Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

**Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira,**(an haife shi ranar 2 ga watan Yuni, 1976), wanda aka fi sani da **Minotaur** ko  koma Big Nog, ɗan wasan ƙwaikwayo ne na Brazil da ya yi ritaya. Ya yi gasa a cikin rukuni mai nauyi na Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), inda ya kasance tsohon zakara na UFC na wucin gadi. Shi ɗan tagwaye ne na ɗan wasan UFC Antônio Rogério Nogueira . Nogueira ya zama sananne a cikin gabatarwa na Japan Fighting Network RINGS inda ya lashe gasar RINGS King of Kings ta 2000, sannan daga baya tare da Pride Fighting Championships, inda ya kasance na farko Pride Heavyweight Champion daga Nuwamba 2001 zuwa Maris 2003, da kuma 2004 PRIDE FC Heavyweight Grand Prix Finalist. Yana daya daga cikin maza uku kawai da suka rike taken zakarun a duka gasar Pride Fighting Championships da Ultimate Fighting Championship (sauran su ne Mauricio Rua da Mark Coleman).

## Rayuwa ta farko
haife shi a garin Vitória da Conquista, Brazil, Nogueira ya fara horo a judo yana da shekaru 4, dambe yana da shekaru 14 kuma Brazilian jiu-jitsu yana da shekaru 18. A lokacin da yake da shekaru 10, wata babbar mota ta buge shi ba zato ba tsammani kuma ya fada cikin kwatsam na kwana huɗu, ya rasa haƙarƙari da wani ɓangare na hanta, kuma an kwantar da shi a asibiti na watanni goma sha ɗaya. A sakamakon hadarin, yana da babban rauni, gami da wani abu mai ban sha'awa, a kan bayansa.

## Ayyukan zane-zane na mixed
Nogueira ya fara wasan kwaikwayo na mixed martial arts (MMA) a cikin World Extreme Fighting promotion, wanda sau da yawa ke gudanar da abubuwan da suka faru a kudancin Amurka. Ya lashe yaƙe-yaƙe biyu na farko ta hanyar mika wuya sannan ya lashe WEF Heavyweight Superfight Championship a karo na 5 da ya yi da tsohon soja Jeremy Horn. Bayan 'yan shekaru bayan farawarsa ta MMA, Nogueira ya fara horo tare da kungiyar Brazil Top Team.

### Zobba

#### Zobba: Sarkin Sarakuna 1999

Nogueira ta fara fitowa a Fighting Network Rings ta hanyar shiga gasar King of Kings ta 1999. Da sauri ya mika Valentijn Overeem da Yuriy Kochkine kafin ya yi karo da zakaran sambo mai matsakaicin shekaru Andrei Kopylov . Nogueira ya guje wa yunkurin kulle kimura ta hanyar zagaye na farko kuma ya sarrafa Kopylov na wasu mintuna, kafin ya sauya zuwa tsayawa a zagaye na biyu da saukowa don cin nasarar yanke shawara. A wasan na gaba, duk da haka, dan wasan kokawa na Amurka Dan Henderson ya kawar da Nogueira a cikin gwagwarmayar rikici, saboda an yi imanin cewa dan Brazil ya mallaki wasan fiye da Henderson.

#### Yaƙin Kohsaka
Yakin Nogueira na gaba ya kasance da tauraron Japan Tsuyoshi "TK" Kohsaka . Yakin ya kasance a baya da gaba, tare da Nogueira akai-akai yana samun matsayi mai rinjaye kuma yana bugawa da gajeren bugawa, kawai don abokin hamayyarsa ya juya shi koyaushe, yana toshe takedowns na Brazil da bugawa idan ya yiwu. Bayan zagaye uku, an yi nasarar buga wasan ne.

#### Zobba: Sarkin Sarakuna 2000
A King of Kings 2000, an gayyaci Nogueira zuwa Rings. Ya gabatar da Achmed Labasanov kafin ya fuskanci wani sunan Jafananci a cikin Kiyoshi Tamura . Nogueira ya sami damar saukar da shi kuma ya yi masa barazana da gabatarwar, amma mayaƙan Jafananci ya ci gaba da kare su kuma ya dawo a buɗewa. A ƙarshe, zagaye na biyu ya ga Nogueira ya ci nasara ta amfani da armbar.

Wasansa na uku a gasar ya kasance da wani zakara na sambo, Volk Han, wanda kusan sau biyu ya kai shekarun Nogueira. Han ya kasance da wahala a miƙa wuya, amma Nogueira ya mallaki mafi yawan wasan. Bayan yunkurin kimura mai tashi da Rasha ta yi, Nogueira ya kalubalanci tare da haɗin kai / cinya, har sai wasan ya tafi ga shawarar alƙalai. An ba da shawarar ga ɗan Brazil, wanda ya ci gaba zuwa zagaye na gaba don fuskantar Hiromitsu Kanehara. Noguiera ya lashe yakin ta hanyar mika wuya. Abokin hamayyarsa na karshe a gasar shine Valentijn Overeem . Nogueira ya fitar da Overeem da sauri kuma ya lashe gasar King of Kings.

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