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On the road going to Praia do Rosa in Santa Catarina, Brazil, where he will pass the carnival with his wife, Mauricio Shogun confirmed to TATAME the fight against Chuck Liddell in June in UFC. “I confirmed this fight yesterday. Everything is set to June and I hope to make a great fight and represent well my new team, the Universidade da Luta (Fight University)”, said Shogun, who is expecting to revenge the friend Wanderlei Silva, who was defeated by Liddell on UFC 79.
“Certainly I’ll revenge Wanderlei”, affirmed the athlete, who is hoping to make an exchange with Wanderlei to the fight. “He passed in Curitiba (Brazil) very fast and went to Natal (Brazil), but he call me and we talked a lot. We’re going to make an exchange yes, but I still don’t knowing when it’s going to happen. Everything depends in which strategy my team will set for this fight”, explain Shogun, who already analyze Liddell’s game.
“He has a very good Boxing and Wrestling. Liddell works his stand up game more, so sometimes can be a mistake stay trying to put him down, because it claims too much strength. I still going to set the best strategy with Alejo Morales, my brother and the rest of the team, but I can fight in stand up game with him with out problems and win this fight in stand up game”, finish Shogun.
