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Lyoto Machida to middleweight seems doubtful
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Lyoto Machida weighed in Friday at 201 pounds, a 2-liter bottle below the 206-pound limit for a light heavyweight fight.
That set off a line of questioning about Machida possibly dropping to middleweight (185 pounds) one day.
Machida left that door open whenever he was asked publicly about it.
“I want this fight to go into the title fight at 205, but maybe in the future. Who knows?,"...
