Video: Watch UFC Fight Night 36's Lyoto Machida drop Munoz with head kick

Lyoto Machida‘s middleweight debut was a rather brilliant one this past October.

The Brazilian, a former light heavyweight champion, stopped friend and sometimes training partner Mark Munoz with a head kick in England.

The win put the UFC’s middleweight class on notice for the potential for “The Dragon” to make a run at a title there the way he did nearly five years ago when he stopped Rashad Evans to win the 205-pound belt.

Machida (20-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) is gearing up for his headlining fight at UFC Fight Night 36 on Saturday in his native Brazil against Gegard Mousasi (34-3-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC), where he’ll look to stay on track in the middleweight division and keep working toward what he hopes will be a title shot in 2014.

Check out the knockout above. Then don’t miss UFC Fight Night 36 on Feb. 15 at Arena Jaragua in Jaragua do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The event airs on FOX Sports 1 with preliminary-card action streaming on UFC Fight Pass.

For more on UFC Fight Night 36, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.