Lyoto Machida has fought and lost to current UFC LHW champ Jon Jones and current UFC MW champ Chris Weidman. So maybe he's biased.

Either way, Machida is picking both men to retain their titles in their next bouts.

Jones faces Daniel Cormier at UFC 182 on January 3 in Las Vegas. Weidman faces Vitor Belfort at UFC 184 in February in California.

Machida talked to Sherdog and shared his prognostications.

"Weidman versus Vitor is a tough matchup for both. Vitor has a chance of knocking him out, especially in the beginning of the fight, but I believe time is not on Vitor's side. It's common for a striker to lose his power during the fight, something which wrestlers deal with a little better," Machida noted.

"I think Jones retains his belt. Cormier is a great fighter, but the matchup isn't very favorable for him, with the reach issue and stuff. Cormier has very solid wrestling, but if you look at the big picture from a technical point of view, I don't see him winning. I think [Alexander] Gustafsson, who's taller and has a longer reach, can give Jones a hard time. But then, I see Cormier being a bad matchup for Gustafsson. It's all about the matchups."

Machida's next bout is against C.B. Dollaway on December 20 in Brazil at the aptly named UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway.