Glover Texieria replaces Shogun against Rashad Evans at UFC Fight Night Tampa Damon Martin of FOX Sports reported Wednesday that an injury has forced Mauricio”Shogun” Rua Away UFC Fight Night Tampa.

Fellow Brazillian Glover Teixeira has be tabbed as the replacement to confront Rashad Evans. Teixeira (24-4) is coming off back to back victories over Ovince St-Preux and Patrick Cummins. The 36-year old was slated to fight Evans in UFC Fight Night 61 in February 2015, however he pulled from the fight because of a knee injury. Evans (19-4-1) returned to the octagon following two-year layoff and was on the incorrect end of a conclusion against Ryan Bader at UFC 192. Also based on Combate, welterweights Omari Akhmedov and Elizeu Zaleski are the latest addition to the occasion. Akhmedov (15-3) heads to this matchup off a knockout loss to Sergio Moraes in December. The setback snapped his two-fight win series. Zaleski (14-5) is coming off a split decision loss to Nicolas Dalby via split decision last May. UFC Fight Night Tampa occurs April 16th in the Amalie Arena. Here’s an updated look at the card. Main Card: (FOX-8pm ET) Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson Rashad Evans vs. Glover Texieria Dan Henderson vs. Lyoto Machida Tecia Torres vs. Rose Namajunas Preliminary Card: (FOX-6pm ET) Michael Chiesa vs. Beneil Dariush Bethe Correia vs. Raquel Pennington Cub Swanson vs. Hacran Dias Court McGee vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio Cezar Ferreira vs. Caio Magalhaes Drew Dober vs. Islam Makhachev John Dodson vs. Manny Gamburyan Omari Akhmedov vs. Elizeu Zaleski Ruslan Magomedov out of UFC Fight Night 86 bout with Gabriel Gonzaga. Derek Lewis potential replacement UFC heavyweight Ruslan Magomedov declared on Twitter he is injured and from his struggle with Gabriel Gonzaga.

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