According to recently published report on Sherdog.com top UFC recruit Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (0-0 UFC) is tentatively scheduled to make his UFC debut against Justin McCully (1-0 UFC) at Fight Night 10. Here’s the report:
“While a fight between Nogueira and Justin McCully is believed to be in the pipeline, McCully’s agent Ken Pavia declined to [...]

Highly touted UFC newcomer Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira  (0-0 UFC) is expected to make his octagon debut against a yet-to-be-named opponent at UFC 73 on July 7th.
Nogueira is expected to be one of the top contenders in the UFC for the heavyweight title, although he sits behind more UFC veterans Gabriel Gonzaga and Andrei Arlovski in [...]

The UFC has “reached a deal” with HBO to show fights on the network this summer, albeit with a different broadcasting crew than the UFC traditionally uses. UFC 72 in June has already been announced for Spike TV so we are probably looking UFC 73 and beyond before we see an event on HBO.
Dana White [...]

There is a rumor circulating that was picked up by Sam Caplan that Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, the UFC’s most recent heavyweight signing, may debut against Brandon Vera. Here’s what Sam had to say:
“This is total rumor, but I’ve been hearing a lot of talk that Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira’s first UFC fight could be against [...]

At UFC 69 Dana White announced that the UFC had signed Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (29-4-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) furthering the depth of the UFC’s renewed heavyweight division. Other notable recent signings include Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and Heath Herring as well as Randy Couture who came out of retirement to capture the UFC Heavyweight title [...]