SHOGUN

Mauricio "Shogun" Rua is a mixed martial artist who won the PRIDE Fighting Championships' Grand Prix 2005 by defeating first Quinton Jackson, then Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in the first two GP events, followed by Alistair Overeem and then Ricardo Arona in the same night at PRIDE Final Conflict 2005. He hails from Chute Boxe Academy in Curitiba, Brazil, a Muay Thai training group which has produced champions like Wanderlei Silva. His brother is Murilo "Ninja" Rua, a fellow Chute Boxe member.Shogun's only losses have been to Renato Sobral at IFC tournament "Global Domination" on September 6, 2003 by submission (guillotine choke) in the third round, along with a loss to Mark Coleman at PRIDE 31 via referee stoppage when Rua broke his arm following a takedown by Coleman. As Coleman pushed aside the referee who tried to restrain him from continuing his attack on the injured Rua, fellow members of Chute Boxe, namely Wanderlei Silva, Murilo Rua, and Rafael Cordeiro entered the ring. A confrontation quickly erupted between the Chute Boxe members, Coleman and his cornerman Phil Baroni.After the devastating elbow injury, Shogun Rua returned to the ring on September 10, 2006 to face French striker Cyrille Diabate. Mauricio Shogun defeated Diabate via TKO (stomps). On October 21 Rua defeated the American Kevin Randleman with a kneebar. In a recent interview Rua said that he wants to fight in the middleweight GP in 2007, and fight as a heavyweight in 2008[citation needed].His last fight was at PRIDE Shockwave 2006 against Kazuhiro Nakamura[1].