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by MMAZED Staff
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Friday, 01 August 2008 13:33 |
 Mauricio "Shogun" Rua recently spoke to tatame.com of his new training center, Universidad da Luta (UDL), his knee surgery recovery and his possible next opponent in the UFC.
On UDL, Shogun said the opening was a success, "I went to United States, was ten days there and didn’t see any gym like ours there. It’s really great."
When asked about the recovery of his knee surgery Shogun stated he'll be going to Canada for a treatment. "Well, I came back to training last week and I’ll go to Canada at August 4th to do an intensive treatment. A medical team from there called me to do a different kind of treatment, so I’ll go there with (André) Dida, and maybe he do some fights there too."
He also shared information on his possible next opponent. "I might face Mark Coleman on December, but nothing has been signed yet. He wanted to face me on November, and I really wanna face him, I hope this time he don’t run from me." Shogun said in the interview.
In his first bout with Mark Coleman, Shogun suffered an elbow dislocation at 49 seconds of the first round. A rematch will give Rua a chance to avenge his unfortunate loss.
On Lyoto Machida vs Thiago Silva Shogun said, "I don’t bet on this fight… I’ve trained with both guys and I believe it’s 50% each. I think Lyoto will try to do his game and Thiago will go to knock him out."
He also thinks Rousimar Palhares will submit Dan Henderson if he manages to take Dan to ground.
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