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Mauricio Rua
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Mauricio Rua

"Shogun"
27-14-1★ 8bonusesBrazilBrazilLast 5
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CAREER SUMMARY

Mauricio Rua holds a professional MMA record of 27-14-1. Their full professional MMA career spans 42 bouts on record. Mauricio Rua has won 27 fights: 21 by KO/TKO, 1 by submission, 5 by decision. Of 14 career losses, 7 came by KO/TKO and 3 by submission. In the UFC, Mauricio Rua lands 3.57 significant strikes per minute with 50% accuracy and averages 2.01 takedowns per 15 minutes. Most recent fight: January 21, 2023. Tracked organizations: UFC.

Profile

Height
6'1"185 cm
Weight
205 lbs93 kg
Reach
76"193 cm
Stance
Orthodox
DOB
1981-11-25
Age
44
Nationality
Brazil
Birthplace
Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

Fight DNA

Knockout Artist

UFCalendar's style model · Light Heavyweight roster (129 fighters)

PowerSpeedPrecisionDurabilityEngineWrestlingGround
One-Shot Power
99 · top 1% in division
Granite Base
97 · top 1% in division
Punch power99
Kick power96
Punch speed97
Kick speed95
Accuracy97
Takedowns92
Ground striking95
Submissions63
Chin94
Body strength97
Cardio67

Attributes are rated 0-100 by UFCalendar's style model.

By the numbers

UFC careerRecord: 27-14-1 · Source: UFCStats.com
Striking
Strikes landed3.57per min
50% accuracy
Strikes absorbed2.79per min
54% avoided
Grappling
Takedowns landed2.01per 15 min
48% success
Takedowns stuffed49%
Submission attempts0.7per 15 min

Bonus résumé

Mauricio Rua has won 8 UFC post-fight bonuses. Estimated bonus earnings: $200,000.

★ FOTN ×4★ POTN ×1★ KOTN ×3
  1. ★ POTNvs Tyson Pedro · UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs TuivasaDec 2, 2018
  2. ★ FOTNvs Rogerio Nogueira · UFC 190: Rousey vs CorreiaAug 1, 2015
  3. ★ FOTNvs Dan Henderson · UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Henderson 2Mar 23, 2014
  4. ★ KOTNvs James Te Huna · UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs BigfootDec 7, 2013
  5. ★ FOTNvs Dan Henderson · UFC 139: Shogun vs. HendersonNov 20, 2011
  6. ★ KOTNvs Lyoto Machida · UFC 113: MACHIDA vs SHOGUN 2May 8, 2010
  7. ★ KOTNvs Chuck Liddell · UFC 97: REDEMPTIONApr 18, 2009
  8. ★ FOTNvs Mark Coleman · UFC 93: FRANKLIN vs HENDERSONJan 17, 2009

Estimates use each era's real amount: $50,000 from 2012, $100,000 from UFC 324, plus $25,000 finish incentives. 4 pre-2012 awards are not priced — amounts varied per event.

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Salary & career earnings

Disclosed purses, reported paydays and our model's estimate of what Mauricio Rua earns per fight.

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Career history

  1. LOSS
    vs Ihor Potieria
    UFCUFC 283: Teixeira vs Hill· Jan 21, 2023· Light Heavyweight· 27-13-1 vs 19-3
    TKO
    R1 · 4:05
  2. LOSS
    vs Ovince Saint Preux
    UFCUFC 274: Oliveira vs Gaethje· May 7, 2022· Light Heavyweight· 27-12-1 vs 25-16
    SD
    R3 · 5:00
  3. LOSS
    vs Paul Craig
    UFCUFC 255: Figueiredo vs Perez· Nov 21, 2020· Light Heavyweight· 27-11-1 vs 13-4-1
    TKO
    R2 · 3:36
  4. WIN
    vs Rogerio Nogueira
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs Till· Jul 26, 2020· Light Heavyweight· 26-11-1 vs 23-9
    SD
    R3 · 5:00
  5. DRAW
    vs Paul Craig
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs Souza· Nov 17, 2019· Light Heavyweight· 26-11 vs 12-4
    SD
    R3 · 5:00
  6. WIN
    vs Tyson Pedro
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs Tuivasa· Dec 2, 2018· Light Heavyweight· 25-11 vs 7-2
    TKO
    R3 · 0:43
    POTN
  7. LOSS
    vs Anthony Smith
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Smith· Jul 22, 2018· Light Heavyweight· 25-10 vs 29-13
    TKO
    R1 · 1:29
  8. WIN
    vs Gian Villante
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Gastelum· Mar 12, 2017· Light Heavyweight· 24-10 vs 15-7
    TKO
    R3 · 0:59
  9. WIN
    vs Corey Anderson
    UFCUFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic· May 15, 2016· Light Heavyweight· 23-10 vs 8-1
    SD
    R3 · 5:00
  10. WIN
    vs Rogerio Nogueira
    UFCUFC 190: Rousey vs Correia· Aug 1, 2015· Light Heavyweight· 22-10 vs 21-6
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
    FOTN
  11. LOSS
    vs Ovince Saint Preux
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Bisping· Nov 7, 2014· Light Heavyweight· 22-9 vs 16-6
    TKO
    R1 · 0:34
  12. LOSS
    vs Dan Henderson
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Henderson 2· Mar 23, 2014· Light Heavyweight· 22-8 vs 29-11
    TKO
    R3 · 1:31
    FOTN
  13. WIN
    vs James Te Huna
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Bigfoot· Dec 7, 2013· Light Heavyweight· 21-8 vs 16-6
    TKO
    R1 · 1:03
    KOTN
  14. LOSS
    vs Chael Sonnen
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen· Aug 18, 2013· Light Heavyweight· 21-7 vs 27-13-1
    SUB
    R1 · 4:47
  15. LOSS
    vs Alexander Gustafsson
    UFCUFC on FOX: Henderson vs Diaz· Dec 8, 2012· Light Heavyweight· 21-6 vs 14-1
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  16. WIN
    vs Brandon Vera
    UFCUFC on FOX: Shogun vs Vera· Aug 4, 2012· Light Heavyweight· 20-6 vs 12-5
    TKO
    R4 · 4:09
  17. LOSS
    vs Dan Henderson
    UFCUFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson· Nov 20, 2011· Light Heavyweight· 20-5 vs 28-8
    UD
    R5 · 5:00
    FOTN
  18. WIN
    vs Forrest Griffin
    UFCUFC 134: Silva vs Okami· Aug 27, 2011· Light Heavyweight· 19-5 vs 18-6
    TKO
    R1 · 1:53
  19. LOSS
    vs Jon JonesTitle bout
    UFCUFC 128: SHOGUN vs JONES· Mar 20, 2011· Light Heavyweight· 19-4 vs 12-1
    TKO
    R3 · 2:37
  20. WIN
    vs Lyoto Machida×1Title bout · Title win #1
    UFCUFC 113: MACHIDA vs SHOGUN 2· May 8, 2010· Light Heavyweight· 18-4 vs 16-0
    TKO
    R1 · 3:35
    KOTN
  21. LOSS
    vs Lyoto MachidaTitle bout
    UFCUFC 104: MACHIDA v SHOGUN· Oct 24, 2009· Light Heavyweight· 18-3 vs 15-0
    UD
    R5 · 5:00
  22. WIN
    vs Chuck Liddell
    UFCUFC 97: REDEMPTION· Apr 18, 2009· Light Heavyweight· 17-3 vs 22-6
    TKO
    R1 · 4:28
    KOTN
  23. WIN
    vs Mark Coleman
    UFCUFC 93: FRANKLIN vs HENDERSON· Jan 17, 2009· Light Heavyweight· 16-3 vs 15-8
    TKO
    R3 · 4:36
    FOTN
  24. LOSS
    vs Forrest Griffin
    UFCUFC 76: KNOCKOUT· Sep 22, 2007· Light Heavyweight· 16-2 vs 14-4
    SUB
    R3 · 4:45
  25. WIN
    vs Alistair Overeem
    Pride 33: The Second Coming· Feb 24, 2007· Middleweight· 15-2 vs 24-9
    TKO
    R1 · 3:37
  26. WIN
    vs Kazuhiro Nakamura
    Pride Shockwave 2006· Dec 31, 2006· Middleweight· 14-2 vs 11-5
    UD
  27. WIN
    vs Kevin Randleman
    Pride 32: The Real Deal· Oct 21, 2006· Light Heavyweight· 13-2 vs 16-11
    SUB
    R1 · 2:35
  28. WIN
    vs Cyrille Diabate
    Pride Final Conflict Absolute· Sep 10, 2006· Middleweight· 12-2 vs 10-5-1
    TKO
    R1 · 5:29
  29. LOSS
    vs Mark Coleman
    Pride 31: Unbreakable· Feb 26, 2006· Heavyweight· 12-1 vs 14-7
    TKO
    R1 · 0:49
  30. WIN
    vs Ricardo Arona
    Pride Final Conflict 2005· Aug 28, 2005· Middleweight· 11-1 vs 12-2
    TKO
    R1 · 2:54
  31. WIN
    vs Alistair Overeem
    Pride Final Conflict 2005· Aug 28, 2005· Middleweight· 10-1 vs 21-5
    TKO
    R1 · 6:42
  32. WIN
    vs Rogerio Nogueira
    Pride Critical Countdown 2005· Jun 26, 2005· Middleweight· 9-1 vs 11-1
    UD
  33. WIN
    vs Quinton Jackson
    Pride Total Elimination 2005· Apr 23, 2005· Middleweight· 8-1 vs 21-5
    TKO
    R1 · 4:47
  34. WIN
    vs Hiromitsu Kanehara
    Pride 29: Fists of Fire· Feb 20, 2005· Middleweight· 7-1 vs 22-14-1
    TKO
    R1 · 1:40
  35. WIN
    vs Yasuhito Namekawa
    Pride Bushido 5· Oct 14, 2004· Middleweight· 6-1 vs 19-15-2
    TKO
    R1 · 6:02
  36. WIN
    vs Akihiro Gono
    Pride Bushido 2· Feb 15, 2004· Middleweight· 5-1 vs 21-9-7
    TKO
    R1 · 9:04
  37. WIN
    vs Akira Shoji
    Pride Bushido 1· Oct 5, 2003· Middleweight· 4-1 vs 11-8-5
    TKO
    R1 · 3:47
  38. LOSS
    vs Renato Sobral
    IFC 17: Global Domination· Sep 6, 2003· Light Heavyweight· 4-0 vs 22-6
    SUB
    R3 · 3:07
  39. WIN
    vs Eric Wanderlei
    IFC 17: Global Domination· Sep 6, 2003· Light Heavyweight· 3-0 vs 0-0
    TKO
    R2 · 2:54
  40. WIN
    vs Evangelista Santos
    Meca World Vale Tudo· Aug 1, 2003· 2-0 vs 7-3
    TKO
    R1 · 9:22
  41. WIN
    vs Ângelo de Oliveira
    Meca World Vale Tudo· May 16, 2003· 1-0 vs 0-0
    TKO
  42. WIN
    vs TBA
    Meca World Vale Tudo· Nov 8, 2002· 0-0
    TKO

Career history data via Tapology.

Official UFC Ranking

Mauricio Rua's standing in the official UFC rankings, tracked since 2013.

Current
Unranked
Peak
#4 Light Heavyweight
First ranked
Feb 4, 2013
Times ranked
287

Light Heavyweight

#1#5#10#152014201620182020Feb 4, 2013 · #7Feb 25, 2013 · #6Apr 8, 2013 · #7Jul 29, 2013 · #8Aug 19, 2013 · #9Aug 30, 2013 · #10Oct 28, 2013 · #9Dec 9, 2013 · #6Dec 30, 2013 · #7Jan 27, 2014 · #6Feb 3, 2014 · #7Feb 17, 2014 · #6Feb 24, 2014 · #7Mar 25, 2014 · #8Apr 14, 2014 · #7Apr 18, 2014 · #8Jun 16, 2014 · #9Jun 30, 2014 · #8Jul 8, 2014 · #9Nov 10, 2014 · #11Jan 26, 2015 · #10Apr 20, 2015 · #9May 25, 2015 · #8Sep 7, 2015 · #7Nov 16, 2015 · #8May 16, 2016 · #7Aug 9, 2016 · #6Oct 12, 2016 · #7Feb 8, 2017 · #6Mar 15, 2017 · #5Apr 12, 2017 · #4Jun 7, 2017 · #5Jul 18, 2017 · #6Sep 20, 2017 · #5Nov 8, 2017 · #6Feb 26, 2018 · #7Jun 26, 2018 · #8Jul 25, 2018 · #11Oct 8, 2018 · #12Nov 7, 2018 · #13Dec 3, 2018 · #12Dec 12, 2018 · #13Mar 5, 2019 · #14Apr 15, 2019 · #13Aug 12, 2019 · #14Sep 30, 2019 · #15Oct 14, 2019 · #14Nov 11, 2019 · #14Feb 10, 2020 · #15Aug 3, 2020 · #14Aug 17, 2020 · #13Aug 24, 2020 · #14Aug 31, 2020 · #13Sep 7, 2020 · #14Sep 28, 2020 · #13Oct 19, 2020 · #14Nov 16, 2020 · #14#14

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UFCalendar Power Index rating

Current
1668▼17
Peak
1885Feb 24, 2007
Rated fights
40
15001650180020042008201220162020May 16, 2003 · 1541Aug 1, 2003 · 1590Sep 6, 2003 · 1620Sep 6, 2003 · 1589Oct 5, 2003 · 1645Feb 15, 2004 · 1696Oct 14, 2004 · 1713Feb 20, 2005 · 1736Apr 23, 2005 · 1773Jun 26, 2005 · 1797Aug 28, 2005 · 1855Aug 28, 2005 · 1823Feb 26, 2006 · 1811Sep 10, 2006 · 1828Oct 21, 2006 · 1844Dec 31, 2006 · 1861Feb 24, 2007 · 1885Sep 22, 2007 · 1840Jan 17, 2009 · 1816Apr 18, 2009 · 1834Oct 24, 2009 · 1825May 8, 2010 · 1852Mar 20, 2011 · 1832Aug 27, 2011 · 1846Nov 20, 2011 · 1835Aug 4, 2012 · 1845Dec 8, 2012 · 1835Aug 18, 2013 · 1815Dec 7, 2013 · 1827Mar 23, 2014 · 1811Nov 7, 2014 · 1794Aug 1, 2015 · 1804May 15, 2016 · 1809Mar 12, 2017 · 1822Jul 22, 2018 · 1770Dec 2, 2018 · 1784Jul 26, 2020 · 1734Nov 21, 2020 · 1719May 7, 2022 · 1685Jan 21, 2023 · 16681668

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Frequently asked questions

When does Mauricio Rua fight next?

Mauricio Rua has no confirmed upcoming fight.

What is Mauricio Rua's record?

Mauricio Rua's professional MMA record is 27-14-1.

Who is Mauricio Rua fighting next?

Mauricio Rua's next opponent has not been announced.

Who did Mauricio Rua fight last?

Mauricio Rua most recently fought Ihor Potieria at UFC 283: Teixeira vs Hill on Saturday, January 21, 2023, LOSS (TKO).

What weight class does Mauricio Rua fight in?

Mauricio Rua fights at Light Heavyweight.

How many knockouts does Mauricio Rua have?

Mauricio Rua has 21 wins by KO/TKO and 1 win by submission.

How many UFC bonuses has Mauricio Rua won?

Mauricio Rua has won 8 UFC post-fight bonuses: 4× Fight of the Night, 1× Performance of the Night, 3× KO of the Night.

How tall is Mauricio Rua?

Mauricio Rua is 6'1" (185 cm) tall.

How much does Mauricio Rua weigh?

Mauricio Rua weighs 205 lbs (93 kg).

What is Mauricio Rua's reach?

Mauricio Rua has a reach of 76" (193 cm).

How old is Mauricio Rua?

Mauricio Rua is 44 years old (born Nov 25, 1981).

Where is Mauricio Rua from?

Mauricio Rua is from Brazil.