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Report: Lyoto Machida headlines UFC Belem against Eryk Anders

Related Topics: Eryk Anders, Belém, Lyoto Machida

Former UFC light heavyweight champion, Lyoto Machida, will have the chance to fight in his hometown of Belem for the first time in his UFC career. As Combate reported, “The Dragon” will take on up-and-comer Eryk Anders in UFC Fight Night 125’s main event. Bloody Elbow has since confirmed the report, although UFC officials have not officially announced the fight.

Lyoto Machida (22-8) has not won a fight since December 2014, when he TKO’d C.B. Dollaway. Since then, Machida has been finished by Luke Rockhold, Yoel Romero and most recently, a brutal first-round KO to Derek Brunson at UFC Sao Paulo in October.