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On March 19, 2011, 23-year-old Jon Jones brutalized UFC light heavyweight champion “Shogun” Rua to become the youngest titleholder in UFC history. But for Jones, it was only the start ...
The GFL already had an ambitious roster ahead of its inaugural season and now the fledgling promotion has signed several more fighters along with announcing the host cities and coaches for the ...
The UFC will induct Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, one of the most lethal knockout artists of all time, into its Hall of Fame later this year. Rua, of Curitiba, Brazil, holds a special place in combat ...
However, it was a fight with Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua that secured his spot in the Hall of Fame. At UFC 139 in 2011, the iconic duo battled it out in a bloody five-round brawl that was named the ...
Yoel Romero’s next fight is a step-up in competition from Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua. A three-time title challenger in UFC and Bellator, Yoel Romero was initially scheduled to face former UFC ...
An old rival of UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones has stoked the flames of his five-year rivalry with his former foe.
Former UFC middleweight title challenger Yoel Romero signed with Global Fighters League recently and was scheduled to fight former UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio Shogun Rua on June 22 ...
Check out these photos highlighting Jon Jones' TKO win over Mauricio Rua on March 19, 2011 at UFC 128 from Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. With the victory, Jones became the youngest champion in ...
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and Jon Jones at UFC 128 weigh-ins. But it must be said that, even then, the champion wasn’t the man he used to be. Time had been cruel to “Shogun.” Six years earlier ...
Its name was B.J., a seven-month-old German Shepard mix, and it was a somewhat recent acquisition for Jones when he showed up in Newark, N.J., for his crack at Mauricio Rua’s UFC light ...