Maurício Rua
A long discussed bout against Maurício Rua was rescheduled and was expected to take place on April 16, 2016 at UFC on Fox 19. However, Rua was pulled from the fight on March 9 in favor of a matchup with Corey Anderson a couple of weeks later at UFC 198 and was replaced by former title challenger Glover Teixeira. Evans lost the fight via knockout in the first round.