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Vitor Belfort vs Shogun Rua

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#1 ·
We have never seen these two brazililan people fight before, which is amazing considering they've both been in two different promotions and shared the same weight category before.

Who would win between these two brazilians? Vitor or Shogun? I don't respect either of them, but I think it would be a fun fight. From what I see, Shogun is more diverse in his muay thai attacks whereas Vitor is more explosive and hits faster and harder. And he has shown he has a good left high kick too.
 
#20 ·
I would take Vitor if he could end it in the 1st or 2nd round, if went to 3 or more I would start leaning more towards Shogun, but I think Vitor could win quick, I'd say 65% for Belfort winning.
 
#22 ·
People are basing Shogun's so called 'late recovery' because of his fight with Dan Henderson where he staged a comeback. The fact remains, he only got the better of Henderson because Henderson is 41 and tired himself out from killing Shogun for the first 3 rounds. Shogun is a joke.
 
#23 ·
well a motivated vitor wouldn't beat a healthy shogun.

but we all know how those match ups turn out.

I got shogun winning late TKO or decision

that said, Vitor looked really good and improved against Bisping, that vitor punishes shogun anyday. but he doesn't always show up.
 
#27 ·
For whatever reason, Shogun goes into brawl mode about 2 minutes into the fight or when he starts getting hit, whichever happens first. He stops throwing kicks and just wings punches at the head for the rest of the fight.

Against the new, smarter, and more patient Vitor he's going to lose unless he fights smart himself. Which means...kick the shit out of Vitor's legs and body. Vitor still doesn't have the great footwork by any means and even Bisping had a lot of success with leg kicks against him. Bisping was usually able to get his lead foot to the outside of Belfort's to get the dominant angle for his strikes, and by getting to the outside it moves him away from Vitor's left straight.

Shogun can do the same to really load up & step into his leg & body kicks, once Vitor eats a few of those he's going to have a massive gimp which takes away his ability to blitz with punches. Kicks to the body will keep Vitor guessing as well as take away his cardio when they land. In short, it's the same gameplan that Shogun used against another southpaw with fast hands; Machida. Once Vitor's nice & worried about the low & body kicks, then it's time to go high and try for a KO, then go back down low if it doesn't work. Rinse & repeat till the fight's over.
 
#28 ·
Win Liddell
Loss Machida
Win Machida
Loss Jones
Win Griffin
Loss Henderson
Win Vera
Loss Gustafsson

If Rua wants to win that fight he better fight Belfort next.

On a serious note, Belfort is probably gonna drop Shogun 3~4 times in that fight. Might even get a TKO victory.
 
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