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RUA OUT; TEIXEIRA IN AT UFC ON FOX 19

By David Tees on 3/9/2016 6:39 PM

Mauricio Rua has suffered an injury and he is off of UFC On Fox 19, replacing him against Rashad Evans will be Glover Teixeira. Evans has won two of his last three under the UFC banner and he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Teixeira will enter the fight riding a two fight winning streak and he will be fighting outside of Brazil for the first time in nearly two years. UFC On Fox 19 takes place on April 16th from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida with Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov headlining.