Something was noticeably missing on Saturday night when Mauricio Rua took the octagon to meet Brandon Vera at UFC on Fox 4, his brother, Murilo Rua. “Ninja” had been in the corner of his younger brother for every fight of “Shogun’s” career, when fans were puzzled by his absence, the Curitiba native took to twitter to explain.
What followed was a bit of shocking news as Murilo explained that he has left UDL, and feels that head coach Andre “Dida” Amade is not right for “Shogun”.
“Guys, I was not with Mauricio in this fight because I have a problem with Dida. I do not agree with the way he corners and drills him”
Brazilian news source UOL Esportes quickly asked Murilo for further comments, where he explained that he feels “Dida” doesn’t train Shogun properly, as evident by his fight with Dan Henderson.
I was not there because I had a problem with Dida’s coaching in Mauricio’s last fight. Then he came to me and said I would not be training with my brother, so I thought it best to follow my path. Now I’m just his brother, I do not do any training with him.
Many have echoed “Ninja’s” sentiment, including Shogun’s manager Julius Eller, who feels Shogun’s cardio seems to be getting worse over time, and it’s an issue that must be resolved in the gym.
The Rua brothers were once a part of the legendary Chute Boxe team, and left the gym in 2007 to start up UDL. Despite Shogun’s knockout win over Brandon Vera on Saturday, many detractors feel that it would be in his best interest to join his brother in leaving.
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I’ve been noticing this lately as well, In the past 3 fights Shogun has had, he has looked considerably gassed (in rounds 2+). I speculated the problem was that his training regiment has been turned down since having a baby girl to look after and be with. However, it seems, that his trainer(s) aren’t preparing him to their fullest. This is rather shocking since, Shogun put on a clinic in both fights with Machida…
I stand by Murilo on this one, on the grounds that if Shogun wishes to be champ again he needs to put in the proper work (with the right coaches). Otherwise, his career/cardio could go the way of BJ Penn, and look what happened when he surrounded himself with ‘yes’ men…
Shogun needs to stick with his brother for life. His brother has his best interest in mind and what Ninja said makes sense. Shogun has one last legitimate run for the belt left and he needs to follow his bro if he is to have any chance at all at even challenging for the belt again.
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His brother is right Shogun has looked really bad in 3 of his last 4 fights not including the Griffin fight. He won the Vera fight and some could make the argument that he won the Henderson fight but in those three fight (the one with Jones included) he has gassed out, took way too much punishment, and the fights have went on way too long. Against Jones was simply out skilled and I don’t think he could beat no matter how well his cardio was. Against Henderson he probably could not have shortened the fight since Henderson has never been ko/tko but he could have avoided all of the damage had he had the energy to move some. Against Vera he should have finished that fight in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd but it took until the 4th. He rocked Vera many times but never had enough energy to finish it. Then he started to take a lot of damage for the same reason he did in the Henderson fight. I think he needs to stop worrying so much about his striking and focus more heavily on cardio. His striking isn’t going to see that much of a decline should he focus on his cardio and in reality it may improve has he will be able to throw more punches.