Here it is, the coolest nickname in sports will be arriving at the UFC on September 26.
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, ranked unanimously as the #1 Light Heavyweight fighter in the universe, (He beat the crud out of current UFC champ Quinton Jackson) will get his UFC debut at UFC76.
It is speculated that he will face undefeated Ryoto Machida (11 - 0 - 0) who is 2 - 0 in the UFC and although kind of boring, gives opponents fits inside the Octagon. Shogun Rua has been a dominant force in PRIDE since 2003, and has notable wins against some serious competition.
Heres a look at his MMA record, and your eyes aren’t fooling you, 80% of these dudes got KTFO!!!
- Win Alistair Overeem KO (Punches)
- Win Kazuhiro Nakamura Decision (Unanimous)
- Win Kevin Randleman Submission (Kneebar)
- Win Cyrille Diabate TKO (Stomps)
- Loss Mark Coleman TKO (Broken Arm)
- Win Ricardo Arona KO (Strikes)
- Win Alistair Overeem TKO (Strikes)
- Win Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Decision
- Win Quinton Jackson KO (Strikes)
- Win Hiromitsu Kanehara TKO (Stomp)
- Win Yasuhito Namekawa TKO (Punches)
- Win Akihiro Gono TKO (Strikes)
- Win Akira Shoji KO
- Loss Renato Sobral Submission (Guillotine Choke)
- Win Eric Wanderlei TKO (Punches)
- Win Evangelista Santos TKO (Punches)
- Win Angelo Antonio TKO (Soccer Kicks)
- Win Rafael Capoeira KO (Kick)
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He should fight sobral at 76 but a fight vs machida would be ace aswell.
Im confused why doesnt dana have shogun vs chuck and machida vs jardine, I suppose he wants fans to get used to him and he doesnt want chuck to get his a$$ kicked by another pride fighter.
13 T(KO)s man he is explosive.