Rua Injured, Teixeira to face Evans April 16th
Instead of facing fellow former World Champion, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (23-10), “Suga” Rashad Evans (19-4-1), will instead battle former World Title challenger, Glover Teixeira (24-4 ), at UFC on Fox 19.
Evans vs. Rua was first scheduled for UFC 128, but a Evans knee injury, sent us into the Jon Jones era. This time the bout will be canceled due to a Rua injury.
In steps Glover Teixeira, who won 20 in a row, earning a title he would loose, via unanimous decision at UFC 172. Teixeira then dropped a unanimous decision to Phil Davis, but has since choked Ovince St. Preux to sleep; and scored a 2nd round TKO of Patrick Cummins.
Evans will be looking to rebound from a UFC 192 unanimous decision loss to Ryan Bader, which was Evans first fight since November of 2013.
UFC on Fox 19 takes place April 16th at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida; and is headlined by Tony “El Cucuy” Ferguson vs. Khabib “The Eagle” Nurmagomedov.
Lightweight: Tony Ferguson (20-3) vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov (22-0)
Light Heavyweight: Rashad Evans (19-4-1) vs. Glover Teixeria (24-4)
Middleweight: Dan Henderson (31-14) vs. Lyoto Machida (22-7)
Strawweight: Tecia Torres (7-0) vs. Rose Namajunas (4-2)
Featherweight: Hacran Dias (23-3-1) vs. Cub Swanson (21-7)
Bantamweight: Bethe Correia (9-1) vs. Raquel Pennington (6-5)
Lightweight: Michael Chiesa (13-2) vs. Beneil Dariush (12-1)
Bantamweight: John Dodson (17-7) vs. Manny Gamburyan (15-8-0, 1nc)
Middleweight: Caio Magalhaes (9-2) vs, Cezar Ferreira
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