Mauricio "Shogun" RuaUFC Light Heavyweight Champion
Last night at UFC 113, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua knocked out the previously-undefeated Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida. In the biggest upset in recent UFC history, Rua avenged his loss to Machida during his rematch with the previous title holder. During their first fight on October 24, 2009, Machida won a very controversial unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) against Rua to retain his belt. The UFC gave Rua an instant rematch, and the two fought again last night. Instead of a 5 round decision, Rua made sure that the judges were in no way involved with the outcome, doing what no fighter has done before... not only beating, but knocking out Machida 3:35 into the very first round. So I would personally like to say: congratulations Shogun on your very impressive and well-deserved win, and congratulations on your new belt.
