Yeah, Machida is sort of due for a win, think he was a bit unlucky against Rampage, I thought he won that decision. I remember before his fights with Shogun, he literally looked untouchable. So elusive and quick on his feet, it was really fascinating to see how effective he was scoring points, in and out and he was so fast that he dident put himself in danger.
I think Randy is in a world of hurt if he tries to stand with Lyoto but hes a very smart fighter and wont do that. Im sure the strategy is to pin him up against the cage, use some dirty boxing and take him down but I dont see him finishing Lyoto on the ground or on the feet for that matter. Lyoto is good from his back, only way Randy can win is by decision IMO, by tire him out on the ground and clinch.
I cant remember how good Machidas takedown defense is, im sure Randy will be able to complete a takedown sometime during the fight but Machida might be able to stop most of them? have to rewatch his fights against Evans and Ortiz. Can he keep it standing hes got a great chance to win by KO/TKO, and if I remember correctly Randys been tagged quite easily his last couple of fights and Machida has very accurate straight punches.
Its very possible im gonna get on the Machida by TKO/KO train!
EDIT; I see now on FightMetric that Machida has 83.8% takedown defense