{"id":62703,"date":"2013-06-19T16:04:53","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T23:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=62703"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:59:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:59:11","slug":"jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Varner vs. Gleison Tibau set for UFC 164 in Milwaukee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/varner-wins1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30544\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/varner-wins1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/varner-wins1.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/varner-wins1-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This afternoon, UFC officials announced that a lightweight bout between Jamie Varner (21-7-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and Gleison Tibau (27-9 MMA, 11-7 UFC) has been added to the already stacked UFC 164 card.<\/p>\n<p>The former WEC lightweight champion, Varner, most recently saw action at UFC 155 in December, where he scored a split-decision\u00a0victory over Melvin Guillard. Prior to that, Varner was submitted by Joe Lauzon in a &#8220;fight of the night&#8221; performance at UFC on FOX 4.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Tibau was last seen inside the octagon at\u00a0May&#8217;s UFC on FX 8 event in Brazil, where he submitted\u00a0\u00a0opponent John Cholish in the second round. That submission win put Tibau back in the win column, as he was previously defeated by Evan Dunham at UFC 156 in February by decision.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 164 takes place August 31 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The event is headlined by a lightweight title fight between champion Benson Henderson and challenger T.J. Grant. The card also features the return of former UFC champion Josh Barnett, as he takes on another\u00a0 former UFC heavyweight champ in Frank Mir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon, UFC officials announced that a lightweight bout between Jamie Varner (21-7-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and Gleison Tibau (27-9 MMA, 11-7 UFC) has been added to the already stacked UFC 164 card. The former WEC lightweight champion, Varner, most recently saw action at UFC 155 in December, where he scored a split-decision\u00a0victory over Melvin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":30544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[9,384,440,463,606,985,2786,4416,3981],"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>Jamie Varner vs. Gleison Tibau set for UFC 164 in Milwaukee | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jamie Varner vs. Gleison Tibau set for UFC 164 in Milwaukee | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This afternoon, UFC officials announced that a lightweight bout between Jamie Varner (21-7-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and Gleison Tibau (27-9 MMA, 11-7 UFC) has been added to the already stacked UFC 164 card. The former WEC lightweight champion, Varner, most recently saw action at UFC 155 in December, where he scored a split-decision\u00a0victory over Melvin [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-06-19T23:04:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-06T20:59:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/varner-wins1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"390\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chris Taylor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTaylor_96\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chris Taylor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Chris Taylor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/fe444b8007aa9105494afef8547151ff\"},\"headline\":\"Jamie Varner vs. Gleison Tibau set for UFC 164 in Milwaukee\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-19T23:04:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-06T20:59:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/\"},\"wordCount\":189,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"featured\",\"Gleison Tibau\",\"Jamie Varner\",\"Joe Lauzon\",\"Melvin Guillard\",\"UFC 155\",\"ufc 156\",\"UFC 164\",\"UFC on FX 8\"],\"articleSection\":[\"UFC NEWS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2013\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/\",\"name\":\"Jamie Varner vs. Gleison Tibau set for UFC 164 in Milwaukee | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-19T23:04:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-06T20:59:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UFC NEWS\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Jamie Varner vs. Gleison Tibau set for UFC 164 in Milwaukee\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/fe444b8007aa9105494afef8547151ff\",\"name\":\"Chris Taylor\",\"description\":\"Manager of former two-division UFC champion BJ Penn and his website bjpenn.com. Follow me on Twitter - @CTaylor_96\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ctaylor_96\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTaylor_96\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/chris-taylor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jamie Varner vs. Gleison Tibau set for UFC 164 in Milwaukee | BJPenn.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jamie Varner vs. Gleison Tibau set for UFC 164 in Milwaukee | BJPenn.com","og_description":"This afternoon, UFC officials announced that a lightweight bout between Jamie Varner (21-7-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and Gleison Tibau (27-9 MMA, 11-7 UFC) has been added to the already stacked UFC 164 card. The former WEC lightweight champion, Varner, most recently saw action at UFC 155 in December, where he scored a split-decision\u00a0victory over Melvin [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2013-06-19T23:04:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-06T20:59:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":"390","height":"270","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/varner-wins1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Chris Taylor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTaylor_96","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Chris Taylor","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/"},"author":{"name":"Chris Taylor","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/fe444b8007aa9105494afef8547151ff"},"headline":"Jamie Varner vs. Gleison Tibau set for UFC 164 in Milwaukee","datePublished":"2013-06-19T23:04:53+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-06T20:59:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/"},"wordCount":189,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"keywords":["featured","Gleison Tibau","Jamie Varner","Joe Lauzon","Melvin Guillard","UFC 155","ufc 156","UFC 164","UFC on FX 8"],"articleSection":["UFC NEWS"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2013","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/","name":"Jamie Varner vs. Gleison Tibau set for UFC 164 in Milwaukee | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-06-19T23:04:53+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-06T20:59:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jamie-varner-vs-gleison-tibau-set-for-ufc-164-in-milwaukee\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UFC NEWS","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Jamie Varner vs. Gleison Tibau set for UFC 164 in Milwaukee"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/fe444b8007aa9105494afef8547151ff","name":"Chris Taylor","description":"Manager of former two-division UFC champion BJ Penn and his website bjpenn.com. Follow me on Twitter - @CTaylor_96","sameAs":["http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ctaylor_96\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTaylor_96"],"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/chris-taylor\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}