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Maurício Milani Rua (Portuguese pronunciation: [mawˈɾisiu ˈʁuɐ]; born 25 November 1981), also known as Shogun, is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist.He competed in the Light Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion.
Henderson won their first encounter back in November 2011 at UFC 139 via unanimous decision in a bout lauded by many MMA pundits as the Fight of the Year for 2011 and one of the best bouts in the history of the UFC. [3] [4] The co-main event featured a long-planned bout between Cezar Ferreira and C. B. Dollaway.
Shogun was the UFC light heavyweight champion until losing his first title defense against Jon Jones at UFC 128. His exciting, fan-friendly style includes much of the standard Chute Boxe Muay Thai clinch work, knees, stomps, and soccer kicks, as well as polished Brazilian Jiu Jitsu .
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UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 19, 2011 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. [3] It was the first UFC event in San Jose , the longtime home and base arena for Strikeforce .
Pride has its roots on Japanese Professional wrestling ().In the 1970s, Antonio Inoki rose to pronominance in Japan by founding New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and introducing his own style of wrestling he dubbed "Strong-style", derived from training in Karate and Catch-As-Catch-Can, an earlier style of legit Professional wrestling and submission grappling, taught by Karl Gotch.
UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux UFC 180: Werdum vs. Hunt UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux (also known as UFC Fight Night 56 ) was a mixed martial arts event held at the Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves in Uberlândia , Brazil , on November 8, 2014.