UFCDaily.com is reporting that Evan Tanner will fight Marvin Eastman at UFC 76 in September.
It has been widely speculated that Evan Tanner would make his long-awaited return to the UFC at UFC 76, but his opponent has been somewhat of a mystery so far. Marvin Eastman was originally rumored to be fighting Drew McFedries at UFC 77 but now it appears he will fight Tanner.
Evan Tanner won the UFC Middleweight title at UFC 51 by defeating David Terrell. Unfortunately, Tanner’s title reign was shortlived as he lost the belt to Rich Franklin in his first title defense at UFC 53. Tanners last fight was at UFC 59 in April of 2006 where he defeated Justin Levens by submission (Levens was a last minute replacement for the injured Jeremy Horn).
After that Tanner sort of “fell off the map” and took a hiatus from professional mixed martial arts. I’ve always been a big Evan Tanner fan and we have chronicled Evan’s time away from mma here on MMA HQ; from his rather unusual training sessions, to his attempt at a sort of MMA boarding school he called “The Foundation”, to his return to pro competition and joining the Chute Boxe US team.
I haven’t been able to confirm this fight and UFCDaily.com doesn’t list any sources for this announcment, so take it with a grain of salt.
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