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UFC 128 Fight Card: Shogun Rua's First Three MMA Fights in Brazil
What better to make you get pumped for the upcoming UFC 128 card headlined by Mauricio Rua vs. Jon Jones, than viewing footage from the classic fights of these competitors? You've seen the young Jon Jones' rise and development in the UFC, and if you were paying attention, you also would've seen his...
'Natural' progression: Randy Couture has had his 'wars' and he won't be making a 'run at the title' again
At least, that's what he tells the MMA Hour: "I think that realistically the end of me making runs at the title was a while ago. I've had a great year. I've had some great fights. Not too many of them really put me in line to be a number one contender or make a run at the title. To be honest, I...
The Pound-for-Pound #1 Pound-for-Pound Rankings
The landscape of MMA has changed so drastically this year, I just don't think these rankings mean much anymore (not that they did in the first place, but still). It's possible that six months from now we could see a top-3 of Shogun-Aldo-Cruz. Who saw that coming at the start of the year? For now, I...
The Pound-for-Pound #1 Pound-for-Pound Rankings
<!--StartFragment--> Everyone and their mother knows why it’s time to update this one. 1. Anderson Silva 2. Georges St. Pierre 3. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua 4. Jose Aldo 5. BJ Penn 6. Frankie Edgar 7. Jake Shields 8. Fabricio Werdum 9. Fedor Emelianenko 10. Lyoto Machida <!--EndFragment-->
2010: MMA Strikes Back
This post kind of got buried in the avalanche of Fedor coverage so I wanted to give it a little more exposure. Kid Nate.At the end of 2009, the MMA championship scene looked a bit...dull. The sport had such dominant champions in each major weight class that it seemed like nobody could challenge...
Revisiting Liddell vs. Silva at UFC 79
When Chuck Liddell faced Wanderlei Silva at UFC 79, most people didn’t know quite what to expect. It was a fight MMA fans had anticipated to a fever pitch in 2003, during that year’s PRIDE Light Heavyweight Grand Prix. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson had his own plans that year,...
Shogun Has Knee Surgery, Title Defense Against Evans Delayed
MMAJunkie.com has the scoop on the latest of Shogun's many knee operations: Newly minted UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua's first title defense likely will be delayed due to a recent knee surgery.Rua (19-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC), who knocked out Lyoto Machida at UFC 113 to earn the...
Looking Back at Shogun Rua's Second Fight Against Mark Coleman
Why did Shogun have trouble with Mark Coleman just 9 months before going 25 minutes with Lyoto Machida? It’s an interesting question that begs multiple viewings of his fight with Coleman.Throughout the fight, Coleman has no problem taking Shogun down. For all his skill, one of...
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