The following statement appeared on the Chutebox US website this morning:
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua has signed a contract with the UFC and may participate in UFC 72.
Previously we had heard rumors that Shogun had signed some sort of four-fight deal with UFC/PrideFC that would have him fight 2 fights in each organization. Of course, the PrideFC purchase still has not been completed so there is no confirmation if that is true. But it appears that Shogun has been inked to the UFC and hopefully will add some life to the lackluster UFC 72 fight card.
This is very exciting news, of course, and as far as I can tell no other sites have reported this info yet (other than the Chuteboxe USA site). So, as more info starts to trickle out, I’ll post it here.
Also of interest:
Evan Tanner is back in Los Angeles with Coach Roberto Piccinini. He is determined to take back the UFC title from Anderson Silva and will be fighting under the Chute Boxe USA banner.
Evan Tanner recently posted on his personal website that he had sold his house and most of his posessions and was heading “south” to train again in hopes of regaining the UFC Middleweight title. Looks like he has joined a great team.
Light slowly fades and the day colors give way to the somber hues of dusk. Empty miles of quiet desert pass outside the windows, Jimmy Hendrix “Purple Haze” in the background. This beat up old van limps down the road, rocking and swaying under it’s heavy load, the engine straining, all that I own in the back.
This empty landscape rolls beautiful beneath the lavender sky of the coming night. I think of the peace of this moment, the clouds, the colors, the deserted road stretching to the horizon, and I contemplate it’s stark contrast to the place where this road is taking me, the bright lights, the roaring crowds of Vegas, and the middleweight title.
- Evan Tanner (EvanTanner.net)
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