Efrain Escudero’s elbow on the mend, UFC 114 bout with Dan Lauzon “only talk”

UFC lightweight Efrain Escudero, who was injured in a submission loss to Evan Dunham last month, will go undergo an MRI this week to determine when he can return to the cage.

After the UFC Fight Night 20 co-main-event loss, Escudero, who initially refused to tap from the obviously painful submission, said his arm wasn’t broken but that he suffered tendon damage.

And though a Twitter message from a Boston Herald reporter stated Escudero will fight Dan Lauzon at UFC 114, a source close to the fighter today told MMAjunkie.com the bout is “only talk” and merely a possibility – and that this week’s MRI results will determine when Escudero can fight again.