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Events · UFC 70: Nations Collide · Lyoto Machida vs David Heath
From the tape · 21 Apr 2007

Lyoto Machida vs David Heath

UFC 70: Nations Collide · Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Result

Lyoto Machida beat David Heath

Method
Decision - Unanimous
Round
3 of 3
Clock
5:00
Light HeavyweightMain cardReferee · Mario Yamasaki

We published no prediction for this bout. Everything on this page is the official record and the tape it was fought on — the result, the round-by-round counts, the judges’ cards where they exist and the sportsbook line where one was published. Our graded calls start in 2026 and live on the public record.

LM
Red corner LyotoMachida“The Dragon”Belem, Para
VSOn the tape
DH
Blue corner DavidHeathAbsolute Combat Alliance · Tulsa, Oklahoma
Light Heavyweight3 rounds21 Apr 2007
The story going in
  • Is 23 points more accurate striking than Heath.
  • Comes in on a 2-fight win streak.
24-8
Record
18-7
−3 yr28
Age
31
+2″6' 1"
Height
5' 11"
+2″74″
Reach
72″
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
1
UFC bouts
+12
0/10% of wins
Finishes
1/250% of wins
Belem, Para
From
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Round by round

Every round the fight went, shaded by where the significant strikes actually landed — the takedowns, control time and knockdowns beside them, and how the three judges scored that round.

UFCStats · per round

3 rounds of tape

Round 15:00 of action
Lyoto Machida17 sig landed
HEAD18%3 of 9BODY24%4 of 4LEGS59%10 of 11
David Heath1 sig landed
HEAD100%1 of 12BODY0%0 of 1LEGS0%0 of 1
17 of 24
Sig.
strikes
1 of 14
0 of 0
Take-
downs
0 of 0
0:00
Control
0:00
0
Knock-
downs
0
0
Sub
attempts
0
Distance 17Clinch 0Ground 0
Where it
happened
Distance 1Clinch 0Ground 0
Judges · this round · Machida firstDouglas Crosby10–9Cecil Peoples10–9Andy Roberts10–9
Round 25:00 of action
Lyoto Machida17 sig landed
HEAD24%4 of 14BODY47%8 of 8LEGS29%5 of 5
David Heath4 sig landed
HEAD25%1 of 14BODY50%2 of 3LEGS25%1 of 3
17 of 27
Sig.
strikes
4 of 20
0 of 0
Take-
downs
0 of 1
0:05
Control
0:00
0
Knock-
downs
0
0
Sub
attempts
0
Distance 14Clinch 3Ground 0
Where it
happened
Distance 3Clinch 1Ground 0
Judges · this round · Machida firstDouglas Crosby10–9Cecil Peoples10–9Andy Roberts10–9
Round 35:00 of action⚡ 1 KD Machida1 sub attemptEnded 5:00
Lyoto Machida33 sig landed
HEAD82%27 of 42BODY12%4 of 6LEGS6%2 of 2
David Heath3 sig landed
HEAD33%1 of 9BODY33%1 of 2LEGS33%1 of 1
33 of 50
Sig.
strikes
3 of 12
0 of 0
Take-
downs
0 of 0
2:32
Control
0:00
1
Knock-
downs
0
1
Sub
attempts
0
Distance 7Clinch 8Ground 18
Where it
happened
Distance 3Clinch 0Ground 0
Judges · this round · Machida firstDouglas Crosby10–9Cecil Peoples10–8Andy Roberts10–9

Significant strikes, takedowns, control time, knockdowns and submission attempts exactly as UFCStats recorded them for this bout, round by round. Zone percentages are that round’s landed head, body and leg counts over their own total — raw arithmetic, nothing modelled or smoothed. A round in which a fighter landed nothing shades empty and reads zero; it is never filled in from the round before.

The cards, totalled

The judges’ final totals, the media’s cards beside them, and how these judges usually score. Their round-by-round 10–9s are with the rounds above.

Official card

Unanimous Decision

Referee · Mario Yamasaki
Lyoto MachidaDavid Heath
Official totals — Lyoto Machida first
JudgeTotal
Douglas Crosby30–27
Cecil Peoples2.2 avg spread · 53% wide30–26
Andy Roberts1.9 avg spread · 44% wide30–27

Each judge’s round-by-round scores sit with the round they belong to, in the round-by-round section above — switch a round there and the three cards for it change with the stats.

Fan vote · unofficial

30-26 Machida · 50%30-27 Machida · 50%

6 fan cards submitted to MMA Decisions.

Official cards come from the UFCStats fight record and MMA Decisions. Media cards and the fan vote are MMA Decisions’ own collection and are not official. Judge tendency figures are that judge’s whole recorded history, not this bout — they are context for how a card was scored, never a claim that it was scored wrongly.

Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Lyoto Machida

1.21takedowns / 15 min
1.21 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
0.33 / 15m
1.86 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
0.66 / 15m
65%
ACCURACY
50%
0.40 / 15m
SUB ATT
1.00 / 15m

David Heath

0.33takedowns / 15 min

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.32 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked roster-wide

The market story

What the market did on the way to the cage — the price, not our model. This bout is settled; the window below is closed.

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Lyoto Machida vs David Heath.

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