Daniel Cormier vs. Rashad Evans to Main Event UFC 170 in Las Vegas

http://www.mmaweekly.com/daniel-cormier-vs-rashad-evans-to-main-event-ufc-170-in-las-vegas

Daniel Cormier will make his light-heavyweight debut against Rashad Evans at UFC 170, according to a report on the UFC Fight Night 33 pre-show on Friday.

The 205-pound scrap will be a five-round main event for the Las Vegas card, which takes place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Feb. 22.

As reported by MMAWeekly.com earlier this week, Cormier (13-0) signed a new eight-fight deal with the UFC. Discussions regarding his next opponent included Evans, but a deal to make the fight happen was not done at the time. After today’s news, however, the fight is officially a go.

A former UFC light heavyweight champion, Evans (19-3-1) appears to be back in his winning ways with two consecutive wins in the Octagon. In his last outing, Evans bombarded his Fox Sports co-worker in Chael Sonnen, winning with a first-round TKO at UFC 167 last month.

The winner of the Evans-Cormier fight will be in heavy consideration for a shot at Jon Jones’ 205-pound title behind current top contenders Glover Teixeira and Alexander Gustafsson.

Should be a great fight!

Cool, been rumors all week.  Pretty big lhw fight.  Should be interesting to see what Cormier's approach to the cut is, will he cut a few pounds or a more than a few?  If rashad brings his head and speed it will be real good.

I think this should be the number one contender fight. we know Gus is good enough to beat bones, not to say he would if they fight again, but he's also a number one contender type ready at the top so you're kind of good on the number of contenders you have ready for title fights, I wouldn't have a problem if it was Gus though. I look forward to the winner of the next title fight fighting the winner of this fight or Gus or rua or wando.

Rua or Wando? What?

Rory MacDonald vs Demian Maia also added to the card

GDPofDRC wrote:

Rory MacDonald vs Demian Maia also added to the card

Another nice fight.

I'm hoping for a double KO.

josh200612 wrote:

Rua or Wando? What?

That's what I thought when I read it. Wand and Rua are finished imo. Id like to see DC win and fight Bones asap.