Lyoto Machida Net Worth, Know About His MMA Career, Early Life And Personal Life

Lyoto Machida is a professional mixed martial artist(MMA) from Brazil who has accumulated the net worth of around $4 million. He currently competes in the middleweight division of the UFC.

What Is The Net Worth of Lyoto Machida?

Lyoto Machi has been successful to accumulate the net worth of around $4 million. His main source of income is fighting. He earns an annual salary of $75,000 to $85,000 from his profession. His hard work and dedication have led him to earn huge popularity and money.

Although his contracts and earnings have not been revealed yet, we found the information that he earned $200,000 from the fight against Chris Weidman at UFC 175.

There has been no information revealed about his assets.

Let's Know About Lyoto Machida Career

Lyoto Machida first began his career in MMA under the management of Antonio Inoki, a professional wrestler in Japan.On May 2, 2003, Machida won his first MMA fight against Kengo Watanabe by unanimous decision in NJPW: Ultimate Crash.

On September 13, 2003, Machida won the fight against Stephan Bonnar by TKO at Jungle Fight 1.On December 31, he won against Rich Franklin by KO at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003.

For his fourth consecutive win, Machi fought against Michael McDonald at K-1 Beast 2004 in Niigata. Then on May 22, he won the fight against Sam Greco at K-1 MMA ROMANEX.On March 26, 2005, Machida won against B.J. Penn by unanimous decision at Hero's 1.

Looking for his consecutive seventh win, Machida fought against Dimitri Wanderley at Jungle Fight 6 on April 29,2006, which Machida won by TKO. Then on July 22, Machida won the fight against Vernon White by unanimous decision at WFA: Kings of the Streets.

On February 3, 2007, Machida won the fight against Sam Hoger at UFC 67 by unanimous decision. Then Machida won his consecutive seven fights at UFC against David Heath, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Rameau, Tito Oritz, Thiago Silva, Rashad Evans, and Mauricio Rua at UFC 70, 76, 79, 84, 94, 98, and 104 respectively between the year 2007 and 2009.

After 16 consecutive in MMA, Machida found his first loss against Mauricio Rua at UFC 113 on May 8, 2008. Continuing his UFC career, Machida again lost the fight against Quinton Jackson at UFC 123 on November 20, 2010. Then Machida won the fight against Randy Couture at UFC 129 on April 30, 2011.

Continuing his MMA Career so far, Machida has won 22 fights with only 8 losses. He recently lost the fight against Derek Brunson at UFC Fight Night on October 28, 2017. Machida won the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship on May 23, 2009, and defended the title on October 24, 2009.

To see his MMA record, Machida has won 22 fight out of 30 fights. He won 9 by knockout, 2 by submission, and 11 by decision.

How Was Lyoto Machida Early Life? Also, Know About His Personal Life

Lyoto Carvalho Machida was born on May 30, 1978, in Salvador, Brazil.He was the son of Yoshizo Machida and Ana Claudia.

Lyoto started to train from the age of 3 and at the age of 13, he was able to earn his black belt. He also trained sumo at the age of 8 and when he was 16, he started training Brazilian jiu-jitsu and boxing.

Lyoto went to Thailand to study Muay Thai. Later he went to Japan to study grappling at the NJPW Dojo. Finally, he went to the US to start his UFC career.

Lyoto Machida married a lady named Fabiola. They have two sons together.

Lyoto Machida Interaction With Social Media

It seems that Lyoto Machida is frequent social media user and also famous in social media. Looking at his Twitter account, we have found that he has tweeted 4,614 times so far and has 711K followers.

Likewise, on Instagram, Lyoto Machida has 819K followers with 1,596 posts so far.