It will be Mauricio Rua’s third and last opportunity to knock out longtime rival Antonio Rogerio Nogueira when they meet on Saturday night. After defeating ‘Lil’ Nog’ twice via unanimous decision in the past, ‘Shogun’ now hopes he will be able to finally put his fellow PRIDE veteran away in their trilogy bout.
In an interview with Ag Fight, Shogun says he is still motivated to face Nogueira for the third time, despite having already defeated Rogerio twice before. The way Mauricio sees it, the first two fights were thrilling stand-up battles, so the expectation of having another banger ahead of him makes Rua excited to take on Lil’ Nog again.