A resounding ‘Oh no he didnt yo!’ just emerged from the MMA community when Machida essentially called out Brock Lesnar in an interview with TATAME the other day when he said that after he progresses in light heavyweight, he wants to move up to heavyweight and face Brock Lesnar for the ‘challenge’. For me, a challenge is trying to bounce out of a Dennys when the check comes, but Machida taking on Lesnar for a challenge…that’s probably why the dude is undefeated.
But hold up Machida, get past Evans, get a title and then you can pull a BJ Penn and shoot up (and down) the weight class. The real question is can The Dragon beat The Last Dragon (Bruce Lee Roy). I literally have no idea whether or not Machida could defeat Lesnar. Machida is undefeated and has never tapped out due to an ankle lock so…I’m leaning towards Machida. As my ex said, size means nothing.
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