Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Wants Rematch With Mauricio “Shogun” Rua

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Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Wants Rematch With Mauricio “Shogun” Rua

Posted by Vegas Martin in UFC News on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

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Antonio Rogerio Nogueira talked about his hopes to rematch Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in an interview with Fighters only:

There are lots of good guys in [the UFC light heavyweight division], including Brazilians, that are showing their strength, like Thiago Silva, Lyoto, myself, there are a lot of strong guys in the division, the Americans as well, like Jardine, Evans, the category is very strong. I hope that the Brazilians dominate the division. God willing, it will happen… I would like to have the fight with Shogun again. Shogun is a great fighter, a great champion and he was in the best stage of his career till today. He has his merits, at the end of the fight I tried to take his back… If I had finished the fight there at his back, I would have been able to change the story of the fight.