[SeanCr]

I can scarcely be bothered watching this on TV, never mind travelling to London for it.
A few hundred quid down on tickets, flights and hotel - thanks Zuffa!
Tickets should never have gone on sale without the news of Shogun's injury being released.

[Cuban_Red]

Rashad looks heavily outgunned by the harder hitting UFC tough man Chuck Lidell. I'd like to see how Evans does against Thiago Silva before jumping to conclusions on this one though. In any case Evans is very fortunate to get Lidell on his fight sched, if he can put away Silva and with Bisping already a win who knows. Far shot, but I wish Evans luck when he faces the IceMan, he's gonna need it.

[mma_07]

Rashad had trouble taking Bisping down so i see Chuck taking this easily.

[MonstrositY]

man, i actually would've loved to see rashad/thiago, i think it was such a good match-up.

chuck/rashad is boring to me.

[Stomp Stomp]

My prediction. If Rashad is dominated, everyone will be calling for him to drop to 185!

[greencrack666]

Well I dont see this fight being even close to as exciting as Shogun vs Liddell.

[theiceman0000]

I don't want to see him drop to 185....of the face of the earth would be nice!! Most boring fighter in MMA=Rashad Evans zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[ThePrinceSat]

Lame...I acutally wanted to see Thiago vs Rashad...not this bs.

[Cuban_Red]

Originally Posted by Cuban_Red

Rashad looks heavily outgunned by the harder hitting UFC tough man Chuck Lidell. I'd like to see how Evans does against Thiago Silva before jumping to conclusions on this one though. In any case Evans is very fortunate to get Lidell on his fight sched, if he can put away Silva and with Bisping already a win who knows. Far shot, but I wish Evans luck when he faces the IceMan, he's gonna need it.

I'm sorry I have to recant on that Rashad won't be facing Silva, due to his expected bout with Lidell:

from MMA Weekly:

“Ultimate Fighter” season 2 winner, Rashad Evans, has signed on to face Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell as the main event of the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship show in London on June 7th as confirmed to MMAWeekly.com this evening.

Liddell was slated to face former Pride champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, but the Brazilian had to drop out do to a recurring knee injury that requires surgery that will keep him out of the bout.

Evans has long been rumored to face Brazilian light heavyweight Thiago Silva as a part of the May 24 card featuring B.J. Penn vs. Sean Sherk as the main event. Now Evans will step in to face Liddell.

Liddell is coming off of one of the biggest wins of his career…a unanimous decision over Wanderlei Silva at UFC 79.

After going to a draw with Tito Ortiz at UFC 73, Evans returned to headline UFC 78 in New Jersey pulling out a split decision win over England’s Michael Bisping.

Following the announcement, MMAWeekly.com was able to reach Evans who will make an appearance on MMAWeekly Radio Thursday night at 9pm EST/6pm PST to talk about the fight.

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...=5841&zoneid=2

I hope this confusion settles by 84 Im curious to see who Rashad's replacement will be.

[redmist25]

I don't want to be all dramtic about it, but no i'm not interested in this. Shogun-Liddell was a must see for me and i had made my mind up to go to the event, but not any more.