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Originally Published 9 months ago

Rumor: Lyoto Machida Vs. Shogun Rua In The Works For UFC 103

Posted By krotouyy UFC News

We reported earlier this week that Shogun was in Vegas to talk with Dana White regarding a "big time fight" and now Insidefights.com has more information:

Dana White met with Mauricio "Shogun" Rua at the Zuffa offices today and is in the process of putting together what Dana calls a "really big fight".

Our gut feeling tells us that Lyoto Machida will be defending the light heavyweight belt against Rua in September. That would leave Machida without an opponent for the December show, since Rashad Evans and Rampage Jackson will likely be meeting on that card. Not having Machida on the biggest show of the year is fine, but Zuffa typically likes to have the light heavyweight belt involved on big shows since it is the promotion’s showcase division.

White promises that more information is coming down the pipeline. We’ll have an update for you as soon as possible.

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Posted By Anonymous
8 months ago
too soon for shogun.
don't get me wrong, i am a shogun fan and i think that mentaly he's ready for anybody but his last two oponents don't have the caliber of rashad, jackson or griffin and machida is way ahead this guys.
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Posted By Alright Ma
9 months ago

Shogun does not deserve a title shot; Machida is a true warrior.
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Posted By Anonymous
9 months ago

the dirvesity of both fighters will make this fight one of the best title fights ufc has ever put on.
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Posted By Anonymousjamo
9 months ago

shogun will be very aggressive and push machida to fight. i think shogun will win.
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Posted By Anonymous
9 months ago

Shogun in his prime would be worthy of a title shot. One good performance against a guy who is nearing retirement should not earn you a shot at Machida. Don't get me wrong, I think Shogun was a great fighter and could be again. I just don't think that he's proved that he's back in top form and ready for a title run.
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Posted By ricci
9 months ago
Rampage peed
there's no other explanation...how can you pass a tittle shot for the championship? He knows he was not a match for Machida....Evans will beat the hell out of Jackson....and Jackson will never fight
Machida.....
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Posted By Anonymous
9 months ago

Relatively mild matchup for Lyoto in my opinion. He needs somebody that will really threaten his style. Vera, perhaps.
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Posted By Anonymous
9 months ago

rampage must kill evans
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Posted By Anonymous
9 months ago

rampage would rather coach tuf and fight evans...can you blame him?
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Posted By Anonymous
9 months ago

I thought rampage got the next title shot ??????
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Posted By Anonymous
9 months ago

i think that rua will be the strongest opponent for machida!! he is on the way back!!!
and i hope that machida will be champion for a long time, but defending his title is really hard!!!

Good Fight!!!!
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Posted By Anonymous
9 months ago

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Posted By krotouyy
9 months ago
Plz dana white
we hope that dana white accept let's this to fighter met at the ufc 103 woww
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