UFC light heavyweight fighter Mauricio Rua has decided to retire from MMA after his bout against Ihor Potieria at UFC 283 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There have been many fighters who came out of retirement to fight again. But Rua has confirmed that he has made up his mind and will finish his career in his native country. Mauricio Rua has a lot of accomplishments in his name. He is a former UFC light heavyweight champion and the winner of the PRIDE Grand Prix. Rua‘s MMA record stands at 27 wins, 13 losses, and 1 draw.

‘Shogun’ Rua is one of the oldest fighters currently competing in the UFC. Some people believe that the Curitiba native has been doing MMA longer than he should have. But Mauricio Rua believes that now is the perfect time for him to hang up his gloves and bid farewell to active competition.

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Many MMA fans have reacted to Mauricio Rua‘s retirement announced on Facebook. There were a lot of people who speculated about his plans after he is done inside the octagon and claimed that he was one of the greats in MMA.

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Here are some of the reactions from Facebook users:

• He was an absolute savage in Pride and a legend of the sport! Glad he is retiring tho and sticking with it!
• I loved him for knocking out Machida, as I found his “elusive” style of hanging back and countering a really cheap way to fight and boring as hell to watch. Huge fan of Shogun after he did that.
• one of my favourite fighter for so long, even if i did not really recognized him in the ufc , he’s one of the best add to mma, all his fights in pride were just from another level , Chute boxe Hoaaaaaaaa
• He’ll be fighting Jake Paul by the end of the year.
• Watched highlights of him today just to remember how much of a savage he was. One of the original OG’s.
• The new “retiring” bouncing from ufc and actually getting paid in other orgs.

Many people hailed him as one of the original fighters in MMA and how good he was inside the cage. Some people speculated that “retiring” could be just an excuse to go and fight in other promotions and get paid more. Meanwhile, some speculated that he might fight YouTuber Jake Paul by the end of 2023.

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‘Shogun’ has achieved almost everything there is in the sport of MMA. His announcement came just after Khabib Nurmagomedov retired from all aspects of MMA.

Mauricio Rua wants his last fight to be in Brazil

Mauricio Rua recently appeared at the UFC 283 media day and talked about how much he wanted to retire in Brazil. He said, “I wanted to have my last fight in Brazil.” He added, “You know, I started out in Brazil Meca (World Vale Tudo) so I was really happy to be able to come here and the sport growing and continue doing that.” 

They also asked Rua about his mental and emotional preparation going into the match at UFC 283. Rua replied, “It’s gonna be tough, you know. Every fight is a lot of emotions, a lot of adrenaline and nervousness, but being the last fight and everything, I’m gonna have to be focused and get through that.”

Rua also mentioned that it was certain that this will be his last fight regardless of the opponent. He also mentioned that he will not be one of those fighters who come back from retirement. He added, “I really didn’t want to regret stopping at the wrong time. So it’s something very personal. My wife wanted me to stop ever since we got married. But I think I’m making this choice at the right time.”

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