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A middleweight rematch between former UFC champion Luke Rockhold and Ronaldo Jacare Souza will headline UFC Fight Night on Nov. Phoenix Suns Gear . 27 in Melbourne, Australia.UFC officials announced the 185-pound matchup on Sunday. The televised event will take place at Rod Laver Arena.The two met for the Strikeforce middleweight championship in September 2011. Rockhold claimed Souzas belt in a competitive five-round decision.Rockhold (15-3) is coming off a first-round knockout loss to Michael Bisping in a UFC title fight in June. Fighting out of San Jose, California, Rockhold won the title by knocking out Chris Weidman in December. The loss to Bisping snapped a five-fight win streak.The 31-year-old expressed interest to ESPNs Five Rounds podcast in a fight against former champion Anderson Silva but now will meet Souza instead.Souza (23-4) has been working toward a UFC title shot ever since his Octagon debut in 2013. He is 6-1 in the UFC, with one inopportune loss to Yoel Romero in December.The Brazilian is coming off a first-round knockout victory over Vitor Belfort in May.ESPN.com ranks Rockhold and Souza the Nos. 2 and 5 middleweights in the world, respectively. Steve Nash Jersey . Barcelona also left injured defenders Carles Puyol, Javier Mascherano and Jordi Alba out of its squad for the trip to Glasgow. That means that Marc Bartra will probably start again in the centre of the defence alongside Gerard Pique. Custom Phoenix Suns Jerseys . Louis Blues teammates who would also be participating in the Olympics, Alex Pietrangelo felt right at home, no different in some ways to the travel experience of any old road trip – save for the length of the journey, that is. https://www.cheapsunsonline.com/609z-mar...ersey-suns.html . -- If this was Aaron Gordons final home game at Arizona, and it almost certainly was, then he went out in style. Scarlets flanker James Davies has received a three-week suspension for using foul language and making an obscene gesture.Davies, who helped Great Britains mens sevens team win a silver medal at the Rio Olympics four months ago, was cited for acts contrary to good sportsmanship following last Sundays European Champions Cup clash against Toulon.An independent disciplinry committee heard evidence and submissions from Davies, who admitted the offence, at a hearing in London on Wednesday. The Scarlets had released a statement on Tuesday, saying that Davies apologised for his unsportsmanlike behaviour.Davies said he apologised to match referee Greg Garner during and after the game at Stade Felix-Mayol. The Scarlets, meanwhile, are conducting an internal investigagtion under their disciplinary procedure.Tournament organisers European Professional Club Rugby said: An independent disciplinary committee consisting of Rod McKenzie (Scotland), Bonike Erinle (England) and John Doubleday (England) heard evidence and submissions from Davies, who pleaded guilty to the offence, from Scarlets team manager Mark Taylor, and from the EPCR disciplinary officer Liam McTiernan.In upholding the citting complaint, the committee found that the offence was at the low end of World Rugbys sanctions, and selected four weeks as the appropriate entry point. Aron Baynes Jersey. As the player had served a previous ban in 2014, the committee decided not to reduce the sanction by the maximum of 50 per cent, but taking into account Davies guilty plea and timely expression of remorse, it decided to reduce the sanction by one week before imposing a suspension of three weeks.Davies can play again on January 2, ruling him out of next Sundays Toulon return fixture and Guinness PRO 12 games against the Ospreys and Cardiff Blues.Edinburgh centre Phil Burleigh, meanwhile, has received a one-week ban after being sent off during a European Challenge Cup tie against Stade Francais.Burleigh was dismissed for striking Stade lock Pascal Pape, and an independent disciplinary commiteee, meeting in London, decided the offence was at the low end of World Rugbys sanctions. Burleigh can play again from next Monday, meaning he will miss the Stade return clash in Paris on Thursday. ' ' '