How GOOD was Shogun Rua Actually?

Shogun was the best LH in the world until Jon Jones took his title

His 2005 pride Grand Prix run is the most impressive run climb to the title ever IMO.

He's beaten so many greats: Machida, Overeem,Rampage, Liddell

Shogun was the best LH in the world for about a year before the MW GP and up until Jones beat him. Even losing to Forrest he was having severe knee issues and needed surgery but didn’t want to pull out because he needed the money. He was a better fighter than griffin. But he clearly showed just how good he was when he thrashed through the division after that. Will always love shogun. He was always willing to die in the cage. In my mind he’s the second best LH of all time.

Kiiyon, you sound like a drunk gay guy.

Awesome work and video keep up the good work

they took away Shogun's best weapons in UFC. the stomps and soccer kicks. fuck wrestlers

I think if he ad cut to 185 he would be more dominant

PRIDE is literally peak Shogun.His knees and kicks were great over there

Terminate the face cam it’s embarrassing as fuck

Injuries killed Shogun career

He went out on his terms and no matter what you say he should have done this or that you can’t deny he loved what he did

When he smoked Rampage in pride, I was turned into a life long shogun fan.

I got to see Shogun KO Chuck and Machida..winning the belt

You wouldn’t thick so watching him fight jones

He’s one of my favorite,he’s good looking man

Now he has retired in Jan 2023. This video should be mentioned in ur community so fans who missed it can learn about it in this form.

this is a great video.... i miss the old Shogun

Mauricio Rua is most dangerous in streetfight or barfight of all UFC champs. Thats my housband and now my opunion. He uses most of stomps and fotbal kicks of all PRIDE guys. Like young WAnd

Should have quit after the Bones Jones fight.

My dream match was always Shogun Rua vs Anderson Silva....was hoping it would happen, after Shogun defeated Machida.

soccer kicking someone out of the ring is nuts 😂 pride was insane for allowing those kicks and stomps bro lmao shits still funny to me lol

My favorite fighter for sure

i miss so much this old videos :*

His wrestling helped him reverse the position not his JJ

He was never the same after Jones dismantled him..

Shogun was the best before the double knee surgeries and obvious aging.

Dane shogun fought for a longgg time

Shogun/Machida 2 is still the most I've ever popped off after a fight. It was the most satisfying and just result in MMA history.

Easily one of the greatest mma fighters of all time

Everybody really sleep on his brother. Notoriously known as the energizer bunny and never gassed out

Shogun’s resume is better than Jon Jones and it’s not even close. UFC, Joe Rogan, and millennials are desperate to hype their guys as “the goat”.

Thank you for the video. My top 3 fighters. Shogun Hua!

How good was Brock Lesnar

you know you are a legend when americans know how to pronounce your name

My opinion if him was kind of opposite. Wasn't a fan of his after a few of those kicks to the head. I get they were legal, if the opponent is defending himself and you're jumping into them and stomping that's one thing. But he had too many kicks where the opponent was barely conscious, on their knees and hands/elbows, and he's teeing off and punting the dudes head. Classless in my opinion. He redeemed himself in the UFC and obviously was always a brawler but can't erase that part.

I'm a huge shogun fan, thanks for this. There is a video somewhere I remember watching, was Mauricio and his brother when they were kids fighting eachother in a house, not sure if it was a house party but it was interesting.

He kicked him out of the ring 😂

One of the most brutal fighters of all time a fucking monster in his prime and in shaped
Injuries and a new lion by the named of Jon jones derailed him

Dude was very good. But just like Mirko, Wanderlei or Fedor he faced and crushed many cans. His record was kinda padded

One of my favorite fighters ever. Got into Muay Thai, because of him as a kid. His original crew at Chute Boxe with Wanderlei, Anderson Silva, Coredeiro were one of the best team ever fighter and coach. Enjoy your retirement Shogun! 👊🏼💯

The first fight with Machida was close, but Shogu won IMO...the bad thing for Shogun was that you either have to KO or make it abundantly clear you beat the champion to dethrone them.

LEGEND. Absolute savage

Chogun 👍🏼💪🏽💪🏽🇧🇷

Shogun was already worn out and injured by the time he was in the UFC. That’s why he needed two knee surgeries almost immediately.
And he still managed to beat Machida and win the belt.

Before I say this just know I'm a huge shogun fan and he's been my all time favorite fighter.....
He never was talented, he was only skilled with lots of heart, that and being the most advanced MMA style of muay thai and BJJ- pushed him to the top of PRIDE. Muay thai was new to mma with the only fighters using it, being the best fighters in pride, wanderlei silva, shogun, Anderson silva, they reigned as Champs because of muay thai at that time of mma.
I think he never learned anything new, until Freddie Roach trained him in boxing at the end of his career.
He would've been way better if he had done so earlier in his career.
Its like he was taught muay thai but never the when amd why to throw the strikes as he fought most of the time like a brawler, amazingly enough he didn't know how to punch correctly 😅 but that didn't stop him from knockouts.
With all that said, if he would have leveled up his techniques mid career and had a bit more "talent". He would've been nearly undefeated and could have possibly had an even chance of beating Jon Jones.

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Your Uncle is an Undisputed Member??

Most of Shogun's moves and signature techniques are banned in UFC so it's hard for a guy who perfected a technique that was allowed in pride but banned in UFC to revert to a new style. I have a feeling that's why he had as many losses as he did.

The brightest star burn out the fastest.

This man's prime in PRIDE was the stuff of legends, outside the freak injury against Mark Coleman the man was untouchable against the best 205ers in the world.

Would have loved to see that version of Shogun vs Jones. The spectre that Jones beat up wasn't even 25% of the berserker that PRIDE Shogun was.