Mauricio Rua
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Data | |
Fight name | Shogun |
size | 185 cm |
Weight | 92 kg |
nationality | Brazil |
Date of birth | November 25, 1981 |
place of birth | Curitiba |
team | Universiadade da Luta |
Fighting style | Muay Thai & Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
MMA statistics | |
Victories | 25th |
Knockout | 20th |
task | 1 |
Points | 4th |
Defeats | 11 |
Knockout | 5 |
task | 3 |
Points | 3 |
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (born November 25, 1981 in Curitiba , Brazil ) is a Brazilian MMA fighter in the weight category under 93 kg and was until March 19, 2011 UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. The main style of Rua is Muay Thai , Rua also has the black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu . Together with numerous well-known fighters (among them Wanderlei Silva ) and his brother Murilo "Ninja" Rua , he belonged to the Chute Boxe Academy in Curitiba (Brazil). At the end of 2007, however, the Rua brothers left the Chute Boxe Academy and founded their own fighting school called Universidade da Luta (UDL) in 2008.
Mauricio Rua was long under contract with the Japanese MMA association Pride FC . His professional balance is currently 24-10-0 (SNU) of which 19 (T) KOs. After victories over Quinton "Rampage" Jackson , Alistair Overeem (twice), Antonio Rogerio "Minotoro" Nogueira , Ricardo Arona and Kevin Randleman within just two years, he was considered number 1 in the light heavyweight division in mid-2007 (up to 93 kg, resp. 205 lbs). However, his career and health have been going downhill since then.
At just 24 years old, Rua was the youngest fighter to ever win the Middleweight Grand Prix at Pride FC (2005). In front of 77,000 spectators in the Saitama Super Arena, he defeated both Alistair Overeem and Ricardo Arona in the final by knockout. Arona had previously defeated Rua's mentor Wanderlei Silva on points in the semifinals that took place on the same evening .
He suffered his defeats against Renato "Babalu" Sobral (2003) by giving up after a guillotine choke and in the heavyweight class against Mark Coleman (2006) by TKO after a broken arm through no fault of his own. Rua lost his first fight at UFC 76 by surrendering to Forrest Griffin (2007).
On January 17, 2009, Mauricio Rua returned to the cage after an injury-related (two knee injuries) break of around 16 months. At UFC 93 he was able to take revenge on Mark Coleman and won with an unconvincing performance by TKO in round 3. On April 18, 2009 he was able to contest the long-awaited fight with Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell at UFC 97 in Canada and successfully through TKO win in round 1. In this fight, he built on his achievements of the successful years 2004-2007 and made the jump back into the top 10 of his weight class.
After a controversial lost fight against Lyoto Machida in 2009 , he managed to win the UFC 205 pound belt in the 2010 rematch. But the first defense on March 19, 2011 at UFC 128 failed and he had to surrender the title to his challenger Jon Jones after TKO in the third round .
MMA statistics
Result | Professional record | opponent | date | event | method | round | time |
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victory | 1-0 | Rafael "Capoeira" Freitas | November 8, 2002 | Meca 7 - Meca World Vale Tudo 7 | KO (kicks) | 1 | 4:00 |
victory | 2-0 | Angelo Antonio "Tilapa" de Oliveira | May 16, 2003 | Meca 8 - Meca World Vale Tudo 8 | TKO (Soccer Kicks) | 1 | 0:55 |
victory | 3-0 | Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos | August 1, 2003 | Meca 9 - Meca World Vale Tudo 9 | TKO (blows) | 1 | 9:22 |
victory | 4-0 | Erick Wanderley | September 6, 2003 | IFC - Global Domination | TKO (blows) | 2 | 2:54 |
defeat | 4-1 | Renato "Babalu" Sobral | September 6, 2003 | IFC - Global Domination | Task (guillotine choke) | 3 | 3:07 |
victory | 5-1 | Akira "Mr. Pride “Shoji | October 5, 2003 | Pride Bushido 1 | KO (blows) | 1 | 3:47 |
victory | 6-1 | Akihiro Gono | February 15, 2004 | Pride Bushido 2 | TKO (Soccer Kicks) | 1 | 9:04 |
victory | 7-1 | Yasuhito Namekawa | October 14, 2004 | Pride Bushido 5 | TKO (blows) | 1 | 6:02 |
victory | 8-1 | Hiromitsu Kanehara | February 25, 2005 | Pride 29 - Fists of Fire | TKO (kick) | 1 | 1:40 |
victory | 9-1 | Quinton "Rampage" Jackson | April 23, 2005 | Pride - Total Elimination 2005 | TKO (Soccer Kicks) | 1 | 4:47 |
victory | 10-1 | Antônio Rogerio Nogueira | June 26, 2005 | Pride - Critical Countdown 2005 | Point decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
victory | 11-1 | "The Demolition Man" Alistair Overeem | June 26, 2005 | Pride - Final Conflict 2005 | TKO (Soccer Kicks) | 1 | 6:42 |
victory | 12-1 | "The Brazilian Tier" Ricardo Arona | August 28, 2005 | Pride - Final Conflict 2005 | KO (blows) | 1 | 2:54 |
defeat | 12-2 | "The Hammer" Mark Coleman | February 22, 2006 | Pride 31 - Dreamer | TKO (broken arm) | 1 | 0:49 |
victory | 13-2 | Cyrille "Snake" Diabate | September 10, 2006 | Pride - Final Conflict Absolute | TKO (broken arm) | 1 | 5:29 |
victory | 14-2 | "The Monster" Kevin Randleman | October 21, 2006 | Pride 32 - The Real Deal | Task (kneebar) | 1 | 2:35 |
victory | 15-2 | Kazuhiro "King Kaz" Nakamura | December 31, 2006 | Pride Shockwave 2006 | Point decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
victory | 16-2 | "The Demolition Man" Alistair Overeem | February 24, 2007 | Pride 33 - Second Coming | KO (blows) | 1 | 3:37 |
defeat | 16-3 | Forrest Griffin | September 22, 2007 | UFC 76 - Knockout | Task (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 4:45 |
victory | 17-3 | "The Hammer" Mark Coleman | January 17, 2009 | UFC 93 - Franklin vs. Henderson | TKO (blows) | 3 | 4:36 |
victory | 18-3 | "The Iceman" Chuck Liddell | April 18, 2009 | UFC 97 - Redemption | TKO (blows) | 1 | 4:28 |
defeat | 18-4 | "The Dragon" Lyoto Machida | October 24, 2009 | UFC 104 - Machida vs. Shogun | Point decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 |
victory | 19-4 | "The Dragon" Lyoto Machida | May 8, 2010 | UFC 113 - Machida vs. Shogun 2 | KO (blows) | 1 | 3:35 |
defeat | 19-5 | Jon "Bones" Jones | March 19, 2011 | UFC 128 - Shogun vs. Jones | TKO (punches & knee kicks) | 3 | 2:37 |
victory | 20-5 | Forrest Griffin | August 27, 2011 | UFC 134 - Silva vs. Okami | KO (blows) | 1 | 1:53 |
defeat | 20-6 | Dan "Hendo" Henderson | November 19, 2011 | UFC 139 - Shogun vs. Hendo | Point decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 |
victory | 21-6 | Brandon "The Truth" Vera | 4th August 2012 | UFC on Fox 4 - Shogun vs. Vera | TKO (blows) | 4th | 4:09 |
defeat | 21-7 | "The Mauler" Alexander Gustafsson | December 8, 2012 | UFC on Fox 5 - Henderson vs. Diaz | Point decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
defeat | 21-8 | Chael Sonnen | 17th August 2013 | UFC Fight Night 26 - Shogun vs. to sunbathe | Task (guillotine choke) | 3 | 5:00 |
victory | 22-8 | James Te Huna | December 7, 2013 | UFC Fight Night 33 - Hunt vs. Bigfoot | TKO (blows) | 1 | 1:03 |
defeat | 22-9 | Dan "Hendo" Henderson | March 23, 2014 | UFC Fight Night 38- Shogun vs. Henderson 2 | TKO (blows) | 3 | 1:31 |
defeat | 22-10 | Ovince "OSP" St. Preux | November 8, 2014 | UFC Fight Night 56 - Shogun vs. St. Preux | KO (blows) | 1 | 0:34 |
victory | 23-10 | Antônio Rogerio Nogueira | August 1, 2015 | UFC 190 - Rousey vs. Correia | Point decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
victory | 24-10 | Corey "Overtime" Anderson | May 14, 2016 | UFC 198 - Werdum vs. Miocic | Point decision (shared) | 3 | 5:00 |
victory | 25-10 | Gian Villante | March 11, 2017 | UFC Fight Night 106 - Belfort vs. Gastelum | TKO (blows) | 3 | 0:59 |
defeat | 25-11 | Anthony "Lionheart" Smith | November 8, 2014 | UFC Fight Night 134 - Shogun vs. Smith | KO (elbow) | 1 | 1:29 |
Titles & recognitions
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | |||||||
Result | year | Championship | Weight class | place | |||
winner | Unknown | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu South America Championship | 80 kg | Brazil | |||
5th place | Unknown | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Mundial Championship | 80 kg | Brazil | |||
Muay thai | |||||||
winner | 2003 | STORM Muay Thai | Middleweight | Curitiba , Brazil | |||
Mixed martial arts | |||||||
winner | 2005 | Pride Grand Prix Tournament | Middleweight | Saitama , Japan |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mauricio Rua in the Sherdog database , accessed on March 25, 2011.
Web links
- Official homepage of Mauricio Rua
- Mauricio Rua in the database of Sherdog (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rua, Mauricio |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shogun |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian martial artist |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1981 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Curitiba , Paraná , Brazil |