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There was a rumor Rua had brain injuries...
« on: September 24, 2007, 09:07:19 PM »
This is brought over from MMAWeekly.. But I didn't know that there was talk about Rua having brain injuries??? I guess we haven't heard all the rumors over here.. Ha-ha.. What do you guys think.




Despite the widespread rumors to the contrary, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua has not suffered a serious brain injury. In fact, he is getting ready to head back home to Brazil.

It seems to happen after every major Ultimate Fighting Championship event. Rumors and speculation abound. The leading buzz after UFC 76 in Anaheim, Calif. on Saturday night – where Rua lost his UFC debut to Ultimate Fighter veteran Forrest Griffin – was that Rua had suffered a serious brain injury, leaving him in serious condition.

Not so says Chute Boxe jiu-jitsu coach Cristiano Marcello. “Everything is fine,” said Marcello when asked about Rua’s physical condition. “I just had breakfast with him [Monday] morning in Hollywood. He is getting ready to go back home to Brazil [on Tuesday]. Everything is cool, he’s perfect.”

It is good to know that, at least physically, Rua has not suffered any serious repercussions from his third-round submission to Griffin’s rear naked choke. But the questions still abound about what happened in his UFC debut, where the world’s top-ranked light heavyweight fighter, especially as the fight wore on, tended to look lackluster.

“It’s a fight,” said Marcello, making no excuses. “Someone has to win, someone has to lose. Forrest was the better fighter that night.

“The first two rounds, I think [Rua] wins. The third, [Griffin] was a little bit better and he caught him. It happens. He is going to go [home] to train hard and get better.”

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Re: There was a rumor Rua had brain injuries...
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2007, 04:48:18 AM »
there are many rumours going on here on Brazil about chute boxe, many of them about the physical trainers of the fighters...i mean, that chute boxe is not trainning the fighters the same way as before and that was one of the things that made Wanderlei Silva left them and go to the US
 Other famous fighters of the group lost to his oponents because of the same problem, they got tired too fast (including Shogun´s brother, Ninja, on his last fight)
 Not telling this is the complete truth, just what i saw and read in many discussion foruns and magazines here in Brazil
 Other reason for his lost would be the fact he just got maried, and enjoyed a little vacation and wasnt 'prepared' as before , thinking it would be more or less a easy fight....
 And another reason that are being brought is that maybe Shogun was feeling 'not so great' because of the lack or certain 'substances' to help him (if you know what i mean) :-\

who knows...I dont even like the guy, but his fight was simple horrible
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