Mauricio Rua will no longer fight Rashad Evans at UFC on FOX 19, but the former UFC light heavyweight champion was willing to step inside the Octagon injured.
The UFC announced Wednesday that "Shogun" suffered an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Glover Teixeira on the April 16 event. Rua’s coach, Rafael Cordeiro, told MMAFighting.com that the Brazilian was still interested in competing despite an "old knee injury."
"Shogun had a knee injury for a while, and felt it again training jiu-jitsu," Cordeiro said. "He went to the UFC doctor to check and continued training, but the UFC contacted him and cancelled the fight.