“Shogun” Rua credits maturity for UFC 113 title win, open to Anderson Silva fight

MONTREAL – Prior to Saturday night’s UFC 113 upset of former champion
Lyoto Machida, most MMA observers felt Mauricio “Shogun” Rua was at his
best in 2005.

That was the year the Brazilian defeated Ricardo Arona, Alistair
Overeem, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson to claim
PRIDE’s middleweight grand prix title.

But the new UFC champion believes that despite sporting just a 3-2
record in the organization, he’s never been in better form than he is
right now.