Thiago Silva vs. Lyoto Machida Rescheduled For UFC 93
Thiago Silva and Lyoto Machida (13-0), who were originally scheduled to meet at UFC 89 in October, will instead fight at UFC 93 on January 31st in Las Vegas, according to Tatame.
Silva was forced to withdraw from the October matchup earlier this month after suffering a back injury while training for the fight. After a search for a new opponent turned up empty Machida was removed from the card and the pair will now clash at UFC 93 in a marquee light heavyweight bout.
Silva holds an undefeated 13-0 record overall including a 4-0 mark in the UFC with victories over James Irvin, Tomasz Drwal, Houston Alexander, and Antonio Mendes.
Machida too is undefeated with a 13-0 record, including five wins in the octagon over Sam Hoger, David Heath, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, and Tito Ortiz.
UFC 93 will be headlined by UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre against UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn.
For more on UFC 93: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2 check out the MMAFrenzy.com MMA rumors section.
Tags: Lyoto Machida, Thiago Silva
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Nice, I hope Silva pounds him out. I don’t like machida’s style. He needs to hang in the pocket and fight a little.
NOW THIS IS DEF GOING TO BE FUN!!!
i would rather see machida fight someone better…t silva is giving too much credit! and machida def has to defeat someone better in order to get a title shot.. imo…
should be a good fight!
is *given
BJ v GSP “superfight”, plus Machida v Thiago “someones O must go” fight pretty nice…. The end of January is going to be fun forsure
@BW, why must Machida “stay in the pocket” more, this isn’t a boxing match?
Here is a question for anyone, both the UFC and Affliction/GoldenBoy/EliteXC/ProElite/ Showtime are having events in January…. Now the A/GB/EXC/PE/ST event may or maynot have Fedor on it, might have Josh Barnett AA Lil Nog Matt Lindland, perhaps even Ninja Rua, Jake Sheilds Kimbo? And they are going to have a boxing match… Or the event mightnot ever happen, the UFC has BJ Penn v GSP, Machida v Silva already slated to fight one another,question is why do people complain about the UFC not putting on the best events or this card is weak and stuff like that….. Look at all the cards of every org has, who consistantly puts on the best fights every month without a hitch… Why the hate for the UFC? Is it because they are successful? (I’m not a UFC “hugger” and I do enjoy other org’s just that I’ve read in other places the disapointment with UFC and their “weak” cards, and I don’t get it)
who says the ufc dont have the best cards? i know people said that affliction banned had the best heavy wieght card ever and they might be right but the reason people have a prob with the ufc is danna white is a very unlikable person, everyone hates the best, and the fighter pay is very unacceptable.
I’m a “UFC HUGGER” and have been since it’s beginning… I also just love to fight and watch fights…
The only explaination is ignorance FR702. People would rather b**ch about something for one reason or another than to be thankful for what they have.
There isnt gonna be a superfight with BJ and GSP ..
GSP is gonna roll right thru him .
i really hope silva beat machida, i cant stand the way he fights its smart as hell but if i wanted to see smart ide watch i chess match,
Dr Doom BJ is guna roll right thru GSP no one can touch BJ he’s the f*ckin man
im a huge GSP fan, but at the same time, no one has ever rolled thru penn…
Dr Doom, I agree. GSP will handle BJ.
BJ fan here…in more ways than one come to think of it!
Doom you are wrong yet that is just my opionion even tho I think BJ Penn will win I also believe that neither one is going to “roll” right threw the other
@New age confucious & Surfingk5 thx for giving you opionions on my question cheers
IMO I think its a risk for Machida to be on the high profile card…
cheers mate
@Dietrich why do u think its a risk for Machida to be on a high profile card?
Zuffa is doing it because he is an eventual title challenger and they need to market him but the problem is it’s the Super Bowl card and unless he pulls off a stunner of a victory or blazes out in equally high fashion he could hurt more ticket sales in Vegas(which looks to be in the toilet right now) than he would ever win over with his method.
i dont know who to choose because they are so evenly matched up penn and GSP i mean not Machida and Silva but both of them will be good fights.
I think that people hate the UFC for the same reason that people hate the Yankees or the Patriots. Its absolutely because they’re successful. People think “Hey they’re too successful, I want someone else to do well for a change.”
New age confucius,
In regards to the pay they give their fighters being unacceptable, its a lot better than it is in many other organizations. Also, the fighters don’t only have income from the UFC, they get paid to go out there and fight someone with a big “Condomdepot.com” across their butt, or whatever the sponsor may be. That principal works the same as “Home Depot” being on the front of Tony Stewart’s race car. Or Vodafone on Lewis Hamilton’s helmet.
Good point Justin I think the same
Machida wins this, the guy can fight and he can submit you on the ground. So what if he’s boring, I thought you fight to win and he wins. BJ and GSP is goning to be a war. No one rolls over either guy, thats just wrong. Their first fight could of gone either way imo. George might out wrestle BJ but he probably don’t want to be on the mat very long with the BJJ master. We get five rounds this time. Hope BJ trains this time and gets in shape because GSP is a cardio freak.
Everybody hate the UFC because they are the bar so to speak. The level of their production, unmatched imo, they don’t need Megadeth to put buts in the seats, or dancing girls on the ramp to garner male intrest. It’s the fights we all watch. Kimbo/ Shamrock would never Main Event over a Shields title fight ever in the UFC. The marketing in the other organizations drives me crazy sometimes. Let the fights and the fighters sell your product.
@FR702, because his fighting style is boring. Yeah he wins fights, but it is a snooze fest. I would like to see him risk taking a little more damage to give out a little more damage. I would love to see how he handles a little adversity. AA fights a couple safe fights and everyone got down on him, which they should, but machida is elusive. Whatever, I know he is talented and I would like to see him mix it up more. Give me my moneys worth and go out and get after it. Watching machida is like watching a jab fest, imo
Why does everyone always insist it’s on Machida to change the way he does things? The way I see it, it’s on his opponent to force Machida out of his comfort zone. It’s just like any other sport. Everyone has a game plan that they feel gives them the best chance to win. It’s the responsibility of the opponent to make them change that game plan. When the Patriots beat the Rams for their first Super Bowl, they totally altered the Rams’ game plan. Same thing when the Giants beat the Patriots last year. Quit hating on Machida because no one else is smart enough or daring enough to try something to shake up his game. I think someone like Wanderlei Silva who should be willing to take a few shots to close with Machida and corner him would stand a chance. You don’t have to be a chess master to find a counter for Machida’s one strategy.
The problem is, machida runs to fast. He stick and moves to well. Fighting is to win no doubt, but it is also to entertain, and that why we pay money to watch. I would rather watch someone whogoes out there to out on a show for the fans, like wandi. Win or lose you will be entertained. Its hard to get excited about machida. I already know what he is going to do. He’s going to jab kick and move away. Yet not to get hit, jab and kick a little more and then some more running. Boring. In pride, the dude would have held the record for yellow cards.
Sorry, my blackberry enters in the words it likes sometimes, not what I intend to write. Need to proof read befor I submit.
@ BW, to me Machida is exciting, at times he can be “elusive” and such just because Tito couldn’t take him down and Soku got choked ot don’t be mad Lyoto just because he seems to be a step ahead of his competiton… I also believe he needs to fight stiffer comp…. But only time will tell I guess
As far as the BlackBerry thing make it go to single type text that’s what I have been doin with mine cheers
Totally agree FR702. I love the unorthidox style. Machida is a great example of MMA’s evolution. Huge Machida fan
Did anyone else catch that in the article? They said it’s going to be a heavyweight bout. Machida’s jumping up a class?
Josh V – It was supposed to read “light heavyweight”. Sorry for the confusion and thanks for the heads up.
@SurfingK5, I’m agree with your assesment… I’m not like the biggest Machida fan, I am a fan nevertheless and I respect his style of fighting, I do believe he should fight a “top LHW” soon yet those individuals do seem to be on cards already, iam interested on the Thiago fight, and Thiago will make Lyoto be more agrressive or perhaps his great way of not taking any punishment will show the nay sayers the his style is not avoiding fighting its fighting with intellegence and percise skill
Machida is an intelligent fighter yet he has no entertainment value. He has the personality of microwaved eggs and his constant back pedalling turns a lot of fans off. He is afraid to get hit. Silva should make it his primary goal to keep him on his back and scratch his pretty little face with some well placed elbows. That’s what I’m hoping for.
no doubt about it machida has skill and is very smart the way he fights, but what people are trying to say is that he is boreing to watch, people seem to be reacting like were saying he has no mma skills,people no the guy has skills they’d just like to see him put it all on the line every once an a while. i belive silva will kick his ass anyway.
I love how people “hate” machida because they say he fights the same way each fight but yet they love to watch the same predictable chuck liddell each fight……aww he’s chasing after liddell …owww but wait liddell catches him with the same ko he always does yaaaa!…its so exciting isnt it joe…yes yes it is mike…you see liddell is such a technition and his boxing is at such a high quality but his rubber guard could use a little work………come on machida’s fights are exciting and please i just want to end this because im tired of getting on this site and looking at a machida article and seeing people complain about how machida is boring waw!…get over it kenflo fought the same way against huerta and no one said a word about that im telling everyone…machida/silva will play out exactly the same way kenfblo/huerta did huerta was aggresive but kenflo dodged everything and hit him when he had a chance and easily destroyed huerta..machida 2rnd sub or unamious decsion..goodbye
machida rocks…gunslinger out!
I really cannot wait for this fight&card…. Silva is a bad ass and Lyoto is F~ing awesome… This card is definately the way the greatest MMA oganization should open 2009, nicely done by the UFC
definitly FR702, this card is gonna be great who you got bj or rush?
Gun, I’m a fan of both of there’s now after stating that, I have been since the day this fight has been rumored on the side of BJ Penn.. also this fight is good for MMA as well as the UFC imo
SILVA= OVER RATED!
MACHIDA= BORING!
THIS FIGHT= INTERESTING!
if the winner of this gets a title shot i will be angry for a long time!
Ryhmeskill15, who should get the shot after Forrest v Evans? The winner of Rampage v Wanderlei? Wanderlei would be 2-1 in the UFC and 2-3 in his last 5 fights when he gets the title shot then? And I’m a huge Wanderlei Silva fan too.. I just don’t see him getting the next shot after he beats Rampage…
thank you Gunslinger
there will be @ least 7-8 months before the next lhw champ fight after evans and forrest….
that gives lenty of time for the winner of silva n machida to fight one more top contender before they get a title shot…
and the same with rampage n wandi…
maby the winners of these 2 fights should duke it out for a shot @ the title???
i do not think T silva has done enough to fight for the title…he has not beat any worthy fighters in the ufc…
same as machida…
he has not beat any top fighters…
W silva should get a shot before the two of those guys…he has had a tougher road (assuming he beats rampage)…
Rhymeskill15, I do agree that Machida needs to fight the to echolon of the UFC LHW division pressuming that he wins v T silva, he would definately need to face Wanderlei, Rampage, Chuck, the loser of Griffin v Evans, hell Keith Jardine or Shogun… Yet the thing is that Wanderlei is good friends with A Silva who is a training partner of Machida’s sooo I don’t know if they would fight each other unless one of them has the belt also Chuck sponsors Machida I believe soo that’s interesting as well (Chuck companys probably sponsor him not Chuck personally, in the Tito fight there is a patch of Chuck on Lyoto’s shorts)
iceman RX is what its called isnt it
Think so, look at u comming with the info
thanks i try..but ya i got bj in the ufc 93 fight too..i hate how everyone is saying bj doesnt deserve the shot
Ya that is quite annoying, but everyone does have their points and I can see why they say such things but the storyline is there the fight hypes itself and if the people who think GSP is going to destroy Penn truly believe that they have no need to worry about Rush’s title now do they
I see it BJ Penn the WW champion of the world GSP back to the hospital hahahahaha
i know image this bj-light weight champion and welter weight champion…..anderson silva- middleweight champ and light heavy champ…two fighters who both have two titles wont happen with lyoto close to the title at 205 but would be funny….only thing is i would like to see gsp vs alves or sanchez…but bj vs sanchez/alves would be cool too
Bj vs Sanchez would be cool just to see how his(Diego’s) new camp would train him.
thats a good point FR…
but i would be content with machida fighting rua if he wins T silva…then getting a shot…
i would want to see him n franklin go @ it…
i think that the winner should fight ace…then see where it goes from there…
I can imagine BJ holding both LW&WW titles forsure, I get what you are saying about Anderson Silva (which would be cool forsure and he has the talent to do it imo) but its unlikely such as u said because of Lyoto
Dietrich, Diego v BJ Penn would be cool
@Rhymeskill15, a fight against Shogun would be awesome, also I would like to see Rich and Lyoto fight again this time in the UFC I think both have grown soo much since there first encounter
@FR702
How do you predict the fight would go? I think Diego would try to power out after the first round go Bj’s way because Saulo would tell him to lay back and wait for the mistake. the action picks up in the second and Bj cathes him in a g&p in the third…
I think Diego is stronger but BJ is mentally tougher.
@Dietrich, I do think that Diego would definately try to over power BJ(how often does that workout against Penn usually), I too see BJ picking and waiting for his attacks, he(Penn) also would use his underrated boxing to keep Diego “at bay” then he would probably go for a sweep work his flexibility begin the GnP then slide in for a armbar, rnc, or kimura… BJ Penn winner by absolute destruction
FR…
man that franklin vs machida fight would be awesome….
i would want to see that instead of T silva….
and your right they have both progressed tremendously and i think it would make a great fight…i could def see rich winning..
Ryhmeskill15, for sure I want to see those two clash, I also could see Rich taking it… But his Anderson Silva curse I believe will follow him into a 2nd fight v Machida… But it would be a heck of a fight..
Yet it is Thiago Silva v Lyoto Machida and that too should be a hell of a fight!
BJ has just matured! He has at least 2-3 fights before he can be considered consistent. How long can he hold his mental edge??? That’s the question. He’s by far the best…it’s how long he holds his head.
bj was dominating gsp in their first fight..bj gassed badly and only just lost, imagine what bj can do with some good conditioning
All you guys wanting Diego vs. Penn forgot about the 190# pit-bull he has to face come fight time. Alves is a monster at 170, if he makes weight. This is going to be fight of the night.
Spot on FR702…Spot On…
Dude! Hell yeah! I’m so glad this match is back on. I hope silva GnP’s him out. I can’t stand machida. Hopefully thiago can win and get a title shot after this one or maybe fight the winner between wanderlai vs rampage.
Thx Dietrich….!!!
MACHIDA!
MACHIDA is going to take Silva’s “0″! The Dragon has too many skills in his toolbox for Silva. Besides, Silva has come close too often on losing his fights. It’ll be interesting to watch Machida pick apart Thiago’s boring and predictable brawling/ground n’pound style.
machida by eventual KO.
just like spider he moves……
and suddenly BANGO! BINGO.
Following the Machida bashers is funny….The guy is a great technician, has beat the likes of:
BJ Penn, Rich Franklin, Tito, Stephen Bonnar, Michael McDonald and the others….
He is 13-0, how can you not appreciate the W’s they keep coming.
I don’t get it?
Do this…..re-watch him on youtube kick Tito’s @$$….hard to deny that he whipped him and did it in style.
Just my two cents….watch it and appreciate it.