Caio Machado spent his formative years as a professional mixed martial artist cutting his teeth in the Battlefield Fight League promotion on the Canadian regional scene. He believes the time served him well in his climb to the upper reaches of the sport, paving the way for his turn on Dana White’s Contender Series in August and his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut a little more than three months later.
“We have some good opponents around here,” Machado told Sherdog.com. “It was a great learning experience, and I feel I arrived in the UFC at the right time.