{"id":103880,"date":"2014-07-04T08:55:10","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T15:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=103880"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:55:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:55:02","slug":"machida-silences-haters-im-not-too-old-to-beat-weidman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/machida-silences-haters-im-not-too-old-to-beat-weidman\/","title":{"rendered":"Machida Silences Haters: I&#8217;m Not Too Old To Beat Weidman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fight-night-36-results-machida-gets-unanimous-decision-win-over-mousasi\/lyoto-machida-wins-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-86399\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Lyoto-Machida-Wins-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Lyoto Machida Wins PNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Lyoto-Machida-Wins-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Lyoto-Machida-Wins-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Lyoto-Machida-Wins-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lyoto Machida is getting ready to fight Chris Weidman for the middleweight title tomorrow, and took a minute to silence the critics who say at 36 years of age, he is too old to beat a younger, undefeated Chris Weidman.  Machida spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/news\/why-former-ufc-titleholder-lyoto-machida-feels-he-s-the-best-he-s-ever-been-161316909.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahoo! Sports<\/a> saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I have to train a lot smarter, but that is one of the things I&#8217;ve learned over the years, how to do things better and get the same result. I don&#8217;t recover as quickly at 36 as I did at 26, but I&#8217;m smarter and more intelligent now than I was then. That makes a big difference. I&#8217;m more efficient. I&#8217;m more experienced as a fighter, obviously, and that makes a difference and will be helpful to me. But as a man, I&#8217;m more experienced in life. I have experienced a lot of victories and I&#8217;ve been through some defeats and tough times. But I&#8217;ve learned from all of that and I&#8217;m a smarter, better person than I was before.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I feel the difference at this weight, and it&#8217;s all to my benefit. I&#8217;m much stronger but at the same time, I&#8217;m much faster. I felt I was a fast fighter at 205 pounds, but I&#8217;ve gotten even faster and quicker. And now when I&#8217;m fighting guys who aren&#8217;t as big, my strength will be even more of an advantage. So I&#8217;m not feeling pressure or any sense of urgency. I&#8217;m the best I&#8217;ve ever been, in terms of my skills, my understanding of what is going on in the Octagon and my conditioning. I&#8217;m confident that if I do what I&#8217;ve trained to do, I can win this title. My age isn&#8217;t a factor at all, in my opinion.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday news broke that Machida said during an interview that he was also contemplating a drop to welterweight.  <\/p>\n<p>What do you think PENNation? Will Machida&#8217;s age play a factor in Saturday night&#8217;s fight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyoto Machida is getting ready to fight Chris Weidman for the middleweight title tomorrow, and took a minute to silence the critics who say at 36 years of age, he is too old to beat a younger, undefeated Chris Weidman. Machida spoke to Yahoo! 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