It was announced during UFC 96 that the Frank Mir - Brock Lesnar main event title unification fight scheduled for UFC 98 on May 23 in Las Vegas is officially off. Lesnar and Mir will now most likely face off on July 11th.
Replacing them will be Rashad Evans defending his light heavyweight title against Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, fresh off of his win over Keith Jardine. Had Jackson lost to Jardine, Evans would have defended against Lyoto Machida.
Here is the updated card for UFC 98:
Televised Main Card: Light Heavyweight Chmapionship Rashad Evans vs. Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson
Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra
Yushin Okami vs. Dan Miller
Sean Sherk vs. Frankie Edgar
Josh Koscheck vs. Chris Wilson*
Preliminary Card:
James Irvin vs. Drew McFedries
Phillipe Nover vs. Kyle Bradley
Tim Hague vs. Patrick Barry
Andre Gusmao vs. Houston Alexander
Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs. Brandon Wolff
George Roop vs. David Kaplan
* Not yet announced
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