Tag: Mauricio Rua

UFC Fight Night 134: Bleacher Report Main Card Staff Predictions

For a while, UFC Fight Night 134 in Hamburg, Germany seemed like it was going to be a typical “overseas UFC event.” Showcase bouts for local talent. Exciting-yet-middling fighters pitted against one another in “just bleed” bouts…

For a while, UFC Fight Night 134 in Hamburg, Germany seemed like it was going to be a typical “overseas UFC event.” Showcase bouts for local talent. Exciting-yet-middling fighters pitted against one another in “just bleed” bouts…

Shogun Rua vs. Anthony Smith Reported for UFC Hamburg

It did not take long for Mauricio “Shogun” Rua to find a new opponent after Volkan Oezdemir was pulled from their July 22nd Hamburg bout to instead face Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 227, as Rua will now be facing none other than Anthony “Lionheart” Smit…

It did not take long for Mauricio “Shogun” Rua to find a new opponent after Volkan Oezdemir was pulled from their July 22nd Hamburg bout to instead face Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 227, as Rua will now be facing none other than Anthony “Lionheart” Smith at the Hamburg event. Ariel Helwani broke the news via […]

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UFC Chile: Ponzinibbio-Usman, Oezdemir-Shogun Cancelled

Ticket holders to the UFC Chile event next month got some awful news this weekend. Combate was the first to report the news that Santiago Ponzinibbio has been removed from the scheduled main event against Kamaru Usman due to injury. To make matters wor…

Ticket holders to the UFC Chile event next month got some awful news this weekend. Combate was the first to report the news that Santiago Ponzinibbio has been removed from the scheduled main event against Kamaru Usman due to injury. To make matters worse, Combate also broke the news that Volkan Oezdemir has suffered an […]

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UFC Chile Main & Co-Main Events Scrapped

The UFC will have to find new bouts to serve as the main and co-main events of the upcoming UFC Chile event. It was revealed in a report by Combate that the two headliners have been scrapped. Let’s break it down. Santiago Ponzinibbio has been forced to withdraw from his headlining bout against Kamaru Usman […]

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The UFC will have to find new bouts to serve as the main and co-main events of the upcoming UFC Chile event.

It was revealed in a report by Combate that the two headliners have been scrapped. Let’s break it down.

Santiago Ponzinibbio has been forced to withdraw from his headlining bout against Kamaru Usman due to a hand injury. Usman has won all seven of his bouts in the UFC while Ponzinibbio is 8-2 inside the Octagon and has picked up six straight wins.

“They’re working (on finding a replacement),” Usman told Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting. “But I won’t fight if it’s not a ranked opponent.”

Former title contender Volkan Oezdemir was slated to fight former UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio Rua in the co-main event of this show.

However, that fight won’t happen as Oezdemir’s ongoing legal situation in Florida will not allow him to leave the country and this fight will have to be scheduled for a later date.

Oezdemir had to surrender his passport as part of a third-degree felony battery charge due to an alleged incident in Florida.

Rua has been on the sidelines for over a year now. He was last seen in the Octagon when he picked up TKO of Gian Villante at UFC Fight Night 106 in March 2017. This win marked his third straight victory, which is the longest winning of his UFC career.

If you recall, he was supposed to rematch Ovince Saint Preux at UFC Fight Night 117 in September. However, that wasn’t meant to be as he was forced to withdraw from the contest due to a knee injury.

On the flip side, Oezdemir is looking to get back in the win column and on track to another title shot as he suffered a second-round TKO loss against Daniel Cormier at UFC 220 in January.

UFC Chile is set to take place on Saturday, May 19, 2018, at Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile.

The main card will air on FOX Sports 1 at while the preliminary card will be split broadcasted on FOX Sports 1 at and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass. Here is how the current card looks:

Kamaru Usman vs. TBD
Andrea Lee vs. Veronica Macedo
Chad Laprise vs. Vicente Luque
Alexa Grasso vs. Tatiana Suarez
Guido Cannetti vs. Diego Rivas
Poliana Botelho vs. Syuri Kondo
Humberto Bandenay vs. Gabriel Benitez
Zak Cummings vs. Michel Prazeres
Henry Briones vs. Frankie Saenz
Jared Cannonier vs. Dominick Reyes
Claudio Puelles vs. Felipe Silva
Ray Borg vs. Brandon Moreno
Enrique Barzola vs. Brandon Davis

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Volkan Oezdemir: ‘Shogun’ Rua is Still a Dangerous Fighter

Volkan Oezdemir still views Mauricio “Shogun” Rua as a threat. On May 19, Oezdemir will do battle with Rua inside the Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile. The bout will be part of the UFC Chile card. It’ll be “No Time’s&#822…

Volkan Oezdemir still views Mauricio “Shogun” Rua as a threat. On May 19, Oezdemir will do battle with Rua inside the Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile. The bout will be part of the UFC Chile card. It’ll be “No Time’s” first bout since coming up short in his bid to capture light heavyweight gold. The Oezdemir vs. Rua booking […]

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Jimi Manuwa Claims Two UFC Veterans Declined To Fight Him

Jimi Manuwa is a bit frustrated, to say the least, and he let the social media world know about it on Thursday by taking to his official Twitter account to rant about it. He called out two top-10 light heavyweights for supposedly declining to fight him. Thus, he decided to put the whole division on […]

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Jimi Manuwa is a bit frustrated, to say the least, and he let the social media world know about it on Thursday by taking to his official Twitter account to rant about it.

He called out two top-10 light heavyweights for supposedly declining to fight him. Thus, he decided to put the whole division on notice by calling them “p-ssys.”

He also made it known that he believes that just want to hold onto their respective spots in the rankings.

Manuwa (17-3) is fresh off a 42-second knockout loss to Volkan Oezdemir, who will be challenging Daniel Cormier for the light heavyweight title at the upcoming UFC 220 pay-per-view event next month in Boston at the TD Garden.

Keep in mind that he does have two knockout wins over current top-10 fighters. If you recall, he stopped Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 204 before wiping out Corey Anderson at UFC London in March.

As to who the two fighters he is talking about, it would be Glover Teixeira and Mauricio Rua. In regards to these two athletes, Teixeira just fought and defeated Misha Cirkunov at last week’s UFC on FOX 26.

On the flip side, Shogun hasn’t competed since his knockout of Gian Villante in March.

The former UFC light heavyweight champion was slated to have a rematch against Ovince Saint Preux in September but pulled out due to injury.

Manuwa issued the following on his official Twitter account:

“These p*ssys are declining fights to hold on to their positions. What’s the point in rankings if your not gonna fight the top guys. Glover declined. Shogun declined. Pointing to mush after I bodied him ?? 3 of the top 10 have declined to fight!! #p*ssys.”

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