Shoguns titelförsvar fördröjs p.g.a. knäoperation

**Krang** · 06-11-2010, 01:08 AM

Mauricio "Shogun" Rua's first UFC title defense likely delayed by knee surgery

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Newly minted UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua's first title defense likely will be delayed due to a recent knee surgery.

Rua (19-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC), who knocked out Lyoto Machida at UFC 113 to earn the 205-pound title, was expected to meet Rashad Evans later this year.

With Rua's window of recovery, UFC president Dana White is unsure when the Brazilian champ will fight again.

"He just got out of the hospital; it was a successful surgery," White said. "He had the surgery in [Los Angeles], and he's going to be doing all his therapy in (Las) Vegas.

"So he'll be in Vegas for the next five weeks."

White said Rua's injury occurred during the fight with Machida, though a report from ESPN's "MMA Live" the night of the May 8 event stated Rua's knee was already injured.

"He got hurt in the fight," White asserted.

The UFC president does not know which knee Rua injured.

The Brazilian superstar previously has struggled with knee injuries. He faced Forrest Griffin with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his octagon debut at UFC 76 and afterward underwent surgery to repair the damage. Less than six months later, he withdrew from a scheduled fight with Chuck Liddell at UFC 85 with the same injury and underwent another surgery.

Rua has yet to comment about the injury and subsequent surgery, and MMAjunkie.com (http://www.mmajunkie.com) could not immediately reach his camp for comment.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/19489/maurici ... urgery.mma

Om det är samma skada igen är det verkligen inte bra. Tre operationer på samma knä kan knappast vara bra.

Och vem försöker Dana lura genom att säga att han inte vet vilket knä det handlar om?

Hur fan kan det ta så lång tid för en sån här nyhet att komma ut?

**Kane** · 06-11-2010, 02:22 AM

Segt, hoppas det inte påverkar hans karriär alltför mycket.

**ShogunRua** · 06-11-2010, 10:27 AM

Faan va tradigt!! Hoppas det inte är den gamla skadan som spökar! Det låter ju ändå på dana som att det är bra utsikter för en snabb comeback

**DizordA** · 06-12-2010, 12:37 PM

Fan får känslan av att Shogun kommer figthas sämre nu och få stryk... fan säger jag då om det händer för han är min enda favvofighter som fortfarande kan spöa folk på toppen.

**ShogunRua** · 06-12-2010, 04:59 PM

Han har kommit tillbaka från värre skador och han är kung över allt och alla så det är lugnt hoppas jag

**saerbarnet** · 06-30-2010, 04:35 PM

Tog juh en jävla tid innan han var tillbaks i gammal form efter förra gången :x

**ShogunRua** · 07-02-2010, 07:24 AM

LAS VEGAS -- Rashad Evans won a light-heavyweight championship title opportunity when he beat Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in May, but he's going to have to wait a while to cash in his golden ticket.

UFC President Dana White confirmed Thursday that current champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua won't be back in the octagon for another eight months, likely returning in March 2011.

Still, White took that as good news, saying that his surgically repaired knee is healing well since a recent surgery.

"Shogun's great, his knee's coming along great," White said just after the UFC 116 pre-fight press conference. "It's all good."

Rua (19-4) captured the title at UFC 113 in May, when he avenged an earlier controversy loss to Lyoto Machida by becoming the first man to defeat him. The Muay Thai stylist knocked out Machida in just 3:35 to take the belt.

Meanwhile in the division, a rumored matchup pitting the aformentioned Jackson against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira has not been put together by the company, as has been reported by some MMA news outlets.

"It's not true, we don't have anything set up yet," White said. "With that division right now, Little Nog could fight Rampage, Rampage could fight Machida. There's a lot of fights we could make and we haven't made any decisions on that fight."

Asked if Nogueira-Jackson is being seriously considered by the UFC, White held his cards to the vest.

"We're looking at all of them," he said. "Time-wise, Rampage is still promoting the [A-Team] movie overseas, so we're trying to figure out what the next fight will be."

http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/07/0...ion-in-holdin/

**drue** · 07-02-2010, 02:50 PM

Med risk för att upprepa mig:

**Brawler** · 07-02-2010, 07:28 PM

+1

**strider65** · 07-22-2010, 12:44 AM

Hoppas verkligen inte att skadan elr skadorna i knäet stoppar hans karriär, elr försämrar den...

**ShogunRua** · 07-23-2010, 12:07 PM

Nej vi vill inte se någon upprepning av Griffin matchen.. Men det låter ju som att det inte är lika allvarligt den här gången.

**p41n** · 07-25-2010, 11:27 AM

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