Afrigather After 21 years of combating, former UFC gentle heavyweight champion Mauricio Rua ended his profession at UFC 283. Although it was not the farewell ‘Shogun’ needed, shedding by way of TKO to Ihor Potieria, the 41-year-old feels relaxed with the choice after the various battles and accidents he endured throughout his profession.
In the course of the occasion’s post-fight press convention, Shogun instructed Ag Fight he’s leaving the game with the sensation of a job nicely performed and thanked the followers for all of their help all through the years. Now, all Mauricio needs is for followers to recollect his legacy in a optimistic means after retirement.
“My greatest supply of motivation is having my followers’ help. The gang made me emotional with all of the cheering and help they gave me after the battle. It made me really feel good, as a result of I’ve at all times handled my followers with a whole lot of kindness. I really like my followers. Feeling all of the help made issues higher. In fact I didn’t need to finish my profession with a loss. Sadly, it was not potential. Though I misplaced, I’ve received the sensation that mission is completed, my duties. For 21 years, I’ve given my greatest, however this occurs generally.
“I really feel relieved, achieved and feeling just like the job was performed, as a result of I did my greatest,” Mauricio mentioned. “It was an extended profession. The legacy I need to go away and the best way I need to be remembered is as an excellent particular person, a superb function mannequin inside and outdoors of the Octagon. For us, fighters, I feel this is essential and it’s what I used to be attempting to indicate the entire time.”
Rua (27-14-1) ended his profession on a three-fight shedding skid, with losses to Ovince Saint Preux and Paul Craig previous to the Potieria defeat. Nevertheless, the Brazilian was one of the profitable blended martial arts of his era, profitable the 2005 Delight middleweight GP on the age of 23 and the UFC gentle heavyweight title 5 years later, in 2010.
Throughout his profession, Shogun scored wins over among the most notable names in Delight and the UFC, together with Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, Alistair Overeem, Chuck Liddell and Lyoto Machida, amongst others.
