"Shogun" Mauricio Rua Training With Karate Icon Glaube Feitosa For Rematch With Lyoto Machida
By: Fighters.com Staff Posted On: March 18, 2010 at 11:37pm
Fighters.com’s third-ranked light heavyweight “Shogun” Mauricio Rua (18-4) is training with Kyokushin karate icon “Brazilian Warrior” Glaube Feitosa, according to Tatame.
Rua told Tatame, “Glaube is a guy who comes from karate and I am very honored to have him in our academy. It is a privilege, I think he is the best in Brazil. At heavyweight, he was the guy who most represented Brazil abroad. Everyone here at the academy is a fan of his. Glaube is living in Curitiba and is with us for two months. We already were fans of the guy before this. The guy is an extraordinary person, super humble. He has a lot to help the people there in the gym. It’s an asset to the academy.”
Rua is scheduled to rematch Fighters.com and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion “Dragon” Lyoto Machida (16-0) at UFC 113 in Montreal May 8. Machida is a karate stylist, though not from the Kyokushin tradition like Feitosa.
Machida beat Rua in a controversial five-round unanimous decision at UFC 104 in Los Angeles last October.
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Comments
I think Glaube will put him over the top with the notorious kicking and striking power of Kyokushin. Two different styles collide as Kyokushin is a Full Contact Knockdown Karate with a vicious training regimen and Machida has adapted a softer Point Style of Karate into MMA. Succesfuly. St. Pierre is rooted in Kyokushin Karate as is Bas Rutten and Luasu.
Best of Luck to Machida as he will need it. Wise move by Shogun!