UFC 133 Fight Card: Lyoto Machida vs. Rashad Evans a Done Deal

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After an interesting late night of speculation (and Matt Roth of Head Kick Legend having the info first) it seems that Lyoto Machida is officially in to face Rashad Evans at UFC 133. Machida is stepping up on late notice after a knee injury forced Evans' original opponent, Phil Davis, out of the main event. Yahoo! Sports' Kevin Iole just confirmed the news on Twitter:

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Just got a text from @danawhite. Machida is in vs Suga Rashad, he says #MMAless than a minute ago via Osfoora HD Favorite Retweet Reply Kevin Iole
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Machida and Evans have met once before, a bout which Machida won via crushing knockout at UFC 98.

The opening gambling line sees Machida as a -300 favorite to pull off the win yet again.