Mauricio Rua has withdrawn from his UFC on Fox 19 clash against Rashad Evans due to injury. As a result, Glover Teixeira will replace “Shogun” on the April 16 card in Tampa, Fla.
Promotion officials announced the change on Wednesday. The nature of Rua’s injury was not disclosed. UFC on Fox 19 takes place at Amalie Arena and is headlined by a lightweight showdown between Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov. The main card airs on the Fox Network. Evans and Teixeira were originally supposed to meet in February 2015, but an injury Teixeira scrapped that contest.