Sherdog.com’s Marcelo Alonso traveled to Belem, Brazil, to speak with UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida ahead of his May 8 rematch with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 113.
In this exclusive interview, which was conducted in mid-March, Machida discusses how his hand is doing after surgery, what to expect from him against Shogun and why he would fight one friend in Antonio Rogerio Nogueira but not another in Anderson Silva.