Dave Bautista Gets New Opponent After Rashid Evans Arrested

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Dave Bautista Gets New Opponent After Rashid Evans Arrested

By Chris Howie
MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer

Originally pegged to face fellow MMA newcomer Rashid Evans this Saturday night in his long awaited debut, Dave Bautista will instead face a different fighter after Evans was arrested and will unavailable for the bout.

Bautista will now face 40 year old MMA veteran Vince Lucero. Lucero has a 22-22-1 record, 11 wins by knockout and 8 by submission. He has faced the likes of Tim Sylvia, Justin Eilers, and Roy Nelson, though he has lost to them all.

The fight takes place during Classic Sports and Entertainment's Real Pain PPV which can be viewed live from the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, RI on BautistaMMA.com.

[A.B]

Should be interesting. I would never buy this but interested to see how Dave does

[Jimmyinkedup]

I heard Evans was just approached to fight in UFC 155 and turned down a fight with Teixeira in UFC 153.