Maurício Rua

Latin America has given the world a lot of talented mixed martial arts fighters, and one of them was Mauriciu Rua, nicknamed Shogun. The professional athlete performs under the auspices of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, he has repeatedly demonstrated his experience and skill in fights with strong opponents and was even the UFC light heavyweight champion.

Mauricio's biography began in the Brazilian city of Curitiba, where he was born in the fall of 1981. His father was engaged in entrepreneurship, his mother did not make a career in sports, but was seriously fond of running, participated in marathons. He was not the only child in the family, his parents raised two more sons, who also made a successful career in MMA.

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Rua began to practice mixed martial arts following the example of his older brother. The boy signed up for a fight club, from the age of 15 he studied Muay Thai, and after another 2 years he switched to Jiu-Jitsu. Even then, he had a sports figure (now his height is 185 cm, weight is 92-93 kg) and successfully worked as a model, in his youth his photos were often published in fashion magazines.

Despite his busy schedule, Mauriciu managed to build a personal life. Before tying the knot, the man dated Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima. But the relationship with her is a thing of the past.

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In 2007, Rua's wife was Renata Ribeiro, a woman who works as a physiotherapist. The first addition to the family happened in 2010, the wife gave her husband her first child. Now the fighter has 3 daughters, judging by the photo on Instagram, he is a good father, who tries to devote every free minute to his family.

In training, Rua showed good results and made his debut in the professional ring at the age of 21. Initially, the guy established himself as an aggressive opponent, showering opponents with punches and kicks, in the first rounds he became the winner. This happened three times at the very beginning of his career. In 2003, he first entered the IFC international tournament, where he fought with Eric Wanderlei and won his fourth victory in the 2nd round.

The first defeat awaited Mauricio in the next fight (semi-final of the IFC light heavyweight tournament) against Renata Sobrala. The opponent used a chokehold, which unbalanced Roy, and in the 3rd minute of the 3rd round, the fight was stopped. This loss became an incentive for the Brazilian. He went to Japan, signed with PRIDE and immediately began performing. The first four fights he played with representatives of Japan, each ended with a knockout in the 1st round.

In the opening round of the 2005 PRIDE Grand Prix, the opponent was American Quinton Jackson, his Brazilian also defeated by TKO. Then he also easily defeated Antonio Rogerio, Alistair Overeem and Ricardo Aaron, thus becoming the winner of the competition. However, the next fight ended for Roy with a broken arm and defeat, the next time he entered the octagon only in September 2006.

After recovering under the auspices of PRIDE, Roy spent 4 more fights and became the winner in all. On this, his cooperation with the promotion ended, and Mauriciu signed a contract with the UFC. The first fight against American Forrest Griffin ended in defeat for the Brazilian, but in the next fight with Mark Colman he won, inflicting a technical knockout on his opponent. And after 9 months he fought Lyoto Machida for the UFC light heavyweight title, but lost.

The second time with Lyoto Mauriciu entered the ring six months later, but Machida failed to defend the title, and for the first time in the UFC, Rua got the belt of the best fighter. The Brazilian did not hold this title for long, in the spring of 2011 John Jones turned out to be stronger than his opponent and took over the championship belt. After that, victories and defeats in the Shogun's list of battles began to alternate. In 2013, in a fight with James Te Huna, he showed the best knockout of the evening.

After that, the fighter won 3 wins in a row, but lost to Anthony Smith at UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith. But in the next fight in 2018 in Australia, where Mark Hunt and Junior Dos Santos also fought, Rua defeated Tyson Pedro.

Roy continues to participate in battles, trains a lot, works out the technique of striking and learns new techniques. In November 2019, the man met in the ring with Scot Paul Craig as part of the UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Jacare. The opponents turned out to be worthy of each other, they spent all 3 rounds of 5 minutes in the octagon. A tie was declared by scoring by split decision.

2005 - PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix Winner 2009 - Best Fight of the Night at UFC 93 (vs. Mark Coleman) 2010 - UFC Light Heavyweight Champion 2013 - Best Knockout of the Night at UFC Fight Night (vs. James Te Huna) 2015 - "Best Fight of the Night" at UFC 190 (vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira)

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