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Mirko Cro Cop vs. Brendan Schaub in the Works for UFC 128

According to Fighters Only:

Mirko ‘CroCop’ Filipovic and Brendan Schaub are set to meet on March 19th and will air on the evening’s PPV main card, Fighters Only can exclusively reveal.

Verbal agreements are in place and paperwork is expected to be finalized soon. It had been reported that Schaub was to face Frank Mir, then Stefan Struve, but neither of those matches were contracted and have now been scrapped.

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (27-8-2)
Loss Frank Mir – KO (Knee) UFC 119
Win Patrick Barry – Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) UFC 115
Win Anthony Perosh – TKO (Doctor Stoppage) UFC 110

Brendan “The Hybrid” Schaub (7-1)
Win Gabriel Gonzaga – Decision (Unanimous) UFC 121
Win Chris Tuchscherer – TKO (Punches) UFC 116
Win Chase Gormley – TKO (Punches) UFC Versus 1

Mar 19th, live on Pay-per-view from Newark, N.J.:

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Rashad Evans [LHW Title]
Mirko Cro Cop vs. Brendan Schaub
Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle
Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau
Anthony Njokuani vs. Edson Barboza

UFC 128: Shogun vs. Evans coverage