Anytime you lose a fight, you wish you could have done things differently. My loss to Lyoto Machida early in my career showed a sign of arrogance on my side. I did not have the proper time to prepare for that fight. I didn’t think it would matter though.
At the time I was undefeated and the thought of losing was not part of my thought process. Since the fight took place in 2003, Lyoto was relatively unknown back then, and we did not do adequate research on him. I was devastated because that was my first loss, but looking back at the fight, I deserved to lose.
