Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Dan Henderson Vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua

An epic battle against legends Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Dan Henderson was held on November 19, 2011 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. This was a mixed martial arts match and was held by the UFC. At the end of the day Dan Henderson took home the victory. Although Shogun lost the match, he put up a great fight. This is why the match went down as one of the top ten light heavyweight fights for 2011.

Henderson is an amazing fighter with a record of 29 wins and eight losses. He has a punch that releases a tremendous amount of energy when put into action. He was the last man to hold on to both the welterweight and middleweight belts. This caused him to be the only man in mixed martial arts to hold more than one title in different weight divisions. Today, the 41-year-old Henderson remains one of the world’s elite MMA athletes.

Rua has a fighting record not to be overlooked: 20 wins and six losses. His career started in Brazil when he played for the Vale Tudo events. Shogun is an impressive athlete due to his past influences on other organizations and his very aggressive way of fighting. He is also considered to have an incredible amount of strength. Shogun as of now is 30 years old and had a great early start to his MMA career.


This match was held to determine for the number one contender for the Light Heavyweight Championship. Their match was very controversial. Some judges and fans believe the winner should have been Shogun, while others believe that it should remain the same. Henderson was dominating in rounds one to three and Shogun kicked up his game in the last two rounds. Henderson was able to take control over in the beginning of the match because he laid his most powerful punches, which are known as H-bombs, on Shogun. This weakened his opponent very much, letting him pick up the victory. At the end of the day Shogun and Henderson had a very close match with Henderson winning 48-47.

Although the competition between Henderson and Shogun was a very controversial and exciting event, there can only be one winner. In this match the official winner was Henderson and he got his opportunity to have a match against the Light Heavyweight Champion, Jon Jones. Now, we will have to see what is next for Shogun

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