Posts Tagged ‘Shogun Rua’

UFC 128 sees the comeback of UFC Lightheavyweight Champion, Mauricio Shogun Rua, as he takes on ‘Suga’ Rashad Evans. Shogun talks pre fight on his expectations of the bout. We’d all like to see abit of this again….

An interview with #1 contender to the UFC Light Heavyweight Belt, ‘Suga’ Rashad Evans speaks on his fight with Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, the possibility of an interim title shot for Lyoto Machida and the Shogun Rua situation. Rashad claims there is no need for an interim title bout. maybe he’s just trying to avoid a [...]

UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua is on track for an early 2011 return — possibly at the promotion’s annual Superbowl weekend event in February — after undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery in his left knee on June 10 in Los Angeles. UFC President Dana White told the media earlier this month that the [...]

Newly minted UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua’s first title defense likely will be delayed due to a recent knee surgery. Rua, who knocked out Lyoto Machida at UFC 113 to earn the 205-pound title, was expected to meet Rashad Evans later this year. With Rua’s window of recovery, UFC president Dana White is [...]

Paulo Filho took almost everyone by surprise with his inclusion on the card for this coming Friday’s Memorial Fight Qualifying event, in the city of Santos, Brazil. GracieMag had a chat with the fighter after hearing of confirmation of his presence. “I have to fight. Time is going by and I can’t just sit around. [...]

Lyoto hopes to regain his title back within 10 months and hopes to regain it back from the first man to solve the Machida mystery. Many people believe that Rua is stylistically bad for Machida’s famous karate base, however the ex champ feels the victory would be much sweeter if he was to gain revenge [...]