Shogun Has Knee Surgery, Title Defense Against Evans Delayed

by Anthony Pace on Jun 10, 2010 6:37 PM EDT

MMAJunkie.com has the scoop on the latest of Shogun's many knee operations:

Newly minted UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua's first title defense likely will be delayed due to a recent knee surgery.

Rua (19-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC), who knocked out Lyoto Machida at UFC 113 to earn the 205-pound title, was expected to meet Rashad Evans later this year.

With Rua's window of recovery, UFC president Dana White is unsure when the Brazilian champ will fight again.

"He just got out of the hospital; it was a successful surgery," White said. "He had the surgery in [Los Angeles], and he's going to be doing all his therapy in (Las) Vegas.

"So he'll be in Vegas for the next five weeks."

ESPN's Franklin McNeil reported Shogun had a knee injury prior to UFC 113, but White said Shogun sustained the injury during the fight.

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Thanks for spotting this, Veezy

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by Anthony Pace on Jun 10, 2010 6:39 PM EDT reply actions

good stuff....hope he recovers fully..

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by Kelvin Hunt on Jun 10, 2010 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions

I wonder how long he'll be out?

It says five weeks, but you never know with these things. Hopefully he’ll fight again in October or thereabouts

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by Anthony Pace on Jun 10, 2010 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Knee problems are some of the toughest to bounce back from.

by Rich Wyatt on Jun 10, 2010 8:47 PM EDT reply actions

which is incredible that he came back from the first jawns...

to fight at this level.

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by Kelvin Hunt on Jun 10, 2010 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Considering how he looked against Coleman.....

……when he came back from his last knee surgery,this does not bode well for a dominate title reign.

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by Brian Mayes on Jun 10, 2010 11:15 PM EDT reply actions

depends on what type of surgery it was though

if this was arthoscopic…just cleaning out some stuff…etc…shouldn’t be that big of a deal.

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by Kelvin Hunt on Jun 11, 2010 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions

Doesn’t matter, Evans is the worst possible match up for Shogun he was already in deep trouble now it’s almost a shoe in that Rashad takes this.

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by Nightwhistler on Jun 11, 2010 3:46 AM EDT reply actions