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Danny Segura and Ken Hathaway

Ihor Potieria was in disbelief when he got call to fight legend ‘Shogun’ Rua

RIO DE JANEIRO – Ihor Potieria knows he’s fighting someone that’s in the MMA history books.

The UFC rookie is taking on one of the most respected and legendary names still active in MMA – Mauricio Rua. Potieria (18-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) is scheduled to take on ‘Shogun’ (27-13-1 MMA, 11-11-1 UFC) in the final preliminary bout of UFC 283 on Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It’s Rua’s retirement fight from MMA.

Potieria admitted at Wednesday’s media day that he was in disbelief when he got the call to fight a living legend, it took him a while to process the idea.

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