THE MMA INJURY BUG: MAURICIO ‘SHOGUN’ RUA
With the announcement last month of Mauricio”Shogun” Rua’s successful shoulder surgery, the Brazilian superstar has continued his legacy of becoming a mixed martial arts (MMA) medical marvel. It’s beyond evident that Shogun is injury prone. However, with the amount of punishment he has received, many may consider it amazing that’s he is not only still alive to discuss it continues fighting professionally at the maximum level on the biggest point for this day. During Shogun’s storied 30+ struggle MMA career, he’s faced countless setbacks through the much-maligned MMA Injury Bug. IMG_1702
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Is the shoulder surgery the result of the necessary maintainance when it’s comes to fighting, or of a washed up fighter? It is obviously more than just another slight setback to his legendary career, as it is serious enough that will not see him contend until early 2016. At just 33 decades of age, it seems like a normal procedure on the surface. However, to a lot of fans, this is just another reason to make a statement that Shogun’s best days as a fighter are obviously behind him. Maybe even that he should retire. The toughest issue concerning the Shogun scenario is that he’s not even that old, although struggle years are a completely different story. IMG_1693 Many pundits accredit the overwhelming accumulation of damage to a combination of both his days sparring with the mythical Chute Boxe Academy and to the grueling losses he has accumulated inside the Octagon. There’s not any doubt the Shogun’s time as a professional mixed Martial Artist has taken it’s toll on him . It remains to be seen what the cost are in association with winning those four UFC”Fight of the Night” performance bonuses. Can they blame for why many believe Shogun is well past his prime? This report provides a brief medial synopsis of the injuries the former UFC light heavyweight champion has accrued through his times as an expert fighter to further illustrate the determining as to when a fighter is possibly past his prime, and also to prove that a fighter being close retirement isn’t entirely dependant on age demographics. Shogun’s knees alone have confronted more wear and tear than any fighter presently on the UFC roster with the exclusion of Dominick Cruz. The Brazilian injured his anterior cruciate ligament training for his struggle with Forrest Griffin at UFC 76. Attempting to fight with injury, he pulled out the ligament completely during the ensuing fight. The injury required surgery to correct and countless hours of rehab. Upon rehabbing the lame leg for many weeks, he returned to instruction and sadly completely blew out his ACL. Another surgery and rehabilitation regimen kept him on the sidelines until his UFC 93 bout with Mark Coleman which was nearly a year and a half after the fight with Griffin. While training for a rematch against Lyoto Machida, he once more injured his knee but against physicians orders, he went on to fight anyways. Despite winning in convincing fashion, the origin foIMG_1695r party was curtailed by Rua’s requirement for immediate operation. Because of this it might be just over 10 months later before enthusiasts would see him make his Octagon return against Jon Jones. It was a fight which not only finished his title reign in catastrophic fashion but one in which the fighter looked to be a shell of his former self for the very first time. To put it simply, his knee imploded. And then it happened . And then it happened once more for good measure. The surgical repair count needed to fix his knees quickly required three major surgeries in less than three decades. However it has to be mentioned that history had shown us MMA fans that Shogun can’t blame these injuries alone for hindering his dreams of getting a UFC champion. Despite being plagued by the injury bug for a second time, Shogun went on to be UFC winner, however brief the title reign was. Unfortunately, it’s doubtful this time around that Shogun will reclaim his glory times of times ago. As fans, most of us hope he gets past these newest injury woes to become a contender once again. However as handicappers we must take this as another indication he is no longer capable of competing with the division’s elite.
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