Maurício Rua

Shogun Rua is one of those fighters whose nickname says everything — "Shogun," earned not handed, and watching him fight you understood it immediately. Coming out of Curitiba, Brazil, he tore through PRIDE's Middleweight Grand Prix in 2005 with this terrifying blend of Muay Thai and raw aggression that made you wonder if human beings were supposed to move like that. The UFC Light Heavyweight title run was the validation of a career built in the most brutal promotional trenches of the sport. He took devastating fights, came back from injuries that would have retired most people, and kept showing up. Maybe his peak years burned a little too bright and a little too fast, but that 185-centimeter frame produced some of the most memorable highlight-reel moments in mixed martial arts history, and that Grand Prix run alone earns him a permanent seat in any serious conversation about the sport's all-time greats.

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Name (English)

Maurício Rua

Name (Japanese)

マウリシオ・ショーグン

Reading

まうりしお・しょーぐん

Born

November 25, 1981 (age 44)

Origin

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Height

185 cm

Occupation

mixed martial arts fighter / Thai boxer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rooster

• Official sitehttp://www.mauricioshogun.com.br
• Xhttps://x.com/shogunrua
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maur%C3%ADcio%20Rua
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B7%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447881

Tags

• Paraná
• mixed martial arts fighter
• Thai boxer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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