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Published 11:04 8 Apr 2016 BST
Updated 11:07 8 Apr 2016 BST
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Shogun revealed to Combate that he no longer pays much attention to the keyboard warriors, explaining that the vast majority are far from experts in the field of fighting. He wheeled out a very unusual analogy to hammer this point home.
"It's the price you pay when the sport starts to grow. There's more criticism, more people bugging you. I'm going to give you a pornographic example. I don't want to generalize, because only a few fans do that."
"Some people feel good when they go on the internet to criticize. They are like a virgin guy who watches porn all his life and thinks he knows everything about boning, but never had sex. It's the same thing."
He added that the criticism he's receiving could be something to do with a quirk which applies to a small number of Brazilian sporting fans in particular. He closed off his piece with some delightful repetition, just to ensure that no one missed his unmissable metaphor.
"Most fans support me. When someone is your fan, they like you as a person and an athlete. Brazilian are fans of results, though. This example goes to that small amount of fans. The virgin who thinks he knows how to bone. They are keyboard warriors."
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