Mauricio "Shogun" Rua: New UFC Light Heavyweight Champion

Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

UFC 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.

UFC 104

UFC 104

UFC 104 will air live on pay-per-view on October 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. The main event will feature the top UFC Light Heavyweight contender, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, challenging the current champion, Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida. Machida is coming off of a second round KO win over the previous champion, Rashad Evans, during UFC 98 and Shogun is coming off of a first round TKO against Chuck Liddell. This will be Machida's first attempt to defend his title belt. It will also have Cain Velasquez vs Ben Rothwell as the co-main event. Velasquez is coming off of a three round unanimous decision victory over the dangerous French striker, Cheick Kongo. Rothwell is coming off of a first round TKO victory over Chris Guillen.

MAIN CARD
Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Lyoto Machida vs Mauricio Rua
Heavyweight bout: Cain Velasquez vs. Ben Rothwell
Lightweight bout: Gleison Tibau vs. Josh Neer
Lightweight bout: Joe Stevenson vs. Spencer Fisher
Welterweight bout: Anthony Johnson vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida

PRELIMNARY CARD
Middleweight bout: Yushin Okami vs. Chael Sonnen
Heavyweight bout: Antoni Hardonk vs. Patrick Barry
Middleweight bout: Jorge Rivera vs. Rob Kimmons
Light Heavyweight bout: Ryan Bader vs. Eric Schafer
Light Heavyweight bout: Kyle Kingsbury vs. Razak Al-Hassan
Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve vs. Chase Gormle

UFC 104 - 30 Second Preview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08wgeWfM0Jk

UFC 104 - 1 Minute Preview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBlfLxolRIs