The Brazilian legend, that is Shogun Rua, has been inducted into the 2024 UFC Hall Of Fame.
The announcement came during the stacked UFC 301 card in Rio De Janeiro, of which Rua was in attendance.
The Brazilian legend played a monumental role in the sport from the early days, having made his professional debut in 2002, Rua joined PRIDE in 2003 and won the PRIDE Light Heavyweight Grand Prix before breaking his arm against Mark Coleman at Pride 31. He then racked up wins against Cyrille Diabate, Kevin Randleman, Kazuhiro Nakamura, and Alistair Overeem, before joining the UFC ranks.
Although his promotional debut didn't go to plan against Forrest Griffin at UFC 76, the Brazilian then racked up wins against Mark Coleman and Chuck Liddell before coming up short against Lyoto Machida at UFC 104.
In their rematch at UFC 113, Rua got the better of Machida, stopping him in the first round by way of strikes to claim the UFC Light Heavyweight championship.
He then dropped the belt to Jon Jones less than a year later when Jones finished him with strikes in the third round.
After a few years in which he struggled to find form, Rua appeared to get back to winning way when he racked up wins against Antonio Nogueira, Corey Anderson and Gian Villante before losing to Anthony Smith at UFC Fight Night 134.
He then went unbeaten in three with a draw against Paul Craig and two wins against Tyler Pedro and Antonio Rogerio.
The career ultimately ended on a three fight skid with losses to Craig, Ovince St Preux and Ihor Potieria.
Watch all of the Brazilian legend's finishes below:
