Shogun off of 161; UFC looking to make Rua-Sonnen on Fox Sports 1

On his 37th birthday, the light-heavyweight Brazilian Rogerio Nogueira had to deal with an unpleasant situation: he will be forced to give up his rematch against Mauricio Rua at UFC 161 on June 15 in Winnipeg, Canada. A back problem again bothered the fighter.

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Nogueira had been preparing well for the fight, but felt back pain because of a herniated disc in training last Monday. The problem is not serious, but it was enough to get him out of the fight, due to the proximity of it.

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In a perfect world Shogun could swap places with Shad but that ain't going to happen. Perhaps they could call up Jimmo or Igor from the pre-lims ?

Lets hope and pray Glover and Vitor have kept in shape and are willing to step in on short notice.

Well this card sucks now

Awe wtf! I'm mad bro yolo

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Ali* wrote:: In a perfect world Shogun could swap places with Shad but that ain't going to happen. Perhaps they could call up Jimmo or Igor from the pre-lims ?

Lets hope and pray Glover and Vitor have kept in shape and are willing to step in on short notice.

If we get Rua vs Vitor I will jizz my pants.

Chael Sonnen offers to step in:

@ShogunRua I HEAR BRAZILIAN CHICKEN IS OFF THE MENU. AMERICAN GANGSTER IS STILL AVAILABLE IF YOU WANT TO SEND YOUR WAITRESS OVER.

If Glover could step in that would be great, or take Feijao off the FUEL card. Feijao vs Shogun sounds fine to me.

Shogun would tap or KO Sonnen in the first round. I hope they choose a more serious opponent then that.

GDPofDRC wrote:: Shogun would tap or KO Sonnen in the first round. I hope they choose a more serious opponent then that.

IMO it's perfect just to take off Feijao or Thiago Silva off the FUEL card, preferably Feijao but I can never remember all the "friendships" between these Brazilians.

Cavalcante would definitely be more serious.

GDPofDRC wrote:: Cavalcante would definitely be more serious.

More epic. He is going to trash Thiago anyways. Try and get Jimmo or someone to step in on FUEL to fight Thiago.

or if Chael really wants to help out he can fight Thiago on Fuel. He can't really complain about being on Fuel, he fucking works for them.

OU wrote:: or if Chael really wants to help out he can fight Thiago on Fuel. He can't really complain about being on Fuel, he fucking works for them.

That idea makes the most sense.

GDPofDRC wrote:

OU wrote:: or if Chael really wants to help out he can fight Thiago on Fuel. He can't really complain about being on Fuel, he fucking works for them.

That idea makes the most sense.

Thiago Silva vs Chael is actually a good matchup IMO.

Thiago and Feijao is a good fight and I'm sure both of them are already in Brazil, I imagine Thiago has flown out already. Plus they've both been out a while because of the suspensions, I hope they keep that together