Former UFC light heavyweight champion and current fifth-ranked middleweight contender Lyoto Machida makes a quick return to the Octagon to meet No. 6 Yoel Romero in the main event of UFC FIGHT NIGHT: MACHIDA vs. ROMERO on Saturday, June 27 at Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla.
Machida (22-6, fighting out of Los Angeles, Calif. by way of Belem, Brazil), a black belt in both karate and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, has nine knockouts and two submission victories to his credit, and has defeated former champions Dan Henderson, Randy Couture, Tito Ortiz, Shogun Rua and Rashad Evans.