Feast your eyes on a chronological compilation of controlled chaos. It’s Mauricio Shogun Rua fight week.
When the Chute Boxe prodigy won the 2005 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix at just 23-years-old, a legend was born. As time passes, the tale of Shogun’s fabled career grows softer among the mainstream fanbase.
The conversation around Shogun these days inevitably turns to the type of cynicism we’ve come to expect from MMA fans. “He’s washed up.” “He should retire.” “Light heavyweight is a joke, how is he ranked?”
That last part bears some truth.