UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 29, 2010 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The UFC Fan Expo will take place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.
Spike TV will be broadcasting two live preliminary bouts one hour before the PPV broadcast begins and it has also been confirmed that the three-part UFC Primetime series will return to Spike TV in the build up for this event.
The full fight card features five Ultimate Fighter season champions Rashad Evans, Michael Bisping, Diego Sanchez, Amir Sadollah and Efrain Escudero. Forrest Griffin was also scheduled to be another Ultimate Fighter winner to compete, but had to pull out.
A bout between Forrest Griffin and Antônio Rogério Nogueira was scheduled, however Griffin withdrew due to a shoulder injury. Griffin was replaced by Jason Brilz.
Melvin Guillard was scheduled to face Thiago Tavares, but Tavares was forced off the card with an elbow injury. Waylon Lowe has stepped in as Tavares' replacement.
UFC President Dana White has confirmed that the winner between Jackson-Evans will fight the newly crowned UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Mauricio Rua, for the title. Rua's manager suggested he could see Rua's first title defense against Randy Couture though this bout is not likely going to come to fruition.
Jackson was originally supposed to fight Evans for the title after defeating Keith Jardine, but a jaw injury during that fight allowed Lyoto Machida to step in in his place. At UFC 98 Evans was knocked out by Machida. Jackson was then expected to fight for the title against Machida, but instead became a coach on The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights against Evans.
Main card
Light Heavyweight: Quinton Jackson vs Rashad Evans
Middleweight: Michael Bisping vs Dan Miller
Heavyweight: Todd Duffee vs Mike Russow
Light Heavyweight: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs Jason Brilz
Welterweight: Diego Sanchez vs John Hathaway
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Welterweight: Amir Sadollah vs Dong Hyun Kim
Lightweight: Efrain Escudero vs Dan Lauzon
Preliminary card
Lightweight: Melvin Guillard vs Waylon Lowe
Light Heavyweight: Luiz Cane vs Cyrille Diabate
Lightweight: Aaron Riley vs Joe Brammer
Middleweight: Ryan Jensen vs Jesse Forbes
