on the spot by swallowing their pride and tapping out to the opponent—a choice not available in mid-action in most sports.

But both men chose not to tap, and both men suffered very cold and real consequences.

After another dominant performance, would Jon Jones do as well at Heavyweight?

On Saturday night, Jon Jones proved all the doubters wrong—again—as he submitted Lyoto Machida in the second round to become the first man to defend the light heavyweight title more than once since Chuck Liddell in 2006.

Jones appeared to be in a bit of trouble in the first round, but he came back in resounding fashion in the second. He rocked Machida with a punch that set up the fight-ending standing guillotine choke.

He has now beaten three of the top five contenders in the light heavyweight division, and has looked simply unstoppable.

At only 24 years old, and with the frame that he has, it is very likely that he will have to move up to heavyweight at some point in the future.

So how would Jones fare at heavyweight?

For right now, it is a difficult question to answer. If you look at two of the top four heavyweights—Cain Velasquez and Brock Lesnar—both are highly credentialed wrestlers.

Jones is yet to face someone of that caliber. Once he fights Evans, we'll have a clearer picture of how Jones will fare against wrestlers.

Then there is Junior dos Santos. JDS is undefeated in the UFC, and is another fighter who made his way to the top without ever being in trouble.

We need to see more of Dos Santos, and more of Jones, before we can even begin to make a prediction about how a matchup like this would go down.

There is no question that Jones would be a top heavyweight, it's just a question of how close to the top.

He has all the potential to be the heavyweight champion. If he could handle the wrestling of the likes of Lesnar and Velasquez, and if he could avoid the big right hand of JDS, Jones could become the most dominant fighter ever—in both the heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions.

UFC 140 Results

I'm sorry and this post is a little late, but in the event that maybe someone missed the awesome card which is UFC 140, below are the results of the whole foray.

First, I have to say that Jon Jones is a beast in dismantling Lyoto Machida. Frank Mir is dangerous, and that shoulder really popped. Tito Ortiz has to retire and Korean Zombie wow!

It was a really awesome card, below are the results.

Main card
Jon Jones def. Lyoto Machida via submission (guillotine)
Frank Mir def. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira via submission (kimura)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira def. Tito Ortiz via first-round TKO
Brian Ebersole def. Claude Patrick via split decision
Chan Sung Jung def. Mark Hominick via first-round TKO

Preliminary card
Igor Pokrajac def. Krzystof Soszynski via first-round KO
Constantinos Philippou def. Jared Hamman via first-round KO
Dennis Hallman def. John Makdessi via submission (rear-naked choke)
Yves Jabouin def. Walel Watson via split decision
Mark Bocek def. Nik Lentz via unanimous decision
Jake Hecht def. Rich Attonito via second-round TKO
John Cholish def. Mitch Clarke via second-round TKO

It was truly on of the most entertaining cards this year. I might even say it is a candidate for best UFC event of the year.

UFC 140 Weigh-In Results

The UFC will return to Toronto, Canada for their upcoming UFC 140 show, which will be headlined by UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones taking on former champion Lyoto Machida.

Saturday's event will also host the rematch between Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Frank Mir. They first met after coaching on the Ultimate Fighter to fight at UFC 92. Mir shocked the world when he became the first man to stop Nogueira at the 2008 year-end show.

Main Card

Jon Jones (205) vs. Lyoto Machida (204)

Frank Mir (260) vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (239)

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (204.5) vs. Tito Ortiz (206)

Brian Ebersole (170.5) vs. Claude Patrick (171)

Mark Hominick (145) vs. Chan Sung Jung (145.5)



Preliminary Card

Igor Pokrajac (205) vs. Krzysztof Soszynski (206)

Jared Hamman (185) vs. Constantinos Philippou (185)

Dennis Hallman (158.5)* vs. John Makdessi (155.5)

Yves Jabouin (136) vs. Walel Watson (135.5)

Mark Bocek (156) vs. Nik Lentz (156)

Rich Attonito (170.5) vs. Jake Hecht (170.5)

John Cholish (156) vs. Mitch Clarke (154.5)

*Hallman given an hour to make weight

UFC 140 Weigh-ins Today

Watch the UFC 140 weigh-in today - with Jonny Bones, Lyoto the Dragon, both Nogs, Tito, Mir and more - live at 4 pm ET/1 pm PT on ufc.com

Catch it here: http://www.ufc.com/media/ufc-140-weigh-in

On Tap: UFC 140

What's on tap this weekend, why UFC 140 of course. We'll expect to see Jon "Bones" Jones as he tries to finish 2011 strong with a title defense against number one contender Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida. It will be Jones' 4th fight of the year and his 3rd title fight. Beating "the Dragon" will surely cement Jones' place in UFC Light Heavyweight History as that belt is quite a slippery one and hard to hold on to.

Here is the fight card:

UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida

Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Tito Ortiz vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Brian Ebersole vs. Claude Patrick
Mark Hominick vs. Chan Sung Jung
Jared Hamman vs. Constantinos Philippou
Mark Bocek vs. Nik Lentz
John Makdessi vs. Dennis Hallman
Yves Jabouin vs. Walel Watson
Rich Attonito vs. Jake Hecht
Igor Pokrajac vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
John Cholish vs. Mitch Clarke

Additionally, the Nogueira brothers have bouts on tap as well as Big Nog gets a rematch against Frank Mir and Lil' Nog goes up against self anointed "Peoples Champion" Tito Ortiz.

It's gonna be a great card and I can't wait to see if Bones Jones can make history.

Lyoto Machida disses Jon Jones!

In a recent article from abs-cbnNews.com, title contender Lyoto 'The Dragon" Machida had some choice words to say about current Light Heavyweight Champion Jon "Bones" Jones, specifically his rise in the sport.

Jones became the light heavyweight champion by defeating Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, who defeated Machida to win the title. The 24-year-old Jones has often been described as a once-in-a-generation talent and the future of the UFC.

"Jon Jones is a star," said UFC commentator Joe Rogan in an interview with UFC.com.

But Machida is not impressed with Jones.

"Jones' rise doesn't impress me," Machida said. "I had my moments in the UFC, too."

Both fighters provide an unorthodox way of fighting which had been a puzzle to those they had fought. Although, Rua defeated Machida, then Jones beat Rua.

The interview goes on with Joe Rogan saying;

"His footwork and his ability to move in and out, almost like a fencer, is really like no one else in the entire division," Rogan said of Machida.

"When I lost the belt, it was difficult for me, but I learned a lot. Now I feel more prepared to fight for the belt," Machida said. "I've learned to work better under pressure."

Machida is determined to give Jones a hard fight when they meet at UFC 140, saying, "This is the toughest division in the UFC. Every fight is a test."

"I want to feel it again, that belt around my waist," he said.

Well, the pre-fight talk is starting to build-up, and I wonder what Jones has to say about what Machida has said. Anyway, it's going to be another epic fight for the UFC Light Heavyweight belt, and we'll see if the Bones Jones hype will stand this test.

Worlds Apart at UFC 140

On UFC 140, December 10, 2011 at the Air Canada Centre (December 11, 2011 in the Philippines), Jon “Bones” Jones looks to defend his Light Heavyweight Championship against Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida in what promises to be one of the most anticipated match-ups in 2011. The match-up sparks interest due to the styles and differences that both fighters have and bring come fight time.

Jon Jones and Lyoto Machida want to walk out of UFC with the Light Heavyweight Championship around their waist, and their similarities end there.

The UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones is an ultra aggressive fighter who mixes creative unorthodox striking combined with first class wrestling to takedown his opponents after softening them up standing, he is also quite adept in using chokes to finish of his opponents as we recently saw against Rampage Jackson. While, Lyoto Machida is a counter-striking specialist using his karate background to blend with his Muay Thai, Brazilian Jujitsu and Sumo wrestling attributes, whose style is to take the least amount of damage possible but also dishing out a good amount of it.

This is one of the most intriguing match-ups in recent UFC history as it is a fight of two very different styles and also for the problems each fighter poses for the other. For Jones, he has to overcome the unusual fighting style of Lyoto Machida, although it has been solved by Shogun Rua, it still remains to be a puzzle to many other fighters, an Machida thinks that it is the best style to solve the problems that Jones brings to the table. For Lyoto Machida, there are much more problems such as Jones’ humongous reach advantage, creative yet accurate striking and the creative wrestling game the Champion posses.

I personally can’t wait for this fight, as I have been a fan of both fighters. Who ever wins or loses, in my opinion the fans would be the winners in this fight as wherever the fight goes either standing up or on the ground I’m sure there won’t be any lack of action as these two fighters are sure to bring it every time.