News Mauricio "Shogun" Rua Officially Inducted UFC Hall Of Fame
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Nick Diaz is still in the UFC
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Shogun is my favorite fighter of all time probably. Well deserved
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Pride legend. But, he has 11 wins and 12 losses in the UFC. How is that UFC HOF worthy when he did shit in the UFC? Didn’t even defend his belt.
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Didn't do shit ? He was half of one of the best fights in UFC history against Henderson and grabbed the belt.
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Not that crazy. Though not technically the first champ, Joanna was the first in the division to keep the belt for more than 5 minutes and actually defended for several years, and Khabib won the biggest fight in UFC history, retired an undefeated champ with multiple defenses, first Russian UFC champ, started the Dagestanis coming over and smashing people.
Shogun just retired last year.
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one of those losses should have been a win, you know?!
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UFC and pride kind of combined, they consider overall legacy apart of the ufc hall of fame. Otherwise newer fans or casuals wouldn’t know how a fighter contributed to the sport or any legends. Even in the UFC Shogun had a great career
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Man’s an absolute legend. I remember how excited I was for him to come the UFC and I damn near cried when he won the belt. Could care less about him meeting some criteria for entry into the hall of fame. It’s Shogun, give that man what ever the hell he wants and be grateful you got to witness something special if you’ve been around that long.
It seems the UFC chose to announce it at this event so they could subtly troll Shogun for his numerous embarrassing losses.
The main card was full of fighters who had authored some of Shogun's most humiliating moments.
Getting brutally KO'd by Anthony Smith in what looked like a finishing sequence of a video game:
Tapping to strikes from pillow-fisted Paul Craig:
Getting finished by a regional level fighter who proceeded to dance on Shogun's corpse:
The main card was full of fighters who had authored some of Shogun's most humiliating moments.
Getting brutally KO'd by Anthony Smith in what looked like a finishing sequence of a video game:
Tapping to strikes from pillow-fisted Paul Craig:
Getting finished by a regional level fighter who proceeded to dance on Shogun's corpse:
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The same thing when UFC count wec/pride accomplishments and wins on their records.
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And one of those wins should be a loss. Definitely had some home cooked decision against Corey Anderson.
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Sakuraba had two fights in the UFC and is in the UFC Hall of Fame. It's due to his career overall.
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Agreed. It's amazing Shogun and Wand have been inducted this year. Fucking love it.
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Because clowns like Forrest and Bonnar are in and are a fraction of the legend Shogun is.
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STFU you know- nothing smooth brain.
