Undefeated UFC fighter using traditional martial arts as a foundation.

"Hadouken!"

Sike. Sorry big Street Fighter fan. This is Lyoto Machida. I originally was not familiar with UFC at all.  One of the first fights I actually watched and paid attention too was a match Machida was in. He won and what I noticed was he was very calm and collected. It's almost like he knew what his opponent was going to do. For every move he had an answer. Many describe Machida in this manner because of his calculated attacks and parry's. Some have even called him boring because of this, but he is undefeated and quite frankly a win is a win. 

Machida is unique because of his strong foundations in karate (a japanese martial art). Karate has over the years been plagued by "McDojo's" bastardizing the real art of the style with lack of legitimate teaching in favor of making profit. Yet, karate even without its recent reputation, in the world of UFC, is seen as an ineffective form of combat for the ring. Most traditional martial arts are seen as too structured or not built for actual brawling. UFC is an art that combines many aspects of fighting from grappling to boxing. Yet, Machida has shown a traditional foundation combined with the other forms can bring about success. 

Sweet deal. We used to be known for martial arts and now we are slowly taking it back! UFC has been dominated by fighters of al ethnicities except Asian for quite some time, and now we have a go to man using one of the original forms we created. 

Finish him Machida! m00g00