The Brazilian MMA website Tatame is reporting that Marcos “Baby” Rua will be entering the profession of mixed martial arts in March, if not sooner.

Marcos, the 22-year old younger brother of Murilo, 28, and Mauricio, 27, had been scheduled to debut at an event in January that has now been postponed until March. However, it appears that his brother’s first fight can’t come enough for Mauricio.

[We thought] he would fight at “The Glory” [and] that [it] would happen at January, but was delayed to March. [However,] want to see him fighting before,” he is quoted as telling Tatame.

Marcos trains with both of his brothers at Universidade da Luta (which translates to “University of Fighting” in English) in Curitiba, Brazil and being the biggest of the three, appears ticketed for the light heavyweight division.

The youngest of the three fighting Rua brothers received a small amount of exposure in the United States when he traveled to South Florida to corner oldest brother Murilo for his EliteXC fight against Benji Radach on CBS.

Any question as to whether Marcos shares the same undying loyalty that Mauricio and Murilo have for each other was answered soon after “Ninja’s” second round TKO loss. While it was not visible on camera, he became so overcome by emotion by the condition of his fallen brother that he had to exit the cage.

While Marcos Rua awaits his MMA debut, the next member of the Rua family that is scheduled to fight is Mauricio, who will take on Mark Coleman at UFC 93 on January 17 in Dublin, Ireland.

East Coast MMA action on HDNet. This card featured KO’s, numerous groin strikes, two losses by Gracie’s, and had UFC’s Dan Henderson and Frankie Edgar cornering fighters from their respective camps.

Televised Bouts —
• Jim Miller (AMA Fight Club/ Renzo Gracie) def. Chris Liguori (Rhino Fight Team) via Submission (Guillotine) Rd 2.
• Krysztof Soszynski (Team Quest) def. Alex Andrade (Lion’s Den) via Disqualification due to repeated groin strikes.
• Doug Gordon (Team Rush/Elite BJJ) def. Gregor Gracie (Renzo Gracie) via Knockout Rd 3.
• Lyman Good (TSMMA) def. Alexis Aquino (Rhino Fight Team) via Unanimous Decision
• John Howard (Wai Kru) def. Jose Rodriguez (Rhino Fight Team) via KO Rd 1.
• Mike Guerin (Bombsquad) def. Dan Miller (AMA Fight Club/Renzo Gracie) – Doctor Stoppage, No Decision
• Tom Gallichio (Rhino Fight Team) def. Igor Gracie (Renzo Gracie) via Unanimous Decision
• Binky Jones (Ground Control/Renzo Gracie) def. Al Buck (Evolution Fight Team) via Kimura Rd 1.
• Mike Medrano (Rhino Fight Team) def. Rich Ashkar (Team Oliveria) via Knockout Rd 1.
• Ricardo Romero (Advanced Martial Arts) def. Randy Durant (Team Fury) via Ref Stoppage Rd 1.

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