Shogun Rua: I am working towards beating Jon Jones in a rematch

It was recently announced that the man who wins most impressively amongst the two headlining Light Heavyweight bouts at UFC on Fox 4 will find himself in line for the next title shot versus the winner of Jon Jones vs. Dan Henderson. While this may have come as a bit of a surprise to many, it may also make the most sense for the UFC in terms of drawing power and excitement, something the promotion has been lacking recently. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua is set to face Brandon Vera in the main event this

Shogun Rua and the UFC are back on the same page

Recently, Dana White stated that Mauricio Shogun Rua was taking the strong stance of rather being cut by the UFC than fight Glover Texeira. Texeira was considered as the next opponent for Rua after his original opponent Thiago Silva was injured before their UFC on Fox 4 bout. This seemed to have caused some controversy between White and Rua’s team, who ultimately settled on a fight with Brandon Vera as the event’s headliner. When asked about White’s insinuation, Rua’s manager Julio Heller stepped up to

Shogun Rua’s Manager releases an Open Letter to fans following UFC 128

Eduardo Alonso, manager of former Light Heavyweight Champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, has released an open letter to fans, thanking them for their support and promising that the Brazilian will bounce back strong from his loss to Jon Jones at UFC 128. “Shogun” was dethroned Saturday night after being overwhelmed by Jones, who was able to out strike the former champ from start to finish, resulting in a third round TKO stoppage. It was Rua’s first title defense since knocking out Lyoto Machida to take the…

UFC 128: What Shogun Rua has to offer against Jon Jones

At the age of 20 years old, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua made his professional Mixed Martial Arts debut. He dominated and destroyed his first four opponents, until he met crafty veteran Renato “Babalu” Sobral to whom he lost via guillotine choke. That first loss in Shogun’s career was an important lesson and agony of defeat was used as motivation for victory.
With the legendary Chute Boxe camp in his corner, following in the footsteps of his idols Wanderlei Silva and Jose

Injured Shogun Rua will be sidelined until March 2011

Number one Contender will have to wait to get his chance at new LHW champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.
Dana White Confirmed today that New champ Shogun Rua wont be back in the Octagon for another eight months, likley returning in March, 2011. Still White took this as good news saying that his surgically repaired knee is healing well.
“Shogun’s great, his knee’s coming along great,” White said just after the UFC 116 pre-fight press conference. “It’s all good.”
Rua recently Knocked Out then undefeated Lyoro

Shogun Rua Injured

It has been reported that UFC LightheavyWeight Champion Mauricio Shogun Rua has suffer a knee injury that will delay his fight with Rashad Evans , Shogun Rua had to undergo Knee Surgery Following his win over Lyoto Machida at UFC 113.
It was brought by MMA Live’s Franklin Mcneals that Shogun had a knee injury prior his fight with Machida , seems Franklin knows his stuff , since Shogun had the injury and it was until he got his title that he went to fix his knee