Requested: Rashad Evans and James Te-Huna also want to face Shogun

Shogun is in the crosshairs Rashad evans and James Te-Huna. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC

Even after two defeats in his last three UFC fights, the Brazilian Mauritius Shogun, former UFC and PRIDE GP champion, continues to be a name always remembered by fighters in the organization's light heavyweight category. In addition to Rogério Minotouro, who had already shown interest in having his rematch against the Curitiba native, the Australian James Te-Huna and the North American Rashad evans They also expressed their desire to fight against the currently sixth placed team in the division rankings.

Regarding the possibility of facing the Brazilian, Rashad evans it was direct. “Shogun! It will be a great fight to see,” he said, during the program ufc tonight. Evans would be the first challenger to Maurício Rua's belt, in 2011, at UFC 128. However, an injury took him out of the fight and promoted the arrival of Jon Jones, now a rising star in Ultimate. Jones beat Shogun and has been the light heavyweight champion ever since.

Australian James Te-Huna, who currently does not appear among the top ten in the category, used Facebook to talk about his desire to fight Shogun. “I’ve never asked to face anyone before, but I would love it if this fight happened. Shogun comes from a defeat, a victory and another defeat, the last for Alexander Gustafson – my only defeat in the UFC. Now I have five wins and one loss in the UFC, and Shogun needs a ladder (me) to fight for the belt again”, he published.

Maurício “Shogun” Rua is now 31 years old and has been fighting professionally since 2002. In his career, he has had 28 fights – with 21 wins and seven losses. His last appearance in the octagon was on December 8 last year, when he ended up losing to the Swede Alexander Gustafson, at UFC on FOX 5.

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