Cheal Sonnen lost 2 fights in a row and 3 of last to 5, however since the end of 2009 met in fight only top fighters and lost only to champions.

Mauricio Rua after a victory over Chuck Liddell (21-8) in 2009 alternates victories to defeats, and in the last 5 fights I won only far from Top-10 Brandon Vera (12-6) and Forrest Griffin (19-7).

In spite of the fact that all defeats in the career Mauricio Rua's Brazilian legend I underwent from top fighters, in tables of the principal western bookmaker offices he opened with coefficient (+100) against Sonnen's (-139) coefficient that, is possible, caused by a difference in styles of guiding of fight.