Machida desperate to regain title

UFC star Lyoto Machida is desperate to regain the UFC light-heavyweight title within 10-months.

Machida lost the title to Mauricio Shogun Rua at the recent UFC 113. The defeat was Machida’s first of his 17-fight MMA career.

“I don’t care who has it, I want to have the opportunity to fight for the belt,” Machida told Tatame. “If it’s Shogun I’m OK, I’ll enjoy the win more.

“That punch really got me and, in this division, it’s really hard to get a punch like that. When it gets you, it’s really hard. Sometimes you are winning it, but the guy hits you and you lose. I think I was winning this fight, despite his aggressiveness.

“My plans are to dispute this belt in a year or less, like 10 months. To regain the belt is my new dream.”