Lyoto Machida vs. Phil Davis at UFC 163 in Rio on Aug 3

Portaldovaletudo.uol.com.br is reporting that sources close to Lyoto Machida have confirmed that Machida will be fighting Phil Davis at UFC 163 on August 3, at HSBC Arena, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The news was confirmed by Mike Chiappetta.

Davis is coming off two consecutive victories, most recently a unanimous decision over Vinny Magalhaes at UFC 159.

Machida has won two straight, most recently a decision win over Dan Henderson. However, the decision was uneventful, which may have led to the UFC being more interested in Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson fight, rather than a rematch with Machida.

The card now looks like:

Jose Aldo vs. Anthony Pettis

Lyoto Machida vs Phil Davis

Demian Maia vs. Josh Koscheck

Cezar Mutante vs Clint Hester

Thales Leites vs. Tom Watson

Sergio Moraes vs. Neil Magny

Vinny Magalhaes vs. Anthony Perosh