När Mauricio ”Shogun” Rua (21-8) förlorade mot Chael Sonnen via submission redan i den första ronden var det många som blev överraskade. Förlusten på UFC Fight Night 26 i Boston innebär brassen andra raka i UFC och många tvivlar på om Shogun fortfarande är en toppfighter. I en intervju med MMAfighting.com berättar Shoguns bror Murilo ”Ninja” Rua att förluster delvis beror på skumma tränare och andra personer i Shoguns träningskrets.
Detta var vad han hade att säga:
In my opinion, Mauricio played the wrong game. He should’ve moved more to avoid the takedowns. Fighting on half guard against a wrestler isn’t a good strategy. He should have brought Chael to his guard when he got taken down, tried to sweep him or land some punches. But Sonnen got his neck, unfortunately. My brother needs someone, he needs a head coach who can listen to. I always told him the truth no matter what, but I had issues with trainers from his camp. Maybe in the future I’ll work with him again, who knows. I’ll talk to him when he returns to Curitiba. He has a lot of shady persons around him, people trying to take advantage of him. People from his camp said I wasn’t good for Mauricio because I made him nervous when I was on his corner, and he listened to that, so I decided to leave. If something is wrong I would point it out, I wouldn’t just lie to please him.
31-årige Shogun har förlorat fyra av sina fem senaste matcher. Vem han möter härnäst återstår att se, men en möjlighet vore att ge brassen en rematch mot veteranen Dan Henderson. Amerikanen besegrade Shogun via domslut på UFC 139 efter en händelserik fight som av många anses tillhöra en av historiens mest spännande.
Vem tycker du att Shogun bör möta i sin nästa match?
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