Rashad started his UFC career against Sam Hoger, in 2006, which he won via split decision. Consequently, the 42-year-old light heavyweight was also inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.īefore making his UFC debut, Evans changed his weight class from heavyweight to light heavyweight. These include accomplishments such as winning The Ultimate Fighter 2 and UFC light heavyweight championship. Spanning his entire MMA career, he has racked up some colossal achievements.
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Rashad Evans started his professional career back in 2004. Plans are for it to be a light heavyweight bout, but not opponent yet UFC Hall of Famer will come out of retirement to fight on first US card on Jan 28 in Miami at Eagle FC 44. Plans are for it to be a light heavyweight bout, but not opponent yet” He tweeted, “UFC Hall of Famer will come out of retirement to fight on s first US card on Jan 28 in Miami at Eagle FC 44. Kevin Iole of Yahoo News first broke out the news. He is reportedly coming out of a three-year retirement to take part at the Eagle FC 44, which is planned to go down on January 28. To make this debut successful, Nurmagomedov has taken the help of former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans. Rather than sitting idle at his home, the Dagestani purchased a Russian MMA promotion (Gorilla Fighting Championship) and renamed the organization to Eagle Fighting Championship.Īcting as an MMA promoter, Khabib plans to make Eagle FC’s American debut next month in Miami. ‘The Eagle’ ended his pro-MMA career with an undefeated record of 29 wins.Īfter defeating Justin Gaethje back in October 2020, Khabib retired from mixed martial arts. He held the title for an impressive three years, from April 2018 to March 2021. Khabib Nurmagomedov was the longest-reigning UFC lightweight champion to date. I'm just going to go home, take a shower and enjoy my team."įollow Matt Weinstein on Twitter Support our journalism and become a digital subscriber today. "Right now I'm just going to enjoy this win and go back to the drawing board and figure out ways to get better," Jones said. "I'm not going to call out anybody. Jones has had several drug tests come back with trace amounts of turinabol since his comeback in December, including two in February while preparing for the Smith fight. The NSAC still cleared Jones to fight after after the chief of the lab that screened the samples restated his opinion that the metabolites offered no performance-enhancing benefit and weren’t evidence of recent steroid use. He tested positive for turinabol after a victory over Daniel Cormier in July 2017, was stripped of the title and suspended. 29 following a 17-month absence from the sport. Jones regained his light heavyweight championship at UFC 232 in a third round TKO victory over Alexander Gustafsson on Dec. "I felt like Randy Couture, holding (Smith) against the cage and chipping away.
"I'm starting to really feel like a veteran," Jones said. He continued to beat Smith up with an unrelenting stand-up and ground attacks in the final rounds. With Smith tiring and throwing less punches, Jones went for a takedown to start the third round and eventually took Smith down with 2 minutes left. Smith returned some hard body shots midway through the round and tried to keep the fight in the middle of the ring, but Jones continued to wear Smith down with constant blows to the body. Jones increased his offensive attack in the second round, landing several hard shots in the opening minute including a spinning elbow. Jones landed more significant shots to the body in the round, including several hard kicks, and was the pacesetter, although Smith did land a nice head kick in the round. "I want to win it I don't want to steal it."īoth fighters were cautious to open the the first round as they each tried to get the timing down on the other. "I know I could have sat there and take the DQ win," Smith said of the illegal knee. View Gallery: Photos: Jon Jones defeats Anthony Smith at UFC 235
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