Former UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio Rua was robbed at gunpoint by four men with rifles in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, according to a report by Brazilian media outlet PVT.

The report says that “Shogun” was eating dinner with fellow UFC fighter Demian Maia and his manager, Eduardo Alonso, and was approached by gunmen on the way back to the hotel.

MMA Fighting provided an English translation of Alonso’s comments, which were initially made in Portuguese.

"We were in Rio de Janeiro with Demain and we went to dinner with Mauricio at a restaurant," Alonso said. "At the end of the night, he left us at the hotel at Barra da Tijuca and drove back to Niteroi, where he was staying.”

“He was driving a friend’s car at Linha Vermelha and he was forced to stop by another guy with four men armed with rifles ... They took his clothes, money and his friend’s car. They said ‘I know who you are, you’re a fighter. Don’t try anything.' It was a sad situation."

Alonso also stated that Rua had to walk a mile to the local police station without shoes or a shirt, but was not attacked during the confrontation.

Rua last fought at UFC Fight Night 38 in March in a rematch with Dan Henderson, suffering a brutal come-from-behind knockout in the third round after controlling the majority of the fight up to that point.

Shogun is 4-5 in his last nine fights and hasn’t won back-to-back fights since 2009. The Brazilian slugger doesn’t currently have a fight lined up.