Big Nog postpones retirement for UFC title run

Rodrigo ‘Minatauro’ Nogueira expects to retire next year and says he would like to end his career in Japan or Brazil – but first he wants to take another run at the UFC heavyweight title currently held by Brock Lesnar.

Regarding his loss to Frank Mir in his most recent outing, Nogueira says: This defeat has postponed my retirement, I want to run after the belt.

I want to be another warrior to help the guys to take this American hegemony and bring four belts for Brazil, he explains in next month’s print edition of Tatame, outlining his belief that he and Thiago Alves can top their weight divisions in the near future.

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