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Shogun's brother reveals fight was over in first minute

Mauricio Shogun Rua was destroyed by Jon Jones © Getty Images

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Mauricio Shogun Rua's brother, Murilo, has pinpointed the exact moment the Brazilian lost his fight to Jon Jones and promised that he will return to the Octagon in the near future.

Shogun was badly beaten by Jones at UFC 128, suffering one of the most one-sided defeats ever handed out to a champion as he lost his light-heavyweight title.

The image of Rua crumpled on the floor after Jones' final onslaught made it difficult to imagine the former Pride champion ever overcoming the American, but brother Murilo insists Shogun will make a return to the UFC Octagon.

"I was very surprised with [Jones'] game," he told Tatame. "Shogun trained a lot and Jones was able to neutralize [his] game, I think he studied Shogun's game a lot, so congrats to him.

"Shogun now needs to go back to Brazil and analyze the fight, see what went wrong and go from there. I think [Jones] has a brilliant future ahead of him, he's a very young athlete, but in this weight class I think it's very hard. People don't seem to be able to keep the title for more than one fight.

"Everyone wins and then loses the belt so it's a very tough weight class and there are a lot of great fighters, so we'll see. He's a young guy and will stay strong going forward, but Shogun will be able to make a strong comeback, for sure."

Shogun has been criticised by sections of the MMA media for seemingly having no cardio, much as he did the last time he returned from knee surgery against Mark Coleman. However, Murilo believes Jones did major damage early.

"I think [what went wrong during the fight] was the very first strikes Jones landed on Shogun, that knee and the head kick, may have taken his gas away."

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