{"id":218746,"date":"2017-01-21T00:27:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T08:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=218746"},"modified":"2017-01-21T00:49:41","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T08:49:41","slug":"shogun-rua-discusses-potential-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mauricio-shogun-rua\/shogun-rua-discusses-potential-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Shogun Rua discusses potential retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"

After fifteen years of fighting professionally, at the age of 35, many are wondering just how much longer MMA legend Mauricio Shogun Rua will continue to fight. Despite his age, Shogun Rua is currently on a 2-fight win streak that has seen him pick up back to back wins over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Corey ‘Beastin 25\/8’ Anderson. <\/a><\/p>\n

\"Shogun<\/p>\n

Ahead of Rua’s March 11th scrap with Gian Villante at ‘UFC Fight Night: London’ the MMA legend spoke to MMAJunkie<\/a> to discuss his currently plans for the future, as well as the possibility of retirement, which he doesn’t always like to discuss:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe subject bothers me a little,\u201d Rua told MMAjunkie. \u201cBecause I\u2019m experienced \u2013 I\u2019ve been fighting for many years \u2013 but I\u2019m also a young guy. I\u2019m 35. People stop at 40, 38, 39. Depends. I think every athlete has the liberty to stop whenever they want.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople speculate that a lot about me because I\u2019ve had a few losses, but everyone has losses. So if a doctor doesn\u2019t perform a perfect surgery, they need to retire? If a dentist doesn\u2019t perfectly extract a tooth, they need to retire? A businesswoman goes into a meeting and it\u2019s not successful, she needs to retire? If I\u2019m happy to be fighting, and the UFC is happy to have me fighting for them, I don\u2019t know why people are so bothered by it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past years I fought once every year because \u2018The Ultimate Fighter\u2019 (Rua coached the fourth Brazilian season opposite Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, who filled in for Anderson Silva) got in the way a bit; we taped it, and the finale took a while (to happen),\u201d Rua said. \u201cAnd then right after, I fought, and I had a small injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow I\u2019m fully recovered. My focus for 2017 is for sure to do two or three fights. I think, two at least \u2013 that\u2019s my focus for every year. I try to always look after myself. Now I\u2019m 100 percent, thankfully. I had tendinitis on my knee, and that got in the way of training. That\u2019s healed up, and hopefully I won\u2019t have any more injuries this year.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Shogun<\/p>\n

Despite the injuries which Run mentioned, he was able to secure the win over Lil Nog at UFC 190 in August of 2015. Only time will tell if he is able to move one step closer to the UFC championship come March 11th.<\/p>\n