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Antônio Rogério Nogueira vs Maurício Rua

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Antônio Rogério Nogueira and Maurício Rua met 3 times (2005, 2015, 2020). Maurício Rua won in 2020 by decision; Maurício Rua won in 2015 by decision; Maurício Rua won in 2005 by decision.

SOURCE·Antônio Rogério Nogueira and Maurício Rua — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Antônio Rogério NogueiraMaurício Rua
75″ (190.5 cm)Reach76″ (193 cm)
74″ (188 cm)Height73″ (185.4 cm)
+1.33%Reach advantage+4.1%
23–10Record27–14
61%Finish rate81%
6Longest unbeaten run11
35Recorded bouts42
SouthpawStance—

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 5. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentAntônio Rogério NogueiraMaurício Rua
Dan Henderson W L
Dan Henderson W L
Alistair Overeem W W
Kazuhiro Nakamura W W
Alistair Overeem W W

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Antônio Rogério Nogueira

200020102020win v Katsuhisa Fujii, 2001, submissionwin v Guy Mezger, 2002, decisionwin v Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, 2002, decisionloss v Vladimir Matyushenko, 2002, decisionwin v Yusuke Imamura, 2002, submissionwin v Jim Theobald, 2002, submissionwin v Kazushi Sakuraba, 2003, decisionwin v Kazuhiro Nakamura, 2003, submissionwin v Kazuhiro Nakamura, 2004, decisionwin v Alex Stiebling, 2004, decisionloss v Maurício Rua, 2005, decisionwin v Dan Henderson, 2005, submissionwin v Alistair Overeem, 2005, decisionwin v Alistair Overeem, 2006, koloss v Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, 2007, kowin v Moise Rimbon, 2008, decisionwin v Edwin Dewees, 2008, kowin v Todd Gouwenberg, 2008, kowin v Luiz Cané, 2009, kowin v Dion Staring, 2009, submissionwin v Vladimir Matyushenko, 2009, koloss v Ryan Bader, 2010, decisionwin v Jason Brilz, 2010, decisionwin v Tito Ortiz, 2011, koloss v Phil Davis, 2011, decisionwin v Rashad Evans, 2013, decisionloss v Anthony Johnson, 2014, koloss v Maurício Rua, 2015, decisionloss v Ryan Bader, 2016, kowin v Patrick Cummins, 2016, kowin v Sam Alvey, 2018, koloss v Ryan Spann, 2019, koloss v Maurício Rua, 2020, decisionwin v Leonardo Augusto Guimarães, 2022win v Fábio Tadala, 2025
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2001–2025
2010 2020 win vs Katsuhisa Fujii (2001)win vs Guy Mezger (2002)win vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (2002)loss vs Vladimir Matyushenko (2002)win vs Yusuke Imamura (2002)win vs Jim Theobald (2002)win vs Kazushi Sakuraba (2003)win vs Kazuhiro Nakamura (2003)win vs Kazuhiro Nakamura (2004)win vs Alex Stiebling (2004)loss vs Maurício Rua (2005)win vs Dan Henderson (2005)win vs Alistair Overeem (2005)win vs Alistair Overeem (2006)loss vs Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (2007)win vs Moise Rimbon (2008)win vs Edwin Dewees (2008)win vs Todd Gouwenberg (2008)win vs Luiz Cané (2009)win vs Dion Staring (2009)win vs Vladimir Matyushenko (2009)loss vs Ryan Bader (2010)win vs Jason Brilz (2010)win vs Tito Ortiz (2011)loss vs Phil Davis (2011)win vs Rashad Evans (2013)loss vs Anthony Johnson (2014)loss vs Maurício Rua (2015)loss vs Ryan Bader (2016)win vs Patrick Cummins (2016)win vs Sam Alvey (2018)loss vs Ryan Spann (2019)loss vs Maurício Rua (2020)win vs Leonardo Augusto Guimarães (2022)win vs Fábio Tadala (2025)
winlossdraw / NC2001–2025

Maurício Rua

200020102020UNFILEDwin v Rafael Freitas, 2002, kowin v Akira Shoji, 2003, koloss v Renato Sobral, 2003, submissionwin v Evangelista Santos, 2003, kowin v Angelo de Oliveira, 2003, kowin v Yasuhito Namekawa, 2004, kowin v Akihiro Gono, 2004, kowin v Ricardo Arona, 2005, kowin v Antônio Rogério Nogueira, 2005, decisionwin v Quinton Jackson, 2005, kowin v Hiromitsu Kanehara, 2005, kowin v Kazuhiro Nakamura, 2006, decisionwin v Kevin Randleman, 2006, submissionwin v Cyrille Diabaté, 2006, koloss v Mark Coleman, 2006, koloss v Forrest Griffin, 2007, submissionwin v Alistair Overeem, 2007, koloss v Lyoto Machida, 2009, decisionwin v Chuck Liddell, 2009, kowin v Mark Coleman, 2009, kowin v Lyoto Machida, 2010, koloss v Dan Henderson, 2011, decisionwin v Forrest Griffin, 2011, koloss v Jon Jones, 2011, koloss v Alexander Gustafsson, 2012, decisionwin v Brandon Vera, 2012, kowin v James Te Huna, 2013, koloss v Chael Sonnen, 2013, submissionloss v Ovince Saint Preux, 2014, koloss v Dan Henderson, 2014, kowin v Antônio Rogério Nogueira, 2015, decisionwin v Corey Anderson, 2016, decisionwin v Gian Villante, 2017, kowin v Tyson Pedro, 2018, koloss v Anthony Smith, 2018, kodraw v Paul Craig, 2019, drawloss v Paul Craig, 2020, submissionwin v Antônio Rogério Nogueira, 2020, decisionloss v Ovince Saint Preux, 2022, decisionloss v Ihor Potieria, 2023, kowin v Alistair Overeem, no date on recordwin v Erik Wanderley, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2002–2023 · 2 UNDATED
2010 2020 win vs Rafael Freitas (2002)win vs Akira Shoji (2003)loss vs Renato Sobral (2003)win vs Evangelista Santos (2003)win vs Angelo de Oliveira (2003)win vs Yasuhito Namekawa (2004)win vs Akihiro Gono (2004)win vs Ricardo Arona (2005)win vs Antônio Rogério Nogueira (2005)win vs Quinton Jackson (2005)win vs Hiromitsu Kanehara (2005)win vs Kazuhiro Nakamura (2006)win vs Kevin Randleman (2006)win vs Cyrille Diabaté (2006)loss vs Mark Coleman (2006)loss vs Forrest Griffin (2007)win vs Alistair Overeem (2007)loss vs Lyoto Machida (2009)win vs Chuck Liddell (2009)win vs Mark Coleman (2009)win vs Lyoto Machida (2010)loss vs Dan Henderson (2011)win vs Forrest Griffin (2011)loss vs Jon Jones (2011)loss vs Alexander Gustafsson (2012)win vs Brandon Vera (2012)win vs James Te Huna (2013)loss vs Chael Sonnen (2013)loss vs Ovince Saint Preux (2014)loss vs Dan Henderson (2014)win vs Antônio Rogério Nogueira (2015)win vs Corey Anderson (2016)win vs Gian Villante (2017)win vs Tyson Pedro (2018)loss vs Anthony Smith (2018)draw vs Paul Craig (2019)loss vs Paul Craig (2020)win vs Antônio Rogério Nogueira (2020)loss vs Ovince Saint Preux (2022)loss vs Ihor Potieria (2023)
winlossdraw / NC2002–2023
Cross-references
Antônio Rogério Nogueira

The full ledger: 35 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.

23–10 Maurício Rua

The same, from the other corner — 42 bouts and the cohort Rua is ranked inside.

27–14 Every confirmed matchup

The other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.

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