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Mauricio
Rua is headed to the
Ultimate Fighting Championship Hall of Fame this summer.

“Shogun” will be enshrined in the “Pioneer” wing during a ceremony
on June 27 in Las Vegas. Rua was a UFC light heavyweight champion
and the 2005
Pride Fighting Championships middleweight grand prix
champion.

“Shogun Rua is one of the greatest Brazilian athletes in combat
sports history,” said UFC president and CEO Dana White. “Shogun had
an incredible run in Pride and UFC, and he was fearless inside the
Octagon. His fights against Mark Coleman,
Chuck
Liddell, Lyoto
Machida, and Dan
Henderson represent some of the most memorable moments in UFC
history and helped put Brazilian MMA on the map. It will be an
honor to induct him into the UFC Hall of Fame this summer during
International Fight Week.”

Rua went 27-14-1 over the course of an MMA career that began in
2002. He notably captured the Pride middleweight grand prix with
first-round KO/TKO victories against Alistair
Overeem and Ricardo
Arona on the same night at Pride “Final Conflict 2005” on Aug.
28, 2005.

Rua later won UFC light heavyweight gold with a first-round KO of
Lyoto
Machida at UFC 113 before relinquishing the belt to Jon Jones at
UFC 128. The Brazilian has the most fights in (24), the most
knockdowns (14) and the second-most KO/TKO (eight) victories in UFC
history at light heavyweight.

In addition to those victories already mentioned, “Shogun” owns
other notable wins over the likes of Quinton
Jackson, Antonio Rogeirio Nogueira, Kevin
Randleman, Forrest
Griffin and Corey
Anderson.

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