Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida is one of the most technically gifted martial artists to ever grace the octagon of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.  The seeds for his successful career were sown long ago in his native land of Brazil, growing up in Belém as the son of highly ranked Shotokan karate master, Yoshizo Machida. “I started training karate when I was three or four years old,” he explained. I would watch my father training, he was a grand master in Shotokan karate and we lived on top of the gym so it was only natural that I would hang around…