Rashad Evans nonetheless plans to rematch Quinton Jackson.
That stated, their upcoming rematch won’t happen below MMA guidelines for ONE Championship. As a substitute, the previous UFC gentle heavyweight champions are anticipated to collide below boxing guidelines this February in Florida.
Evans is one 12 months youthful than Jackson at 45.
“Boxing is one thing I’m an enormous fan of and there’s nothing higher than getting one other probability to combat Rampage,” Evans advised MMA Preventing. “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. We’ve received a fairly first rate relationship. We’ve received a stage of respect for one another, however we nonetheless have enjoyable and we’re nonetheless clowning one another. I’ve nonetheless received to cope with him making an attempt to clown me, or I’ll ship him a message and attempt to clown him. We’re fiercely aggressive with one another. That’s a very good factor.”
Evans defeated Jackson by unanimous determination at UFC 114 after teaching Season 10 of The Final Fighter (TUF), the heavyweight season that featured future UFC begins just like the late Kimbo Slice, Roy Nelson, Brendan Schaub, and Matt Mitrione, amongst others.
“With this combat, it’s enjoyable as a result of there’s not that anger-animosity, however on the similar time, it’s nonetheless aggressive,” Evans continued. “It’s nonetheless aggressive like if he sees me trying a sure form of approach [he’ll say] ‘Hey, I see you preparing, you’re trying fairly good’ and I’ll see him hitting the mitts or one thing like that and I’m like okay, he’s preparing. It’s nonetheless the pleasant competitors and because the combat will get nearer, all of the shit speaking’s going to come back again. So it’s going to be enjoyable.”
Evans has solely fought as soon as since retiring from UFC again in June 2018, registering a unanimous determination victory over Gabriel Checco below the Eagle FC banner. As for Jackson, he’s remained out of motion since getting crushed by Fedor Emelianenko in late 2019.
Count on a finalized date and placement for “Evans vs. Jackson 2” within the coming weeks.
