Rashad no longer waiting around for title shots
Rashad Evans spent most of 2010 waiting for a title shot that never came. When then champion Maurcio Shogun Rua…
Rashad Evans spent most of 2010 waiting for a title shot that never came.
When then champion Maurcio Shogun Rua was injured, rather than take another fight, Rashad opted to “pretect his brand” and waited. Then when the title shot was signed, Rashad was injured, and had to pull out, leaving then teammate Jon Jones to step in. Evans and Jones “divorced” and another title bout was signed. Then it was Jones who got injured.
Finally Evans took a fight that was not for a title, against Tito Ortiz at UFC 133. After more than a year of inactivity, Evans came back in top form, stopping Tito with strikes in the second
This earned Evans yet another shot at the light heavyweight title, vs the winner of Jones vs. Rampage at UFC 135.
Now, however, while Evans’ goal of regaining the UFC light heavyweight title remains, an extended waiting period is something he won’t go through again, as Evans’ manager Glenn Robinson detailed to MMAWeekly Radio.
Rashad’s committed to fighting. If the title shot was a year away, I’m sure Rashad would take another fight. He’s not going to put his career on hold a year, but we don’t anticipate that being the case. I hope that’s not the case. Rashad would like to fight for the title next,
But like and reality are always two different things. If the reality is that he can’t, he’ll still go out there and he’ll fight. You stack ‘em up and he’ll knock ‘em down. It don’t matter who the opponent is.
Hopefully, it will be for the title shot and he’ll get his opportunity to reclaim what belongs to him. IIf some reason the fight is delayed to a point where he has to take another opponent, he’ll take another opponent. The title shot is his first choice, it is his first desire, but more so that anything he wants to fight.
