Twitter reacts to Lyoto Machida’s UFC Fight Night 36 victory

Lyoto Machida continued to impress in his new weight class on Saturday night as he defeated middleweight Gegard Mousasi in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 36 headliner.

Machida (21-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC) outpointed Mousasi (34-4-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) over five rounds for a unanimous-decision victory at Arena Jaragua in Jaragua do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

With the win, the former light heavyweight champion took another step toward becoming one of the few fighters in history to win UFC belts in multiple weight classes; the victory likely earned “The Dragon” an 185-pound title shot.

To see what fighters in the MMA community thought about Machida’s fourth career UFC main event victory, check out these Twitter reactions below:

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Here we GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @lyotomachidafw vs @mousasi_mma

— Dana White (@danawhite) February 16, 2014

:) !!!!!!!!!!!! — Dana White (@danawhite) February 16, 2014

Don’t think I could handle another decision ?? and this one could be 5 rounds ?? — Brad Pickett (@One_Punch) February 16, 2014

Machida is a beast trained with him but do not count out Moose he is a very technical striker

— Luke Rockhold (@LukeRockhold) February 16, 2014

Machida leaning forward a little more than normal #UFConFOX

— Marcelino Evil (@KCBanditMMA) February 16, 2014

Young fighters could learn a lot from Machida . He appears to be faster with his supreme techniques ! #UFN36 — Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunsonMMA) February 16, 2014

Great job by mousassi for staying patient. That’s a boatload of discipline — Matthew (@mattmitrione) February 16, 2014

Holy smokes that kick was FAST

— Matthew (@mattmitrione) February 16, 2014

I’m happy this is a 5 round fight since most of the first was feeling each other out. Not sure what Mousasi’s gameplan is. Machida wins KO

— Kyle Kingsbury (@Kingsbu) February 16, 2014

This has to be annoying for @mousasi_mma ! Can’t get anything going! @ufc #ufc #ufcfightpass — Tyron T-Wood Woodley (@TWooodley) February 16, 2014

Wait…. Did I just see a slight display of emotion by Mousasi?!?! Nope… never mind. #UFCFightNight — Tim Kennedy (@TimKennedyMMA) February 16, 2014

Machida is so fast at 85

— Dana White (@danawhite) February 16, 2014

What a chest match!

— Cung Le (@CungLe185) February 16, 2014

How did he eat that kick!!!???!!! #UFN36 @ufc @danawhite — Bubba McDaniel (@BubbaTheMenace) February 16, 2014

Machida is playing chess with footwork and blitz attacks… #UFCFightNight @ufc on @FOXSports1 — Akira Corassani (@AkiraCorassani) February 16, 2014

Exactly what I thought, Mousasi is very technical striker but he does fade.

— Luke Rockhold (@LukeRockhold) February 16, 2014

That sweep was tight!

— Gesias JZ Cavalcante (@Gesias) February 16, 2014

In my experience…. Judges only score the takedown, not the sweep. #ufc — Chris Camozzi (@ChrisCamozzi) February 16, 2014

I got machida not very impressive but he’s won every round. — Luke Rockhold (@LukeRockhold) February 16, 2014

I’m glad I didn’t fight Machida. I’m not sure I can handle the announcers talking about him exploding on me over & over again #UFCFightNight

— Tim Kennedy (@TimKennedyMMA) February 16, 2014

I’m sure if many of you understand how amazing that was for machida to take his back from that position. #impressive

— Chris Clements (@menaceclements) February 16, 2014

That was disappointing. — Dan Hardy (@danhardymma) February 16, 2014

I didn’t find that main event fun to watch. They’ll prob get big bonuses though. — Joe Doerksen (@JoeDoerksen77) February 16, 2014

“@JonnyBones: Zzzz” What happened I just woke up?

— Ike Vallie-Flagg (@IKEVF) February 16, 2014

After five rounds @lyotomachidafw gets unanimous decision win AND Fight of the Night bonus! #UFCFightNight

— UFC (@ufc) February 16, 2014

@Tom_Small1991 it was a great fight! Lyoto looked fucking awesome against someone NASTY

— Dana White (@danawhite) February 16, 2014

UFC Fight Night 36 ties UFC 169 for most decisions at a single event with 10. #UFCFightNight

— Michael Carroll (@MJCflipdascript) February 16, 2014

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