Marquardt Returns at UFC 95, Faces Gouveia

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Nathan Marquardt will return to action at UFC 95 in February, and he’ll face Wilson Gouveia in a middleweight division showdown.

Gouveia failed to make weight for his fight at the Ultimate Fighter finale earlier this month, but still turned in an impressive performance in easily dispatching of Jason MacDonald. Gouveia has career victories over MacDonald, Jon Fitch, Carmelo Marrero, Seth Petruzelli and Jason Lambert, and it’s easy to predict that a dominating win over Marquardt would thrust him into the title picture in a division that is sorely in need of a challenger.