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UFC 98 takes place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 23. \u00a0Originally expected to feature the Heavyweight title unification bout between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir, the main-event was switched to Rashad Evans vs. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. \u00a0When Jackson also withdrew due to injury, Lyoto Machida stepped in for the shot at Evans’ UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.<\/p>\n

UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida<\/strong><\/p>\n

MAIN CARD FIGHTS
\nUFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans vs. Lyoto Machida
\nMatt Hughes vs. Matt Serra
\nDrew McFedries vs.\u00a0Xavier Foupa-Pokam
\nDan Miller vs. Chael Sonnen
\nSean Sherk vs. Frank Edgar<\/p>\n

PRELIMINARY CARD FIGHTS
\nBrock Larson vs. Chris Wilson
\nPat Barry vs. Tim Hague
\nPhillipe Nover vs. Kyle Bradley
\nKrzysztof Soszynski vs. Andre Gusmao
\nYoshiyuki Yoshida vs. Brandon Wolff
\nDave Kaplan vs. George Roop<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\nUFC 98: Complete Fight Card<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC 98 takes place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 23. \u00a0Originally expected to feature the Heavyweight title unification bout\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2009\/05\/17\/ufc-98-complete-fight-card\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UFC 98: Complete Fight Card\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UFC 98 takes place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 23. \u00a0Originally expected to feature the Heavyweight title unification bout\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2009\/05\/17\/ufc-98-complete-fight-card\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-05-17T23:01:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2009\/05\/17\/ufc-98-complete-fight-card\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2009\/05\/17\/ufc-98-complete-fight-card\/\",\"name\":\"UFC 98: Complete Fight Card\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-05-17T23:01:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-05-17T23:01:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"UFC 98 takes place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 23. \u00a0Originally expected to feature the Heavyweight title unification bout\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2009\/05\/17\/ufc-98-complete-fight-card\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News & Charts, TV News & Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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