Mauricio Rua

Mauricio " Shogun" Rua is a famous combatant of MY Brazilian. It was born the November 11th 1981, with the Brésil. It is one of the members most known of the Chute Boxes, one of the most important academy of free combat in Brazil. His/her brother, Murilo " Ninja" Rua also forms part of the Fall Boxes.

Biography

Mauricio " Shogun" Rua and the brother of Murilo " Ninja" Rua and was made known during the year 2005. Its idol is Wanderlei Silva which he regards him even as his best friend. It has its very first match at 21 years or it was made known by its style of combat which is most violent of the Fall Boxes and gains in particular the victory with the meca world vale tudo 7. In 2003 it beats successively Antonio, evangelista with the editions meca world vale tudo.

More doubts " shogun" start to be noticed and its style likes the public. It takes part in tournaments in the ifc or it beats Eric wanderlei by k.o but inclines face finally has babalu by guillotine. It will undergo its only defeat at this time, but Mauricio did not fight as usual. It has can be lost but it was pointed out and fights with the pride the same year or it beats will akira shoji by KB. In 2004 it fights face again has gono that it beats by KB. A few months later it comes to end from Namekawa, always by KB.

2005

The year 2005 was it + beautiful of all its career, it starts by overcoming Kanehara and takes part in tournaments GP 2005 or it destroys in eighth of final Quinton " Rampage" Jackson. At this time there everyone is surprised, remains perplexed, Jackson being number 2 of the average weights of Pride. In quarterfinal it beats by decision Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, the brother of Minautoro where it delivered one of most beautiful the performance of his career. During the 2 months which follows, it enormously will be involved and faces Alistair Overeem in half finale which it beats on stop of the referee after strike on the ground devastators. It is thus qualified for the final where it meets Ricardo Arona, ladykiller of Wanderlei Silva, his/her friend. It gained the victory by KB.

2006

In Pride 31 it met the veteran Mark Coleman but the combat was stopped after 49 seconds, Mauricio being dislocated the elbow and thus not being able to continue.

In Final Conflict Absolute 2006, finally given of its wound it faced the French combatant Cyrille Diabaté and gained the victory in the first round after stop of the referee.

In Pride real deal of Las Vegas, Mauricio is found against the pupil of Coleman Mark: Kevin Randleman, specialist in the slam and the hooks left at high speed. Shogun gains the match by tender over key of legs in the first round.

Prize list in MY

Prize list: 16 - 2 - 0 (Win - Loss - Draw)
Victories: 13 (T) KOs (81.25%) - 1 Tender (6.25%) 2 Decisions (12.50%)
Defeats: 1 (T) KOs (50.00%) - 1 Submissions (50.00%)

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