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“Shogun” Recovering From Knee Surgery

By: Kris Karkoski (admin) | Apr 9, 2008

From Sherdog:

Mauricio Rua is recovering in Brazil after surgery a few weeks ago on his knee.

“The surgery was very quick, lasted 50 minutes, was quiet,” Rua told Sherdog.com. “Now I hope for healing and I think here in about two months I can return to training slowly, very cautiously.”

The Brazilian light heavyweight ruptured the ACL in his left knee while preparing at his academy for a bout against Chuck Liddell. “Shogun” said he had tried to explode into a maneuver while training with Vitor Miranda, and his knee moved strangely.

Rua is expected to return to the octagon in the fall.

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7 Responses to ““Shogun” Recovering From Knee Surgery”

  1. Eddyr92806 says:

    Dude is done he has blow out both knees in 18 months…i don’t see how he will ever be the same fighter

  2. Sean says:

    was it both knees? I thought it was the same knee

  3. Dirty says:

    I don’t like his face !

    I would love to see Rampage vs Shogun 2 !!!!!!

  4. JAI says:

    I agree Eddy! It’s hard to fight at the level he was fighting at and be as good as he was after having to come back from 2 bad knee injuries like that. It will be interesting to see how he performs in his first fight back.

  5. Eddyr92806 says:

    Sean both knees

  6. ironfist says:

    no it was the same knee fellas sorry

  7. Eddyr92806 says:

    even if its the same knee no more flying kicks

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