Machida: I don’t want to fight Anderson Silva

Lyoto Machida has successfully made his move to the middleweight division, the same division of long-time friend Anderson Silva. Machida has made it clear he is working towards a title fight, but would still like to avoid a fight with his friend if possible:

“I don’t want this fight,” Machida said. “We’re close, and we have the same manager. He’s fighting for the belt, and I’m still far from it. It’s hard to talk about it now. I don’t know if we will cross paths one day. Let’s let things happen and decide what to do. You have to be prepared to face to situation. You have to talk about it.”

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