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The Clinch

Brazil “Shogun” 2002-2023 · 85 rounds on file

Mauricio Rua

27-14-1 W-L-D in this database

Mauricio Rua, photograph by [1]
Strike accuracy 1,361/2,670
Takedown accuracy 51/105
Sig. strikes / round 16.0
Control / round 0:43
Inside the distance 81% 22 of 27 wins
Height
6′1″185.4 cm
Reach
76″193 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4425 NOV 1981
Listed weight
205 lb93 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 42 fights - 3.7 takedown attempts and 21% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Hybrid 16 8-8-0 vs 1603 avg
Well-Rounded 16 8-8-0
Grappling 14 8-5-1 vs 1547 avg
Submission Grappler 8 3-4-1
Positional Controller 6 5-1-0
Striking 8 7-1-0 vs 1613 avg
Pressure Striker 7 6-1-0
Distance Striker 1 1-0-0
-- Not classified 4 4-0-0 vs 1524 avg

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 16 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

08 NOV 2002 - beat Rafael Freitas · Technical Knockout 16 MAY 2003 - beat Angelo Antonio · Technical Knockout 01 AUG 2003 - beat Evangelista Santos · Technical Knockout 06 SEP 2003 - beat Erick Wanderlei · Technical Knockout 06 SEP 2003 - lost to Renato Sobral · Submission 05 OCT 2003 - beat Akira Shoji · Technical Knockout 15 FEB 2004 - beat Akihiro Gono · Technical Knockout 14 OCT 2004 - beat Yasuhito Namekawa · Technical Knockout 20 FEB 2005 - beat Hiromitsu Kanehara · Technical Knockout 23 APR 2005 - beat Quinton Jackson · Technical Knockout 26 JUN 2005 - beat Rogerio Nogueira · Decision (Unanimous) 28 AUG 2005 - beat Ricardo Arona · Technical Knockout 28 AUG 2005 - beat Alistair Overeem · Technical Knockout 26 FEB 2006 - lost to Mark Coleman · Technical Knockout 10 SEP 2006 - beat Cyrille Diabate · Technical Knockout 21 OCT 2006 - beat Kevin Randleman · Submission 31 DEC 2006 - beat Kazuhiro Nakamura · Decision (Unanimous) 24 FEB 2007 - beat Alistair Overeem · Technical Knockout 22 SEP 2007 - lost to Forrest Griffin · Submission 17 JAN 2009 - beat Mark Coleman · Technical Knockout 18 APR 2009 - beat Chuck Liddell · Technical Knockout 24 OCT 2009 - lost to Lyoto Machida · Decision (Unanimous) 08 MAY 2010 - beat Lyoto Machida · Technical Knockout 19 MAR 2011 - lost to Jon Jones · Technical Knockout 27 AUG 2011 - beat Forrest Griffin · Technical Knockout 19 NOV 2011 - lost to Dan Henderson · Decision (Unanimous) 04 AUG 2012 - beat Brandon Vera · Technical Knockout 08 DEC 2012 - lost to Alexander Gustafsson · Decision (Unanimous) 17 AUG 2013 - lost to Chael Sonnen · Submission 06 DEC 2013 - beat James Te Huna · Technical Knockout 23 MAR 2014 - lost to Dan Henderson · Technical Knockout 08 NOV 2014 - lost to Ovince Saint Preux · Technical Knockout 01 AUG 2015 - beat Rogerio Nogueira · Decision (Unanimous) 14 MAY 2016 - beat Corey Anderson · Decision (Split) 11 MAR 2017 - beat Gian Villante · Technical Knockout 22 JUL 2018 - lost to Anthony Smith · Technical Knockout 01 DEC 2018 - beat Tyson Pedro · Technical Knockout 16 NOV 2019 - drew with Paul Craig · Decision (Split) 25 JUL 2020 - beat Rogerio Nogueira · Decision (Split) 21 NOV 2020 - lost to Paul Craig · Technical Knockout 07 MAY 2022 - lost to Ovince Saint Preux · Decision (Split) 21 JAN 2023 - lost to Ihor Potieria · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 85 rounds across 42 of 42 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 16.0
Sig. strikes absorbed 12.5
Takedowns landed 0.6
Knockdowns 0.3
Sub. attempts 0.2
Control time 0:43 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 51% 1,361/2,670
Takedowns 49% 51/105
Opponents’ accuracy 46% 1,064/2,324

Where the strikes land

Head 60% 820
Body 19% 256
Leg 21% 285

And from where

At distance 57% 772
In the clinch 19% 253
On the ground 25% 336

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 21 won Technical Knockout · 21-7
Submission 1 won Submission · 1-3
Decision 5 won Decision (Unanimous) · 3-3 Decision (Split) · 2-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
21 JAN 2023 Ihor Potieria Lost Technical Knockout R1 4:05 17 21 UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill
07 MAY 2022 Ovince Saint Preux Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 54 62 UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje
21 NOV 2020 Paul Craig Lost Technical Knockout R2 3:36 10 29 UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez
25 JUL 2020 Rogerio Nogueira Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 54 46 UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till
16 NOV 2019 Paul Craig No decision Decision (Split) R3 5:00 25 51 UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare
01 DEC 2018 Tyson Pedro Won Technical Knockout R3 0:43 30 31 UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa
22 JUL 2018 Anthony Smith Lost Technical Knockout R1 1:29 4 23 UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith
11 MAR 2017 Gian Villante Won Technical Knockout R3 0:59 94 55 UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum
14 MAY 2016 Corey Anderson Won Decision (Split) R3 5:00 48 55 UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic
01 AUG 2015 Rogerio Nogueira Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 53 63 UFC 190: Rousey vs Correia
08 NOV 2014 Ovince Saint Preux Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:34 2 9 UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs Saint Preux
23 MAR 2014 Dan Henderson Lost Technical Knockout R3 1:31 48 23 UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Henderson 2
06 DEC 2013 James Te Huna Won Technical Knockout R1 1:03 9 1 UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Bigfoot
17 AUG 2013 Chael Sonnen Lost Submission R1 4:47 0 5 UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen
08 DEC 2012 Alexander Gustafsson Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 41 72 UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Diaz
04 AUG 2012 Brandon Vera Won Technical Knockout R4 4:09 68 67 UFC on FOX: Shogun vs Vera
19 NOV 2011 Dan Henderson Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 96 77 UFC 139: Shogun vs Henderson
27 AUG 2011 Forrest Griffin Won Technical Knockout R1 1:53 16 3 UFC 134: Silva vs Okami
19 MAR 2011 Jon Jones Lost Technical Knockout R3 2:37 9 75 UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones
08 MAY 2010 Lyoto Machida Won Technical Knockout R1 3:35 17 9 UFC 113: Machida vs Shogun 2
24 OCT 2009 Lyoto Machida Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 80 35 UFC 104: Machida vs Shogun
18 APR 2009 Chuck Liddell Won Technical Knockout R1 4:28 24 8 UFC 97: Redemption
17 JAN 2009 Mark Coleman Won Technical Knockout R3 4:36 62 31 UFC 93: Franklin vs Henderson
22 SEP 2007 Forrest Griffin Lost Submission R3 4:45 27 66 UFC 76: Knockout
24 FEB 2007 Alistair Overeem Won Technical Knockout R1 3:37 9 9 PRIDE 33: The Second Coming
31 DEC 2006 Kazuhiro Nakamura Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 68 25 PRIDE Shockwave 2006
21 OCT 2006 Kevin Randleman Won Submission R1 2:35 0 0 PRIDE 32: The Real Deal
10 SEP 2006 Cyrille Diabate Won Technical Knockout R1 5:29 16 6 PRIDE Final Conflict Absolute
26 FEB 2006 Mark Coleman Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:49 0 0 PRIDE 31: Unbreakable
28 AUG 2005 Alistair Overeem Won Technical Knockout R1 6:42 26 18 PRIDE Final Conflict 2005
28 AUG 2005 Ricardo Arona Won Technical Knockout R1 2:54 12 2 PRIDE Final Conflict 2005
26 JUN 2005 Rogerio Nogueira Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 70 31 PRIDE Critical Countdown 2005
23 APR 2005 Quinton Jackson Won Technical Knockout R1 4:47 48 8 PRIDE Total Elimination 2005
20 FEB 2005 Hiromitsu Kanehara Won Technical Knockout R1 1:40 16 1 PRIDE 29: Fists Of Fire
14 OCT 2004 Yasuhito Namekawa Won Technical Knockout R1 6:02 26 1 PRIDE Bushido 5
15 FEB 2004 Akihiro Gono Won Technical Knockout R1 9:04 63 11 PRIDE Bushido 2
05 OCT 2003 Akira Shoji Won Technical Knockout R1 3:47 22 4 PRIDE Bushido 1
06 SEP 2003 Renato Sobral Lost Submission R3 3:07 16 9 IFC - Global Domination
06 SEP 2003 Erick Wanderlei Won Technical Knockout R2 2:54 21 5 IFC - Global Domination
01 AUG 2003 Evangelista Santos Won Technical Knockout R1 2:31 21 8 Meca 9
16 MAY 2003 Angelo Antonio Won Technical Knockout R1 0:55 7 1 Meca 8
08 NOV 2002 Rafael Freitas Won Technical Knockout R1 4:00 32 8 Meca 7

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