Mauricio Rua

Mauricio Rua
Mauricio Rua
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
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

1. ↑ 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)