Mark my words, Lyoto will be back better than ever.
As far as Chuck goes he's too old to be standing in front of other fighters with his hands low. The first thing to go on a fighter is his reflexes. The last, his power. Chuck should have modified his game a while ago and he's fanatically loyal to his trainer/camp who no longer serve him well in his current state.
I was hopeful Chuck would grow and expand his game and that just doesn't seem to be the case. As is, he needs to retire before he wrecks his mind/body and legacy.
Oh of course, you know Machiada went home and got yelled at by his father hahha."where was your gard, 100 push-ups" haha. next fight is definitely going to be a re-match with shogun. Machiada was my favorite because everyone in the game these days are all about the "MMA" type of style and he was just awesome undefeated tradition karate. haha.
Yeah I know that was his thing when he was younger, that's why he was the man fucking sick crazy fights cause he was fast and strong, and exactly he got older and lost that, naturally.
I wish he did change his game as well, he could have been awesome. I think you're right, I guess he's loyal to his trainer, but I think he wanted to maintain that kind of image. He should have figured out though that that wasn't happening the last couple of fights. haha....it's been a shame.