UFC 133, Rashad Evans vs. Tito Ortiz-- 8/6/11

[ex carrabba fan]

No Jon Jones/Rashad Evans

http://mmajunkie.com/news/23365/jon-jones-injured-phil-davis-vs-rashad-evans-now-targeted-for-ufc-133.mma

The rest of the reported card:

* Light Heavyweight bout: United States Rashad Evans vs. United States Phil Davis[2]
* Light Heavyweight bout: Brazil Antônio Rogério Nogueira vs. United States Rich Franklin[3]
* Middleweight bout: Brazil Vitor Belfort vs. Japan Yoshihiro Akiyama[3]
* Middleweight bout: Brazil Rafael Natal vs. Japan Riki Fukuda[3]
* Middleweight bout: United States Jorge Rivera vs. Italy Alessio Sakara[3]
* Bantamweight bout: United States Michael McDonald vs. United States Nick Pace[3]
* Welterweight bout: United States Dennis Hallman vs. United States Brian Ebersole[3]

[aholbert32]

Re: UFC 133, Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis-- 8/6/11

****!...Well that means I'm not going to Philly. I was praying that it would be Jones v. Evans. The rest of the card is decent but not 200-300 dollar a ticket good.

[Scoop_Brady]

Re: UFC 133, Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis-- 8/6/11

That's too bad. I was looking forward to that fight.

[Noles4ever]

Re: UFC 133, Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis-- 8/6/11

Not a bad main card. It will be a good test to see what Phil Davis can do vs upper tier light heavy wieghts.

[ex carrabba fan]

Re: UFC 133, Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis-- 8/6/11

Just my .02 but if Evans doesn't defeat Davis...... that wouldn't be a good look.

Edit: after further review I guess UFC had no choice but to go with Davis as a replacement.

All the other LHW's are already scheduled for upcoming bouts, and you don't want to leave Evans on the shelf once again until Jones recovers.

Things might get really cloudy in that division

[jeremym480]

Re: UFC 133, Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis-- 8/6/11

I guess there was no one else available because what has Davis done to earn a fight against Rashad?

[ex carrabba fan]

Re: UFC 133, Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis-- 8/6/11

Not much.

There really wasn't anyone else out there for Rashad though. So I can't hate the move.

Rashad needs a fight for sure.

[redsrule]

Re: UFC 133, Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis-- 8/6/11

I guess there was no one else available because what has Davis done to earn a fight against Rashad?

5-0 in the UFC. Wins against Nog, Gustafson, and Stann. Probably not anyone else to fight either though, unless Rampage gets through Hamill injury free and they want to go that route

[Gibbz]

Re: UFC 133, Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis-- 8/6/11

Akiyama vs. Belfort?


I like Phil Davis but he'll get molested by Rashad. He's nowhere near ready for that kind of fighter.

[LingeringRegime]

Re: UFC 133, Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis-- 8/6/11

Damn.

Rashad will beat Davis in a big way.

[sven]

Re: UFC 133, Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis-- 8/6/11

That is one boring match up.

[TheShizNo1]

Re: UFC 133, Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis-- 8/6/11

That is one boring match up.

I 2nd this. Don't really care about this card. What's Bones do in the mean time?

[aholbert32]

Re: UFC 133, Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis-- 8/6/11

I 2nd this. Don't really care about this card. What's Bones do in the mean time?

He rests. He will be back in October. Probably fights Evans or Rampage then.

[TheShizNo1]

Re: UFC 133, Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis-- 8/6/11

He rests. He will be back in October. Probably fights Evans or Rampage then.

I'm confused then, I though Evans was the clear cut #1 contender? Also, he would fight on about 2 1/2 months rest?

[ex carrabba fan]

Re: UFC 133, Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis-- 8/6/11

That's exactly what I was saying haha

If for some reason Davis were to win, sucks for Evans.

That would automatically put Rampage in, assuming he beats Hammill. But say if Hammill, Coutoure and Davis wins?

Dang could get confusing!

I was thinking they might as well make all the upcoming LHW bouts a grand prix! Lol. Have Jones waiting at the end when he's healed up to fight whomever comes out of the gauntlet.

We have:

Rua v Griffin
Evans v Davis
Rampage v Hammill
Machida v Randy
Franklin v Little Nog
Bader v Ortiz