Tag: Mauricio “Shogun” Rua

“Shogun” Rua is Your UFC 128 Best Value Bet

Even Dana White says “the fact that [Maurico “Shogun” Rua] is the underdog is crazy!” But the online sportsbooks have made Shogun the dog by as much as +165. The current UFC Light Heavyweight Champ feels disrespected and rightfully so. Jon “Bones” Jones has proved himself to be a phenomenal athlete and worthy […]

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Even Dana White says “the fact that [Maurico “Shogun” Rua] is the underdog is crazy!” But the online sportsbooks have made Shogun the dog by as much as +165. The current UFC Light Heavyweight Champ feels disrespected and rightfully so. Jon “Bones” Jones has proved himself to be a phenomenal athlete and worthy opponent but this is his first crack at a Top 5 fighter in the UFC and this particular Top 5 fighter is actually number 1! Rua established himself as the Light Heavyweight Champion by soundly handing Lyoto Machida his first professional loss with a knockout in the first round of UFC 113.

Shogun is a former Pride Champion, a current UFC Champion and only 6 years older than his 23 year old opponent. Shogun can beat Jon Jones by taking his legs out in similar fashion we saw him batter Machida’s legs. He also has proved several times in his career that he has knockout powerful punches. All eyes are on Jones this Saturday night. But this is also Jon Jones’ fight to lose. In a fight that should be at least EVEN in the books, take advantage of the Rua value.

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Shogun Rua is Your UFC 129 Best Value Bet

Even Dana White says “the fact that [Maurico “Shogun” Rua] is the underdog is crazy!” But the online sportsbooks have made Shogun the dog by as much as +165. The current UFC Light Heavyweight Champ feels disrespected and rightfully so. Jon “Bones” Jones has proved himself to be a phenomenal athlete and worthy […]

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Even Dana White says “the fact that [Maurico “Shogun” Rua] is the underdog is crazy!” But the online sportsbooks have made Shogun the dog by as much as +165. The current UFC Light Heavyweight Champ feels disrespected and rightfully so. Jon “Bones” Jones has proved himself to be a phenomenal athlete and worthy opponent but this is his first crack at a Top 5 fighter in the UFC and this particular Top 5 fighter is actually number 1! Rua established himself as the Light Heavyweight Champion by soundly handing Lyoto Machida his first professional loss with a knockout in the first round of UFC 113.

Shogun is a former Pride Champion, a current UFC Champion and only 6 years older than his 23 year old opponent. Shogun can beat Jon Jones by taking his legs out in similar fashion we saw him batter Machida’s legs. He also has proved several times in his career that he has knockout powerful punches. All eyes are on Jones this Saturday night. But this is also Jon Jones’ fight to lose. In a fight that should be at least EVEN in the books, take advantage of the Rua value.

Place your UFC 128 bets by clicking the icons for your favorite online sports book in our Odds Side Bar to the right of our page!

The Making of Jon Jones

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse ExclusiveEverything will work out as God plans it, he says to himself, and walks ahead with faith and positivity. Suffer a setback? Move forward. Facing adversity? Plow ahead. Fight a legend on short notice for the world cham…

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Everything will work out as God plans it, he says to himself, and walks ahead with faith and positivity. Suffer a setback? Move forward. Facing adversity? Plow ahead. Fight a legend on short notice for the world championship? You better believe it.

This whole thing, after all, started with faith. Jon Jones was just 20 years old back in the winter of 2007, going into 2008, when he found out he was about to be a father. Jones, the defending junior college national 197-pound wrestling champion, decided he was done with school. Now, he had to be a provider. That commitment had to come before anything else.

Fighting was the means to provide chosen for him, and in this belief, he did not waver, even when reminded it took years to make big money in MMA. “It will all work out,” he often told people. And so it was that on the day his girlfriend Jessie went into labor with their first child, Leah, Jones was 250 miles away, on the road to Atlantic City, New Jersey to fight. Faced with the prospect of missing his child’s birth, Jones contemplated on the decision. Of course he wanted to be there, but the odds of returning in time for the birth seemed remote, and his family needed the money. The decision was made: he would stay and compete.

With Jon Jones and Shogun Rua at the Forefront, UFC Takes Manhattan

Filed under: UFCNEW YORK — With freshman verve, Jon Jones marched on to the stage of Radio City Music Hall, in the City That Never Sleeps, on the Great White Way, and declared himself ready to face one of the most decorated light-heavyweights in the s…

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NEW YORK — With freshman verve, Jon Jones marched on to the stage of Radio City Music Hall, in the City That Never Sleeps, on the Great White Way, and declared himself ready to face one of the most decorated light-heavyweights in the short history of MMA.

This is a town that prizes flash combined with substance, and the 23-year-old certainly looked and sounded the part. Dressed in a blue suit, Jones played to the boisterous fans, waving them on, taking a moment during the press conference to Tweet a picture of the assembled crowd, even accepting the request of a US soldier to walk him to the cage at UFC 128 on Saturday night.

In typical Manhattan style, one local asked Jones to stand up, then asked if he really thought he could beat champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. That set off a chorus of screams from fans, split on their loyalty to the main event fighters. Jones smiled and waited for the crowd to quiet.

Live Tweeting UFC 128 Press Conference at Radio City Music Hall

Filed under: UFCMMA Fighting will have live Twitter updates of Wednesday’s UFC 128 press conference at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Jon Jones, UFC president Dana White and others will be in attendance to discuss t…

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MMA Fighting will have live Twitter updates of Wednesday’s UFC 128 press conference at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Jon Jones, UFC president Dana White and others will be in attendance to discuss this Saturday’s UFC 128 pay-per-view.

Below are Twitter updates from our MMA Fighting account in reverse order.

Live Tweeting UFC 128 Press Conference at Radio City Music Hall

Filed under: UFCMMA Fighting will have live Twitter updates of Wednesday’s UFC 128 press conference at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Jon Jones, UFC president Dana White and others will be in attendance to discuss t…

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MMA Fighting will have live Twitter updates of Wednesday’s UFC 128 press conference at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Jon Jones, UFC president Dana White and others will be in attendance to discuss this Saturday’s UFC 128 pay-per-view.

The press conference starts at 12:30 p.m. ET. A live video feed of the presser is available here.