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sugarngold
05-20-2009, 10:54 PM
I was just rewatching Lyoto Machida's MMA debut at NJPW against Kengo Watanabe.

After Machida wins the fight - he walks over to Inoki who gets up and pimp slaps Lyoto - not once - but twice. Then Inoki pats him on the shoulder and nods his head. It was really funny. I was curious as to the reasoning behind it all.

Does anyone know about Inoki and Machida's backstory?
Scorpion
05-20-2009, 10:56 PM
Maybe he was testing Machida's elusiveness?
sugarngold
05-20-2009, 11:09 PM
Maybe he was testing Machida's elusiveness?

lol
Tuffnutz
05-20-2009, 11:14 PM
Inoki's fake slaps > Calzaghe's real slaps. :yep
Thom
05-21-2009, 01:23 AM
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IntentionalButt
05-21-2009, 01:45 AM
Maybe he was testing Machida's elusiveness?

:lol::lol:
rusty nails
05-21-2009, 02:46 AM
i asked this question a while ago and no one could tell me. someone mentioned that inoki was pissed because machida had just signed with a rival organisation or something.
it all seems very dodgy..
My take is that inoki has a history of fight fixing and i get the impression that machida was told to lose. when he didnt inoki gave him one in the face for his "disrespect"
If you watch closely youll see this look on inokis face like hes saying to machida "you know what that was for boy"

thats just a guess though.
El Presidente
05-21-2009, 03:00 AM
that was intense lol
El Presidente
05-21-2009, 03:01 AM
Reminds me of the guy in Police Acadame who was always fighting with his son lol
HomicideHenry
05-21-2009, 03:02 AM
you just dont cross Antonio Inoki, the Father of Modern MMA!
El Presidente
05-21-2009, 03:07 AM
i googled it it says that was the Antonio Inoki “Toukon Slap” known as“Fighting Spirit Slap"
Manos de Piedra
05-21-2009, 09:37 AM
got a pretty good chin
liger05
05-21-2009, 09:49 AM
It's just Inoki being Inoki. He does this to put himself over. I have seen New Japan shows before where he has got like 100 hundred fans to come to the ring and get slapped. Machida would of known it was going to happen.
scurlaruntings
05-21-2009, 11:00 AM
It's just Inoki being Inoki. He does this to put himself over. I have seen New Japan shows before where he has got like 100 hundred fans to come to the ring and get slapped. Machida would of known it was going to happen.:lol: Iv seen that. The Japanese sure love a show.
Manos de Piedra
05-21-2009, 03:08 PM
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this is fucken funny right here
Scorpion
05-21-2009, 06:09 PM
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this is fucken funny right here

OMG lol wtf?
Manos de Piedra
05-22-2009, 07:22 PM
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inoki put a good beating on ali's legs
Cachibatches
05-23-2009, 04:45 AM
I was just rewatching Lyoto Machida's MMA debut at NJPW against Kengo Watanabe.

After Machida wins the fight - he walks over to Inoki who gets up and pimp slaps Lyoto - not once - but twice. Then Inoki pats him on the shoulder and nods his head. It was really funny. I was curious as to the reasoning behind it all.

Does anyone know about Inoki and Machida's backstory?
During one visit to a school in the 80's, Inoki was punched twice by a student. Inoki slapped the student across the face, knocking him down. The student, who later turned out to be an Inoki fan, then rose, bowed deeply, and thanked Inoki for the slap. The incident became very famous as the then live clip of the binta (slap in the face) was shown many times on Japanese television. Now various celebrities and even common people in Japan ask Inoki to slap them to install courage or even as some sort of strange blessing. The slap's name is the "Fighting Spirit (or Toukon) Slap." (闘魂ビンタ)