A light heavyweight contest featuring former division champion Mauricio Shogun Rua taking on perennial contender Tyson Pedro took place at tonight’s UFC Adelaide event.<\/p>\n
Shogun Rua entered tonight’s contest looking to rebound, this after suffering a first-round knockout loss to surging division contender Anthony Smith <\/a>in his most recent octagon appearance at UFC Fight Night 134.<\/p>\n Prior to his loss to “Lionheart<\/a>“, Shogun Rua had put strung together three-straight victories over opponents Gian Villante, Corey Anderson and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.<\/p>\n As for Tyson Pedro, the Aussie has not competed since suffering a submission loss to Ovince Saint Preux this past June at UFC Singapore.<\/p>\n Tyson Pedro entered tonight’s contest with Rua sporting a 3-2 UFC<\/a> record, holding wins over Paul Craig, Saparbek Safarov and Khalil Rountree Jr.<\/p>\n After a being rocked by Tyson Pedro early in the opening round, Shogun Rua not only survived but was able to turn the tide on his Australian opponent in round two.<\/p>\n The Brazilian legend took the fight to the canvas in the second round where he controlled Pedro while landing some decent shots from top position.<\/p>\n Moments into the third and final round Tyson Pedro appeared to suffer a leg injury. Shogun Rua was quick to capitalize dropping Pedro with a right hand. Rua would follow up with some ground and pound which forced the referee to step in and call the fight<\/a>.<\/p>\n Check out how the pros reacted to Shogun Rua finishing Tyson Pedro below.<\/p>\n I\u2019m sure glad that the ref didn\u2019t stop the fight Prematurely! Good job on shogun weathering the storm! #UFCAdalaide<\/a><\/p>\n — Julian marquez (@JMarquezMMA) December 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n