BloodyElbow.com was kind enough to report on an interview Fighters Only did with UFC light heavyweight Rashad Evans.
The main topic of discussion was one of Evans former opponents, “The Count” Michael Bisping.
Evans said that Bisping is not a guy who seems that skilled, until you enter the cage against him.
“That’s one thing I learned by fighting him. And his takedowns have gotten a lot better, I have been impressed by that—and by his transitions to those takedowns,” Evans complimented.
The former light heavyweight champion then had no problem elaborating on these comments.
“See its one thing to be able to hit a takedown—anybody at this level in MMA, we all know how to take someone down. But its the little things that make your takedown effective and one of the things is your transition from your punches to your takedown.”
For those unfamiliar, Evans won a split decision over Bisping at UFC 78 in what was widely considered a boring fight.
The most noteworthy event here is that the fight took place at light heavyweight, and after the loss, Bisping decided to drop down to middleweight.
Regardless of how entertaining the fight was, Evans maintains his stance that Bisping could give middleweight champion Anderson Silva a run for his money.
Evans defended the notorious British trash talker by saying that: “Bisping has gotten really effective at that transition and that happens to be Anderson Silva’s Achilles Heel, the takedown, so it could be a competitive fight.”
The former Michigan State Spartan also talked about how he liked how Bisping isn’t afraid to throw caution to the wind in his fights.
“And another thing that Bisping does is, sometimes he just doesn’t care, you know? He just doesn’t care, he just goes for it. So for people to say it wouldn’t be a fight or it wouldn’t be close? I wouldn’t say that about someone like Michael Bisping.”
Rashad also wanted to clarify that it’s not like he has a Union Jack and a life size poster of Bisping in his bedroom.
“And I am not like some huge Bisping fan, I just think he can scrap and he is very competitive. Put him in with anyone and he will give it a competitive fight. But then Anderson is something else… put it this way, put Bisping in with Anderson and it would be interesting.”
Bisping does not have a fight on the horizon after his controversial defeat of Jorge Rivera at UFC 127.
He has been called out by fellow middleweight contenders Alan Belcher, Nate Marquardt, and Chael Sonnen, but no official fight has been booked yet for The Count.
With Marquardt making the drop to welterweight rather suddenly, talk has intensified that Bisping will be Sonnen’s first opponent after coming back from suspension and regaining a fighter’s license in the state of Nevada.
Meanwhile, Rashad Evans was slated to face former Jackson Submission Fighting teammate, and current light heavyweight champion, Jon Jones, at UFC 133.
However, Jones was forced to withdraw due to a hand injury. Evans is now slated to face fellow light heavyweight contender Phil Davis at UFC 133 instead.
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