Birth Name:
Lyoto Carvalho Machida
Birth Place:
Salvador, Brazil
Date of Birth:
May 30, 1978
What Ethnicity:
Portuguese and Japanese Brazilian
The UFC champion is a practitioner of Shotokan Karate, Sumo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He is the son of Shotokan Karate master, Yoshizo Machida who is of Japanese origin. His father moved to Brazil alone when he was 22 years old. Machida stated this in the UFC Countdown for UFC 98.
He was born to a Brazilian mother, Ana Claudia Carvalho of Portuguese origin. There are some claims that his mother, named Ana Claudia is of Italian descent.
Machida is known for his elusive stand up striking skills and has an uncanny ability to avoid damage by his opponents. He is also no stranger to ground fighting as he is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt.
His first name, Lyoto and last name, Machida are Japanese names however he doesn’t speak Japanese fluently.
Source:
http://mmablips.dailyradar.com/
UFC 98 countdown
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I am mix Brasilian and proud of Portugues ancestors in my line very easy to see in my family. Shame for Brasilians who do not speak of Portugues peoples and instead only say “I am German or Italian”. I sometime laugh inside because I can see they have Portugues but that is how low some people can be. Maybe almost 100% of Brazilians from 3 or 4 generations have many Portugues blood inside them, I am proud to say this.
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Brazilians are mixed as hell ! They can look white, black, asian, indian anything really !!!!!
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Most of people in Brazil are portuguese descent. If you see the surnames here you will realize that most of them are Portuguese surnames. People in Brazil like to say that almost everybody here have black blood, but the correct is that most people in Brazil have Portuguese blood.
Some people who are portuguese descent (Portuguese surname) they don’t really know that. So they say they are not portuguese descent. On the other hand, there are people who know they are portuguese descent, but they are assamed about that and, because of that shame, they lie saying they are italian descent. It is a type of inferiority complex, because Portugual nowadays is a poor country and Portuguese people have a reputation (here in Brazil) of being stupid people. What is a bullshit.
Carvalho is Portuguese. Machida is Japanese. He is mixed like many people in Brazil. It is very common in Brazil.
Portugueses surnames in Brazil: Silva, Sousa, Pereira, Ribeiro, Ferreira, Oliveira, Nogueira, Noronha, Braga etc.
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Yep, but ‘Da Silva” is an ameridian/african surname.
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Most brazilians are of African AND Portuguese descent, with maybe a little native. I’m not saying he is. But that’s the truth.
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Lyoto mother is Portugues descedend. I am from Brasil and I know. Mostly Brasilians are Portugues descended but think only to say Italian like Germany. That a shame on Brasil, but true is we are mostly Portugues from Portugal descended many years ago.
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carvalho(his first surname,and probably,his mother`s name)is a portuguese surname.i`m 100% sure of it.i don`t know if he has italian ancestry as well,but he surely has portuguese ancestry.
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Yes, I am Brasilian. His mom is Portugues descended not italian. Lots of Brasilians alway like to say german and italian, but mostly they is portuguese blood. shame for them to not this this. I am mix family, but easy to see i am portuguese too. I say it anything.
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His mother Ana Claudia Carvalho is of Portuguese descent, not Italian.
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