Rashad doesn’t want to switch class and lose mojo like Vera did
Evans has been quick to extinguish any possible talk of a bout with Jones should he find success against Rua…
Evans has been quick to extinguish any possible talk of a bout with Jones should he find success against Rua at UFC 128. Shortly after the official announcement was made Evans answered the instant curiosity of the MMA media by saying he would consider a possible drop down to middleweight or a step up into the land of behemoths that is the UFC heavyweight division.
“Honestly I’ll have to see how it all plays out. I did make that comment and it was something that I have been thinking about but I don’t really know to be honest because I’ve never been the biggest light heavyweight.
“I’m kind of on the smaller end of things. I’m 5’11 and I walk around at 225 lb. so I’m not really that big. If I go to 185 lb. I probably wouldn’t still be all that big and it would be difficult to make the weight and if I jumped up to heavyweight then I would be a munchkin.
“It would be fun to do because any fights taken in those divisions I could go into without any care and they would just be fun fights to do but at the same time I feel that light heavyweight is my home. I’ve been in this division and beat people that I wasn’t expected to beat. I’m here because I’m scrappy as hell and resilient by nature but I did it all at light heavyweight. I feel that this is my home. I don’t want to switch weight classes and lose my mojo. With all due respect I don’t want to be like Brandon Vera. Like I said with all due respect and it’s nothing against Brandon Vera but I don’t want to lose that mojo.”
