Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans appeared on the latest episode of AXS TV’s “Inside MMA” and during his appearance on the program, “Suga” Rashad made some pretty interesting comments.
Regarding his quick first-round knockout loss to Glover Teixeira at the UFC On FOX 19 event earlier this month, Rashad Evans offered the following take.
“There definitely needs to be a change. And the hardest thing about that fight is the fact that it was only a minute and a half. When they’re so short like that, it’s hard to find that black box to see where things went wrong. And who knows what would have happened if it would have gone longer and you have all these questions in your mind that you keep on saying. It’s hard because I felt like I had a great camp. I felt like I was physically strong and my timing was good and I really have no excuse. I can’t think of one thing to say ‘this is an area to look at that I need to get better [in]’. It’s disappointing and it’s really frustrating for me because this is the second time in my career I’m riding a two-fight losing streak.”
During his appearance, Evans also spoke about his interest in possibly dropping down in weight and competing in the UFC’s Middleweight (185 pound) division.
“After that I was like ‘you know what, I’m gonna make some changes.’ Possibly drop down to 185. I feel like I can compete at 205 of course, but at the end of the day I want to be able to physically be able to dominate if I need to and I feel like at some point I may have lost that a bit at 205. I just want to do something to kinda switch things up to be a little bit fresh. I’ll still take fights at 205 and whatnot but I might explore the idea of 185 a little bit more.”
Rashad Evans is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and was the Heavyweight winner of season two of The Ultimate Fighter reality show.
