In , at the age of 23, he was awarded a black belt in both judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. That year, he made his mixed martial arts debut fighting in Japan for the Rings promotion King of Kings , a forty-eight man tournament held over three separate events where he won three fights before losing by decision to Dan Henderson in the semifinals. In between the Rings events, he defeated Jerry Horn by decision at WEF 8 and then entered the King of Kings man tournament held over three events, winning all of his five matches to become the tournament champion.
Next, he represented Pride at a co-promotion with K-1 , against super heavyweight Bob Sapp. Sapp manhandled the much smaller Rodrigo, spiking him onto the ring canvas and dominating the fight until he tired tired and fell to an armbar submission.
His battle with Sapp, who outweighed him by over pounds, made him a fan favorite for his seemingly inhuman ability to withstand punishment before recovering to win. Dutch kickboxer Semmy Schilt was his next victim. Again heavily outsized, he scored a victory by triangle choke and then avenged his sole career loss by submitting Dan Henderson via armbar.
The many battles over the years have made him a legend. The ACL surgery kept him out of competition for the rest of Over the holidays he returned to crutches after having a hip operation. After his hip heeled, he returned to the hospital for a second hip operation.
Now 34, Rodrigo is recognized as one of the most decorated heavyweights in Mixed Martial Arts history. I lost the UFC belt being far from my best, and now I want to return in my best shape ever and get the title back. He also went during his brief tenure with Affliction, which included a win over Valdimir Matyushenko. Rogerio was a sensational amateur boxer, the and Brazilian Super Heavyweight Champion. He won a bronze medal in the Pan American Games.
After losing his next fight to Vladimir Matyushenko by decision, he bounced back with a victory over Tsuyoshi Kohsaka. He fought again at Pride 24 against Guy Mezger and got the decision. Nakamura fought valiantly and even escaped multiple submissions but in the end the experience and skill of Rogerio proved to be too much.
UFC is coming up, and something that has been a bit overlooked is the fact that both Nogueira brothers will be fighting on the card one right after the other. Both want to win their fights and probably want their brother to do just as well, but it might not end up that way.
It could happen that one wins and the other loses, of course. Both are facing former champions, with Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, a heavyweight also known as Big Nog, facing Frank Mir in the co-main event.
In the fight right before that his brother, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, who is known as Little Nog and fights at light heavyweight, is facing Tito Ortiz. Ortiz is just in his last four fights, but the one win he does have was against Ryan Bader who he took out in one round while earning himself a submission of the night bonus. On the other hand, Little Nog has lost his last two fights one of which was against Bader.
Both men have had close losses in some of these outings. Roughly 90 seconds into the contest, Nogueira connected with an overhand left that buckled Cane and sent him running to safety. When he finally set his feet to engage again, Nogueira found a home for the same blow two more times before ultimately dropping him with one final clubbing left hand.
He shared the Octagon with a trio of former titleholders, a few young upstarts as they rose to become contenders, and a couple other additional tough outs along the way, amassing six victories and four post-fight bonuses, all the while adding to his reputation as a consummate professional and respected elder statesman of the sport.
Presented by Hospital for Special Surgery. UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling on a key member of his team, Dave Mattana, who has guided Sterling from the wrestling room to the golf course. Robert Hotchkiss and Osric King got him back into the Octagon.
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