Mauricio Rua
“Shogun”
Light HeavyweightActive
Career record
27–14–1
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
11–12–1
as stored in the database
Wins by
8KO0SUB3DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
6KO2SUB4DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1981-11-25 · age 44
- Height
- 6′ 1″ (73 in)
- Reach
- 76 in
- Leg reach
- 41 in
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Country
- Brazil
- Hometown
- Curitiba, Brazil
- Gym / team
- Kings MMA - Huntington Beach, CA
- Octagon debut
- 2007-09-22
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 3.57
- Striking accuracy
- 50%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 2.79
- Striking defence
- 54%
- Takedown average
- 2.01
- Takedown accuracy
- 48%
- Takedown defence
- 49%
- Submission average
- 0.70
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
24 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-21 | Ihor Potieria | Loss | TKO · R1 · 4:05 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill |
| 2022-05-07 | Ovince Saint Preux | Loss | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje |
| 2020-11-21 | Paul Craig | Loss | TKO · R2 · 3:36 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez |
| 2020-07-25 | Rogerio Nogueira | Win | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till |
| 2019-11-16 | Paul Craig | No winner recorded | Draw · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare |
| 2018-12-01 | Tyson Pedro | Win | TKO · R3 · 0:43 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa |
| 2018-07-22 | Anthony Smith | Loss | TKO · R1 · 1:29 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith |
| 2017-03-11 | Gian Villante | Win | TKO · R3 · 0:59 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum |
| 2016-05-14 | Corey Anderson | Win | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic |
| 2015-08-01 | Rogerio Nogueira | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 190: Rousey vs Correia |
| 2014-11-08 | Ovince Saint Preux | Loss | TKO · R1 · 0:34 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs Saint Preux |
| 2014-03-23 | Dan Henderson | Loss | TKO · R3 · 1:31 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Henderson 2 |
| 2013-12-06 | James Te Huna | Win | TKO · R1 · 1:03 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Bigfoot |
| 2013-08-17 | Chael Sonnen | Loss | Submission · R1 · 4:47 | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen |
| 2012-12-08 | Alexander Gustafsson | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Diaz |
| 2012-08-04 | Brandon Vera | Win | TKO · R4 · 4:09 | Light Heavyweight | UFC on FOX: Shogun vs Vera |
| 2011-11-19 | Dan Henderson | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 139: Shogun vs Henderson |
| 2011-08-27 | Forrest Griffin | Win | TKO · R1 · 1:53 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 134: Silva vs Okami |
| 2011-03-19 | Jon Jonestitle | Loss | TKO · R3 · 2:37 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones |
| 2010-05-08 | Lyoto Machidatitle | Win | TKO · R1 · 3:35 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 113: Machida vs Shogun 2 |
| 2009-10-24 | Lyoto Machida | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 104: Machida vs Shogun |
| 2009-04-18 | Chuck Liddell | Win | TKO · R1 · 4:28 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 97: Redemption |
| 2009-01-17 | Mark Coleman | Win | TKO · R3 · 4:36 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 93: Franklin vs Henderson |
| 2007-09-22 | Forrest Griffin | Loss | Submission · R3 · 4:45 | Light Heavyweight | UFC 76: Knockout |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 24 rows in the archive list Mauricio Rua as one of the two fighters. One of them does not record a winner that resolves to either fighter, so it is shown as such rather than being assigned a result. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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