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<p>Mauricio "Shogun" Rua beat Chuck Liddell, Lyoto Machida, Mark Coleman, Alistair Overeem, and Rampage Jackson among many others, but no one beats time. Although Rua was just a year older than Ovince Saint Preux, mixed martial arts warps time, and Saturday night at UFC FIght Night 56, Shogun suffered his fourth loss in five fights. It took just 34 seconds.</p>
“Losing is always bad,” said Rua said via a translator at the post-fight press conference as transcribed by Sherdog. “In this weight class and heavyweight, when a punch lands, you feel it. But I’m gonna get through this loss and talk to my team and think about the future. Defeats always suck.”
“The punch landed clean and that’s when a knockout happens. He was happy to get it. I made a mistake.”
Saint Preux offered the view from the other side of the cage.
“Shogun comes in with looping punches and I’m pretty good at counter punches," OSP said to FOX Sports. "I did a real good step off. ... I used that and it ended up landing real good."
“I just threw the high kick just to let him know I could throw one and let him know it was there. I knew he was going to try to pressure me. He threw the inside leg kick. I was gonna check that, but he caught me real good with the inside leg kick. And I knew when he had me back up against the fence that he was gonna lunge in. When he lunged in for that hook, that’s when I countered, and I caught him pretty clean.”
Ocean6 - Shogun had no muscle definition, looked tired, and had no tan at all.
I was thinking he was either sick, or did not get up for this camp, or is done.
When he lunged in, his right hand was almost at his waist.
Lol do you seriously think having a tan or not had something to do with his performance? I don't recall Shogun ever being noticeably tanned, then again, that's not something I usually pay attention to, fighters tans. I thought he looked like he was in better shape than usual, sometimes he looks a little soft but he didn't appear to last night.
I understand the man's been in so much war, and the body and mind is taking it's toll.
When anyone thinks of 32, they would say that's young and most would agree that's when one is at it's peak.
In fighting there is no career where one doesn't get hit, everyone gets hit. But I was never too much of a fan of you hit me and I hit you back. At the same time in this sport not a lot of fighters will become a champion or have a long career as a mma fighter, at the same time that's what makes the fight game very special, you gotta b great to be make it in this game. But everyone finds happiness differently, most just want a story to tell their grand kids they live out their life and had the courage to make it happen.
I wish SHOGUN all the best. He needs to take sometime off and reinvent himself as a fighter, change his style, or the fight career is over. Perhaps take a little from Conor Mcgreger, Machida, Domnick Cruiz, Mayweather, Ali and Bruce Lee.
...but he won't. Just like almost every fighter, he will continue until he gets knocked out 4 times in a row, then - after his legacy is destroyed - retire into obscurity.
Ocean6 - Shogun had no muscle definition, looked tired, and had no tan at all.
I was thinking he was either sick, or did not get up for this camp, or is done.
When he lunged in, his right hand was almost at his waist.
Lol do you seriously think having a tan or not had something to do with his performance? I don't recall Shogun ever being noticeably tanned, then again, that's not something I usually pay attention to, fighters tans. I thought he looked like he was in better shape than usual, sometimes he looks a little soft but he didn't appear to last night.
Do you really think having a tan has nothing to do with his performance? A tan makes people feel confident, which can definitely have a positive effect on the fight
...but he won't. Just like almost every fighter, he will continue until he gets knocked out 4 times in a row, then - after his legacy is destroyed - retire into obscurity.
Ocean6 - Shogun had no muscle definition, looked tired, and had no tan at all.
I was thinking he was either sick, or did not get up for this camp, or is done.
When he lunged in, his right hand was almost at his waist.
Lol do you seriously think having a tan or not had something to do with his performance? I don't recall Shogun ever being noticeably tanned, then again, that's not something I usually pay attention to, fighters tans. I thought he looked like he was in better shape than usual, sometimes he looks a little soft but he didn't appear to last night.
If you remember Fedor vs CroCop, Fedor was way more tanned than usual in that fight. That's what gave him the edge on the night.
