Injured Shogun Rua will be sidelined until March 2011

Number one Contender will have to wait to get his chance at new LHW champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.
Dana White Confirmed today that New champ Shogun Rua wont be back in the Octagon for another eight months, likley returning in March, 2011. Still White took this as good news saying that his surgically repaired knee is healing well.
“Shogun’s great, his knee’s coming along great,” White said just after the UFC 116 pre-fight press conference. “It’s all good.”
Rua recently Knocked Out then undefeated Lyoro