WAR Mauricio
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Sad to see Shogun lose, but happy that he’s not going to take anymore damage. War Shogun FOREVER!!!
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Would have been cool if shoguns coach handed him some pride gloves to leave in the cage……
And then if an equipment manager for the ufc picked them up and thought to himself, what great design…. Maybe we should use these…
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Mauricio Rua has a humble request for how fans should view him.
The legendary “Shogun” retired on Saturday in his home country of Brazil after a loss to Ihor Potieria at UFC 283, a fight that concluded a 20-year journey that began in 2002. It was a longtime coming for Rua, 41, who has competed sporadically for the past few years.
Despite crafting numerous indelible memories throughout his fighting career — including tearing through PRIDE in the Japanese promotion’s hay day and a UFC light heavyweight title win — Rua isn’t focused on celebrating his past competitive glories; rather, he hopes people focus on his character.
“The legacy I want to leave and the way I want to be remembered is as a great person, a good role model inside the octagon as well as outside the octagon,” Rua said. “For us fighters I think this is very important and this is really what I think fighters should put across and what I tried to put across through this whole time. I tried to be a good person as a professional athlete inside the octagon, but also as a normal person outside the octagon.
“So I want to be remembered as that, as someone who was a very good person inside the octagon, outside the octagon, in all aspects of my life.”
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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Maurício ‘Shogun’ Rua wants to walk away from fighting as someone who people looked up to.
Rua’s final MMA fight ended in a first-round TKO defeat to Ihor Potieria at UFC 283. After a strong initial start to the fight, Potieria’s pressure on the feet quickly became too steep a hill for Rua to climb.
The 41-year-old Rua confirmed his intentions to retire following UFC 283. His last victory in the Octagon came against Antônio Rogério Nogueira in July 2020 before three consecutive losses.
Rua is undoubtedly one of the greatest fighters in MMA history, from his accolades in PRIDE to his title win in the UFC. He earned wins over some of the best of all time during his career, including wins over Chuck Liddell, Lyoto Machida, and Forrest Griffin.
While Rua is proud of what he accomplished in MMA, he strives to be someone who people will remember as kind-hearted.
Shogun Rua: I Want To Be Remembered As A Good Person
During his UFC 283 post-fight press conference, Rua said his legacy should be about how he treated those around him.
“The legacy I want to leave, and the way I want to be remembered is as a great person,” Rua said. “A good role model inside the Octagon as well as outside. I think as fighters, this is very important, and this is really what I think fighters should put across and what I try to put across throughout this whole time…inside the Octagon but also as a normal everyday person. In all aspects of my life.”
While Rua’s UFC run was impressive, his pre-UFC career was arguably the best of his fighting tenure. Winning the 2005 PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix will be a moment fight fans will always remember when it comes to Rua’s in-cage legacy.
Rua could potentially enter the UFC Hall of Fame after calling it a career. His fight against Dan Henderson at UFC 139 is part of the UFC’s Hall of Fame after their back-and-forth battle.
As Rua transitions to this next chapter of his life, he wants to be remembered by fight fans as someone who always strived to do the right thing.
I’m glad I didn’t watch this last fight. I probably won’t watch it.
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I wish Shogun kept his camps at Kings MMA. Everytime he trained in Curitiba he did not look good
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Master Cordeiro knew him best! If he and his family moved to California to be at Kings full time he definitely would’ve had a much stronger record. He really seemed to love being in Brazil though and running his own camps
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