Together with the announcement last month of Mauricio”Shogun” Rua’s powerful shoulder surgery, the Brazilian legend has continued his legacy of being a mixed martial arts (MMA) medical marvel. It’s beyond evident that Shogun is injury prone. But with the amount of punishment he has obtained, many might consider it amazing that is he is not just still alive to discuss it continues fighting professionally at the maximum level on the biggest point for this day. During Shogun’s storied 30+ struggle MMA career, he’s faced countless setbacks via the much-maligned MMA Injury Bug. IMG_1702
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Is the shoulder surgery the end result of the necessary maintainance when it is comes to battling, or that of a washed up fighter? It’s obviously more than just another slight setback to his legendary career, since it’s serious enough that won’t see him contend till early 2016. At just 33 decades of age, it looks like a regular procedure on the surface. However, to a lot of fans, this is just another reason to make a declaration that Shogun’s best days as a fighter are clearly behind him. Maybe even he needs to retire. The most difficult issue concerning the Shogun situation is that he’s not even that old, although struggle years are a completely different story. IMG_1693 Many pundits accredit the overwhelming accumulation of damage to a combination of his days sparring with the legendary Chute Boxe Academy and into the grueling losses he’s gathered inside the Octagon. There is not any doubt that Shogun’s time as a professional mixed Martial Artist has taken it’s toll on him . It remains to be seen exactly what the cost are in association with winning those four UFC”Fight of the Night” performance bonuses. Is they to blame for why so many believe Shogun is well past his prime? This article provides a brief medial synopsis of the injuries the former UFC light heavyweight champion has accrued during his times as an expert fighter to further illustrate the ascertaining as to when a fighter is potentially past his prime, and also to prove that a fighter being close retirement is not solely dependant on age demographics. Shogun’s knees have confronted more wear and tear than any fighter presently on the UFC roster with the exception of Dominick Cruz. The Brazilian first injured his anterior cruciate ligament training for his fight with Forrest Griffin at UFC 76. Trying to fight with injury, he pulled out the ligament completely through the ensuing fight. The injury required surgery to correct and countless hours of rehab. Upon rehabbing the lame leg for many months, he returned to instruction and unfortunately completely blew out his ACL. Another surgery and rehab regimen kept him on the sidelines before his UFC 93 bout with Mark Coleman which was almost a year and a half after the struggle with Griffin. While training for a rematch against Lyoto Machida, he once more injured his knee against physicians orders, he went on to fight . Despite winning in convincing fashion, the origin foIMG_1695r celebration was curtailed by Rua’s requirement for immediate surgery. Because of this it would be just over 10 months afterwards before fans would see him make his Octagon reunite against Jon Jones. It was a fight that not only ended his title reign in devastating fashion but one in which the fighter seemed to be a shell of his former self for the first time. To put it simply, his knee imploded. And then it happened . And then it happened once again for good measure. The surgical fix count required to fix his knees immediately required three major surgeries in less than three decades. However it must be noted that history had shown us MMA fans that Shogun can’t blame those injuries alone for hindering his dreams of getting a UFC champion. Despite being plagued by the injury bug for a second time, Shogun went on to be UFC champion, however brief the title reign was. Unfortunately, it’s doubtful this time about that Shogun will recover his glory times of times past. As fans, most of us hope he gets beyond these latest injury woes to develop into a contender once again. However as handicappers we must take this as yet another sign that he is no longer capable of contending with the division’s elite.
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