Mauricio Rua pulled out of an April 16 clash with former UFC champion Rashad Evans due to a knee injury, but is now set to take on rising light heavyweight Corey Anderson on May 14 in his home town of Curitiba, Brazil.
"Shogun", who was announced in a new fight a week after pulling out of UFC on FOX 19, spoke with MMAFighting.com about his decision of leaving the Tampa card.
"I felt my knee two weeks ago. I thought it was nothing serious, but woke up the next day with a lot of pain and went to the doctor," Rua said.