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Appearing on “UFC Tonight,” Rashad Evans had some comments on his rival Jon Jones’s recent arrest for DWI and subsequent plea bargain. The comments made by Evans are not in the nature one would think. Evans stated he was not surprised by the May 19th incident:
“Honestly, it is hard to really say if it surprised me. I hate to see that happen to someone. Thankfully, no one got hurt and hopefully he can move forward from it.” via Bloodyelbow.com
Evans could have taken the time to trash

As the hype and trash talk between Rashad Evans and Jon Jones heats up in the days leading up to their epic UFC 145 clash, Evans was interviewed yesterday.  He had many things to say about the young champion.  At first, he had praise for his former training partner, stating the following on usatoday.com: 
?????”He’s gotten a lot better and he’s gotten more confident,before he would just kind of do things randomly and just whatever, but now I see a bit of a pattern. I see that he’s

Former Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans, who will challenge current title holder Jon Jones at UFC 145, sits cageside in Denver, Colorado to offer his analysis on “Bones'” first title defense against Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. Wired with a microphone, Evans discusses Jones’ strengths and weaknesses, as well as where Jackson went wrong in his approach to the fight.

Dan Henderson has come forward with his preference for his promised UFC title fight, and he is pulling no punches concerning the reasons why. Henderson said that he would rather fight Jon Jones than Rashad Evans due to how their respective styles match up. He had the following to say on the subject:
“I think Jon Jones is a better fight for me. His style matches up better. Jones will stand-up with me more. Rashad is real well-rounded, he’ll stand and bang with me a little, but he’ll be

Rashad Evans stated the following today online:
“I know Jones has tweeted and been doing interviews about me. That’s what happens in big fights and especially this one. But I’m at the point where I’m not really bothered by anything he says. What he says makes no sense anyway. He thinks he’s something so special people need to bow to him when they seem him on the street. Does it motivate me? At this point, not really. There’s really not much more he can say to me to

You shouldn’t count “Suga” out against Jon Jones. At least, that’s Dan Henderson’s take on the fight. According to the number-one contender, he was thoroughly impressed by Rashad Evans’ victory over Phil Davis, and says that if the same fighter shows up in Atlanta, Jones won’t be able to keep himself off the mat for long.

Top Light Heavyweight contender Rashad Evans, who will challenge division champion Jon Jones at UFC 145, hooks up with Puerto Rican boxing legend Felix Trinidad to host a meet and greet with fans in Puerto Rico. Evans speaks highly of Trinidad and says that touring the island was one of the “craziest” experiences of his UFC career.

Rashad Evans is in for a rude awakening at UFC 145. That’s according to Jon Jones, who says that if the former Michigan State wrestling stand-out is counting on breaking him mentally, he’s going to have to show up bigger and stronger than 6-foot-7, undefeated UFC Heavyweight Travis Browne…

Former teammates and training partners at Jackson’s MMA, their friendship quickly deteriorated into a well-documented rivalry. In the time since, Jones has captured and defended the Light Heavyweight strap against a trio of former champions, while Evans has reaffirmed his place as top contender with dominant victories over Phil Davis and Tito Ortiz.

In the days leading up to UFC on FOX 2 the level of trash talk between Rashad Evans and Phil Davis became elevated, Chael Sonnen’s self promotion reached new levels, Michael Bisping was, well, Michael Bisping and Demian Maia and Chris Weidman lurked in the background. By the time the three main card fights had come to an end it felt like the hype had been much more interesting than the fights themselves.
Rashad Evans did deliver what he said he would in the days leading up to the fight, he showed