{"id":68344,"date":"2013-09-04T15:24:54","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T22:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=68344"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:51:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:51:53","slug":"rashad-evans-vs-chael-sonnen-set-for-ufc-167-co-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/rashad-evans-vs-chael-sonnen-set-for-ufc-167-co-main-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashad Evans vs. Chael Sonnen set for UFC 167 Co-Main Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/chael-sonnen.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/chael-sonnen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/chael-sonnen.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/chael-sonnen-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/chael-sonnen-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Evan Stoumbelis<\/p>\n<p>Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Rashad Evans and Chael Sonnen will face off as the co-main event of UFC 167.  <\/p>\n<p>Sonnen took to twitter last week to arrange the fight with Evans, asking him what he was doing on November 16th. Rashad responded that he was doing nothing, to which Sonnen sent him a picture of a fan made poster featuring Sonnen vs. Evans as the co-main event of UFC 167.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 167 is set to take place November 17th in Las Vegas with Georges St. Pierre and Johny Hendricks as the main event.<\/p>\n<p>Also confirmed for the card is Rory MacDonald vs. Robbie Lawlor and Josh Koscheck vs. Tyron Woodley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Evan Stoumbelis Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Rashad Evans and Chael Sonnen will face off as the co-main event of UFC 167. Sonnen took to twitter last week to arrange the fight with Evans, asking him what he was doing on November 16th. 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