RIO DE JANEIRO – Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira’s best days clearly are behind him.
Since joining the UFC, the former PRIDE champion has won an interim belt (way back in 2008 when he beat Tim Sylvia) and topped Randy Couture in a UFC 102 thriller a year later.
But the often-injured Nogueira has fought just once in the past two years, and the 35-year-old Brazilian admits ring rust may be a factor at Saturday’s UFC 134 event.