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UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2 (also known as UFC Fight Night 38) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on March 23, 2014 at the Ginásio Nélio Dias in Natal, Brazil.
Official fight card
Main card (Fox Sports 1)
Light Heavyweight Maurício Rua vs. Dan Henderson
Middleweight Cezar Ferreira vs. C.B. Dollaway
Lightweight Leonardo Santos vs. Norman Parke
Light Heavyweight Fabio Maldonado vs. Gian Villante
Lightweight Michel Prazeres vs. Mairbek Taisumov
Featherweight Rony Jason vs. Steven Siler
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)
Featherweight Diego Brandao vs. Will Chope
Middleweight Ronny Markes vs. Thiago Santos
Flyweight Jussier Formiga vs. Scott Jorgensen
Welterweight Thiago Perpétuo vs. Kenny Robertson
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Featherweight Godofredo Castro vs. Noad Lahat
Light Heavyweight Francimar Barroso vs. Hans Stringer
Background
The event is expected to be headlined by a rematch between legends Maurício Rua and Dan Henderson. Henderson won their first encounter back in November 2011 at UFC 139 via unanimous decision in a bout lauded by many MMA pundits as the Fight of the Year for 2011 and one of the best bouts in the history of the UFC.
The co-main event features a long-planned bout between Cezar Ferreira and C.B. Dollaway. The two were originally scheduled to meet on May 18, 2013 at UFC on FX 8. However, both Dollaway and Ferreira were forced from the bout due to injury.
Gleison Tibau was expected to face Mairbek Taisumov at the event. However, Tibau pulled out of the bout citing injury and was replaced by Michel Prazeres.
Mar 18 - Updated background