For weeks now, the animosity between Rashad Evans and Phil Davis has been building, eventually culminating into a main event showdown between the two competitors this Saturday at UFC on FOX 2.
A victory over Davis will finally give Evans the opportunity to challenge UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones.
While discussing his bout to MMAWeekly.com, Evans commented on the possibility of getting the win over Davis and earning a potential title shot; however, Evans is more concerned with putting on a good performance.
“It’s not like it’s the first time I’ve been promised to get a title shot, I’ve been promised a lot, so I just want to go in there and fight hard for the UFC, and if the stars align and I get a title shot, then great,” Evans said.
While the rivalry between Evans and Davis might be based solely on the competitive nature of the sport, Evans’ bad blood with Jones goes much further than that.
“Suga” was aware that Jones was rooting for him this weekend and Evans said he expects the 24-year-old champion to be prepared as much as he is because it’s a fight they both want.
“Yeah I believe he wants the fight to happen,” he said. “He wants to get it over with as much as I do. He’s probably getting tired of people talking about Rashad Evans, he can’t go anywhere without people talking about me, so I’m sure he wants to get it over with as much as I do.”
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