Fifteen years on from their first pairing within the Octagon, former UFC gentle heavyweight champions, Rashad Evans and Rampage Jackson are set to rekindle their notorious rivalry — with the previous confirming plans to characteristic towards the veteran in knowledgeable boxing rematch early subsequent yr
Evans, who featured towards Jackson in the principle occasion of UFC 114 again in 2010 following a chaotic season serving as opposing coaches on The Final Fighter, turned in a unanimous choice victory over the previous Satisfaction FC fan-favorite finisher.
Rashad Evans expects to field Rampage Jackson in rematch subsequent yr
Sidelined from combined martial arts since a short cameo underneath the Eagle Preventing Championship banner again in 2022 through which he snapped a five-fight dropping run in a unanimous choice win over Gabriel Checco, Evans confirmed plans to combat Jackson as quickly as 2025 in a boxing re-run.
“You’ll have an interest to listen to that I’ve jumped into coaching camp, and I’m going to do a boxing match with ‘Rampage,’” Rashad Evans informed MMA Preventing throughout a current interview. “We’re trying to do it doubtlessly on the finish of February, and it’s more than likely going to be right here in Florida. We’re going to do a boxing match.”
“I considered [fighting again], and I used to be like I’m 45 years previous proper now, and I may simply be carried out with all of it and simply get pleasure from this section of my life that I’m in proper now,” Rashad Evans defined. “However then I’ll all the time surprise if I might have simply had that one boxing match only for enjoyable, simply to strive it out.
“Boxing is one thing I’m an enormous fan of and there’s nothing higher than getting one other likelihood to combat ‘Rampage.’ ‘Rampage’ is in fairly fine condition proper now. He was preparing for Shannon “The Cannon” [Briggs] so he’s in fairly fine condition. I wish to get an opportunity to do it once more with it.”
For Jackson, the veteran former undisputed UFC gentle heavyweight champion has but to characteristic in combined martial arts since he dropped a TKO loss to embellished heavyweight icon, Fedor Emelianenko underneath the Bellator MMA banner again in 2019.
Jackson most lately competed underneath the scrutiny of Combat Circus a yr in the past, handing over a 3rd spherical knockout win over John Nutt and Woody.
