{"id":154344,"date":"2015-07-08T18:01:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T01:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=154344"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:40:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:40:50","slug":"rashad-evans-vs-ryan-bader-confirmed-for-ufc-192","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/rashad-evans-vs-ryan-bader-confirmed-for-ufc-192\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashad Evans Vs. Ryan Bader Confirmed For UFC 192"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/evans-wins1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-127230\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/evans-wins1.jpg\" alt=\"evans-wins1\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/evans-wins1.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/evans-wins1-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/evans-wins1-585x305.jpg 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/evans-wins1-390x203.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The UFC has confirmed that former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans will make his return at UFC 192 against Ryan Bader.<\/p>\n<p>Dana White confirmed the fight on UFC Tonight. UFC 192 will take place October 3, in Houston, TX at the\u00a0Toyota Center.<\/p>\n<p>Evans is returning after nearly two years away from the octagon and Bader was potentially up for a title shot before Alexander Gustafsson was given the next crack at the title. This could potentially be a number one contender match.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SugaRashadEvans?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SugaRashadEvans<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryanbader?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ryanbader<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC192?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC192<\/a> in Houston TX. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToyotaCenterTix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ToyotaCenterTix<\/a><br \/>Story: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/S8HTkY61KW\">http:\/\/t.co\/S8HTkY61KW<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/YeflrHnKTw\">pic.twitter.com\/YeflrHnKTw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/618945669621899268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kings Of Volume &#8212; Punches In Bunches With Nate Diaz And Richard Perez<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 560px;\">\n<div style=\"display: block; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/3674338004001\/eaee41e3-5171-4ead-a4ec-4e7670e9e465_default\/index.html?videoId=4330404785001\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC has confirmed that former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans will make his return at UFC 192 against Ryan Bader. Dana White confirmed the fight on UFC Tonight. UFC 192 will take place October 3, in Houston, TX at the\u00a0Toyota Center. Evans is returning after nearly two years away from the octagon and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":127230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rashad Evans Vs. 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