Twitter reacts to Lyoto Machida's UFC Fight Night 30 knockout of Mark Munoz

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida (20-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) announced his arrival to the middleweight division in highlight-reel fashion with a spectacular head-kick knockout of Mark Munoz (13-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 30 main event.

After spending the entirety of his UFC career at 205 pounds, “The Dragon” made his long awaited 185-pound debut in memorable fashion, putting fellow middleweight contenders on notice.

The finish of Munoz was the fastest knockout of the Brazilian’s UFC career, and it left the MMA community – including UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman – excited for Machida’s future.

To see what fans, media and fighters thought of Machida’s victory, check out these Twitter reactions:

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THE DRAGON!!!

— Kyra Gracie (@kyragracie) October 26, 2013

That KO was set up by that body shot. Got Munoz to change his guard and leave the opening for the high kick.

— Daniel Downes (@dannyboydownes) October 26, 2013

Gotta love that southpaw left high kick….

— Diego Sanchez UFC (@DiegoSanchezUFC) October 26, 2013

KO happened with the body kick cuz Machida feinted w/kick prior & Mark’s hands went low. Head kick came later because of it. Impressive!

— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) October 26, 2013

Lombard at 170. Machida at 185. Two former champions. Two new divisions. Two immediate impacts. Wow.

— Dave Sholler (@Sholler_UFC) October 26, 2013

BIG KICK as @lyotomachidafw restrains from any other unnecessary strikes to claim another victory at UFC FIght NIght! #Respect

— UFC (@ufc) October 26, 2013

I guess machida buying dinner

— glover teixeira (@gloverteixeira) October 26, 2013

Machida is the man! But really wanted the Filipino wrecking ball pull through! Damn!

— Jerome-Max Holloway (@BlessedMMA) October 26, 2013

Machida earns his 12th knockdown of an opponent and gains sole possession of 4th place in UFC history. He passed JDS. #UFCFightNight

— Michael Carroll (@MJCflipdascript) October 26, 2013

Congrats to @lyotomachidafw great sportsmanship @mark_munoz will come back better @lunarpages http://t.co/FTotV1ksvK

— Roy Nelson (@roynelsonmma) October 26, 2013

Well that sucked. Doesn’t change anything though. Here’s the adversity. Time to do what we always do.

— Joe Ellenberger (@JoeEllenberger) October 26, 2013

Welcome to 185 @lyotomachidafw

— Dana White (@danawhite) October 26, 2013

It’s nice to have another great fighter added to MW division. Very exciting! Making MW even more interesting!

— Chris Weidman (@ChrisWeidmanUFC) October 26, 2013

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