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Finally the fight between Quinton Jackson and Rashad Evans is going to take place at UFC114. The fight was supposed to take place at the UFC107 but got moved due to Jackson taking the role of B. A. Baracus in The A-Team.
The event is going to take place on May 29th and is going to be televised on Pay Per View. Here we have the whole menu of fights.
Main Card
Light Heavyweight bout:
- (USA) Quinton Jackson vs. (USA) Rashad Evans
- (USA) Forrest Griffin vs. (BRA) Antônio Rogério Nogueira
Middleweight bout:
- (UK) Michael Bisping vs. (USA) Dan Miller
Heavyweight bout:
- (USA) Todd Duffee vs. (USA) Mike Russow
Welterweight bout:
- (USA) Diego Sanchez vs. (UK) John Hathaway
Preliminary Card
Welterweight bout:
- (USA) Amir Sadollah vs. (SKO) Dong Hyun Kim
Lightweight bout:
- (MEX) Efrain Escudero vs. (USA) Dan Lauzon
- (USA) Melvin Guillard vs. (BRA) Thiago Tavares
- (USA) Aaron Riley vs. (USA) Joe Brammer
Light Heavyweight bout:
- (BRA) Luiz Cane vs. (FRA) Cyrille Diabaté
Middleweight bout:
- (USA) Jesse Forbes vs. (USA) Ryan Jensen
The most important fight is matching Quinton Jackson and Rashad Evans. Jackson has more experience and we can see that on the winning record that he manages. Jackson has a winning record of 31-7-0 while Evans has a winning record of 14-1-1.
Quinton Ramone Jackson which was born in 1978, also known as Rampage Jackson, is an American mixed martial artist and actor. Some of his victories include the one against Ricardo Arona and right now he is the UFC Light Heavyweight Title holder. His acting career he has appeared in Confessions of a Pit Fighter, Miss March, Bad Guys and The Midnight Meat Train, as well as an episode of The King of Queens, Jackass and Pimp My Ride. He is also set to appear in Never Surrender, Duel of Legends, Death Warrior, and The A-Team. He also appeared in the Nike commercial, "Human Chain".
He lives in Irvine California and some of his major achievements include being the former of UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Unified UFC Light Heavyweight and Pride FC Middleweight Championships, 2x Fight of the Night Honors, 2x Knockout of the Night Honors, Fight of the Year (2004) vs. Wanderlei Silva on October 31, Fight of the Year (2008) vs. Forrest Griffin on July 5 and the 2007 Fighter of the Year.
Rashad Anton Evans which was born in 1979, is an MMA fighter from Lansing, Michigan, currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. We can include some of his achievements here and we can mention that Evans won the heavyweight division of The Ultimate Fighter 2, and he also holds notable victories over Chuck Liddell, Thiago Silva and Forrest Griffin. Evans trains out of Albuquerque, New Mexico with Jackson's Submission Fighting.
Results
Preliminary card
• Middleweight bout: Jesse Forbes vs. Ryan Jensen: Jensen defeated Forbes via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:06 of round 1.
• Lightweight bout: Aaron Riley vs. Joe Brammer: Riley defeated Brammer via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
• Light Heavyweight bout: Luiz Cane vs. Cyrille Diabaté: Diabaté defeated Cane via TKO (strikes) at 2:13 of round 1. This bout aired on Spike after the Escudero vs. Lauzon fight.
• Lightweight bout: Melvin Guillard vs. Waylon Lowe: Guillard defeated Lowe via TKO (strikes) at 3:28 of round 1. This bout aired on PPV after the Duffee vs. Russow fight.
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
• Lightweight bout: Efrain Escudero vs. Dan Lauzon: Escudero defeated Lauzon via unanimous decision (29–27, 29–27, 29–27). Escudero was deducted 1 point due to repeated kicks to the groin.
• Welterweight bout: Amir Sadollah vs. Dong Hyun Kim: Kim defeated Sadollah via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
Main card
• Welterweight bout: Diego Sanchez vs. John Hathaway: Hathaway defeated Sanchez via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–26).
• Light Heavyweight bout: Antônio Rogério Nogueira vs. Jason Brilz: Nogueira defeated Brilz via split decision (28–29, 29–28, 29–28).
• Heavyweight bout: Todd Duffee vs. Mike Russow: Russow defeated Duffee via KO (punch) at 2:35 in round 3.
• Middleweight bout: Michael Bisping vs. Dan Miller: Bisping defeated Miller via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–27).
• Light Heavyweight bout: Quinton Jackson vs. Rashad Evans: Evans defeated Jackson via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 30–27).
Bonus Awards
Fighters were awarded $65,000 bonuses
• Fight of the Night: Antônio Rogério Nogueira vs. Jason Brilz
• Knockout of the Night: Mike Russow
• Submission of the Night: Ryan Jensen
Live Lines are available. Odds for every single fight of that night.
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