Newly crowned light-heavyweight champion Shogun Rua will be out injured for some time after having knee surgery in Las Vegas.
‘Shogun’ Rua’s next challenge will come against Rashad Evans, but his manager has some other fighters in mind for future bouts at 205lbs.
Lyoto Machida has spoken out for the first time about his defeat to Shogun Rua and reveals that he’s got his eye on reclaiming the title.
Lyoto Machida is convinced that he will emerge victorious in the his rematch with Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua, and he’s predicting he’ll do it inside the distance this time round.
The beauty of Lyoto Machida Vs Shogun Rua for the UFC is that from a promotional stand-point it’s a win-win situation no matter who emerges victorious.
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The highly anticipated rematch between Lyoto Machida and Mauricio Shogun Rua is set to take place in Montreal, Canada on May 1st next year.
On Saturday night the so called “Machida Era” almost ended before it had fully begun as Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua matched him, and on the majority of people’s scorecards, bested him over five rounds of tense action.
For his previous 15 fights Lyoto Machida had largely had things all his own …
With the furore over the outcome of their light heavyweight title fight still fresh in their minds, both Lyoto Machida and Mauricio Shogun Rua have now spoken out on the matter.
Talking to mmaweekly about his performance, Machida said, “I was a hundred percent, but sometimes when you get in there, …