With Saturday night being the final Fight Island card (at least for now) as the UFC returns to Vegas in August, fight fans were treated to a legends fight between Mauricio Shogun Rua and Antonio ‘Lil Nog’ Rogerio Nogueira. Honestly, Fight Island would not have been complete without the last of a dying breed gracing the Octagon. They got just that in the co-main event of UFC Fight Island 3.
The talk of retirement have been swirling all week leading up to this fight, but when the cage locked behind these two legends it was quickly forgotten. The UFC matchmakers were looking to strike gold by pitting these two legends against each other.
That there was no touch of gloves as soon as these two legends met in the center of the Octagon just goes to show how deep this rivalry has gone. But, what a throw back fight for MMA fans! No matter how you see these legend vs. legend fights, these men gave everything one last time to finally end the trilogy. They continued a gritty hard-fought battle right until the final bell. Shogun with the clean sweep of Lil Nog, going three and 0 in the trilogy.
Check out the reactions from the pros for the trilogy fight between Mauricio Shogun Rua and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. Comment below with your reaction!
Fun scrap from the OG legends of the game! #UFCFightIsland3
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) July 26, 2020
Am I dreaming? Shogun vs Nogueira what a fight #UFCFightIsland @ufc
— Marlon Moraes (@MMARLONMORAES) July 26, 2020
These boys still have it #UFCFightIsland3
— Julian marquez (@JMarquezMMA) July 26, 2020
Gosh I’m so upset one of them had to lose 😩 #UFCFightIsland3
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) July 26, 2020
FOTN 🔥
— Dan “50k” Ige (@Dynamitedan808) July 26, 2020
Wow mma legends! What a fight! So much respect for these guys over 60 fights combined and they still bring it! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 wow #UFCFightIsland3
— GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) July 26, 2020
Couple legends #UFCFightIsland3
— Niko Price (@Nikohybridprice) July 26, 2020
Congratulations on an amazing career @Minotouromma inspired many martial artists over the years, as did both of the Nogieras. #respect
— michael (@bisping) July 26, 2020
