Lyoto is recovering from surgery on his left hand, due to bone spurs.  The bone spurs cased great pain in his left hand when striking.  This surgery took place days after the Shogun fight in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  Lyoto will return shortly to begin training for his rematch with Rua.  At the time of this writing, the location and date of the rematch have not been finalized.

Lyoto recovering

Lyoto Machida