Rashad Evans har i dagsläget två raka förluster i bagaget, och sist slogs han ut av Glover Teixeira under ”UFC on FOX 19”. Evans har under den senaste tiden antytt att han är på väg ner till mellanvikt och det har även ryktats om att Rashad ska möta Tim Kennedy, nu bekräftar Evans flytten men meddelar även att en match mot Kennedy ej är påskriven i dagsläget.
Detta hade Rashad att säga via ”The MMA Hour”:
I can tell you I’m working towards that in making my cut down to middleweight. As far as the opponent, nothing has been set in stone. There has been talks about a fight with Tim Kennedy, but other fights too as well, but nothing has been signed yet. I had Ali Evans’ manager with Joe Silva trying to set something up but nothing has been finalized yet.
Well, you know, the thing about it is the fact that it is a tough cut but at some point I feel like I need just to kind of start over again, kind of get something fresh, you know. And 185 is weight class that I’ve always thought about going but really never put the time and the discipline to make it happen and, you know, coming off two fights losing, I just want to find the way to bring some life back to wanting to compete again I feel like dropping to 185 is the best choice.
I couldn’t write anything better myself to be able to hopefully have an opportunity to compete in this card, to be a part of what this card means for the history of mixed martial arts, it’s just, it really means everything to me, and it’s a big opportunity, a big chance for me to get back on track and to make a statement, you know, it’s something that I look to do.
I’ll be immortalized in this moment, being the fact that I can say that I competed in the first card at Madison Square Garden, UFC, mixed martial arts, and that for me it’s something that nobody can ever take away. I’ll just be happy I could be a part of that.
Evans har förlorat fyra av sina sex senaste matcher, och hur det kommer att gå för honom i mellanvikten återstår att se.
