LAS VEGAS – On Friday, UFC president Dana White informed a small group
of reporters that he expects UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun”
Rua to be sidelined until March 2011 while recovering from knee surgery.
While the news proved surprising to most MMA observers, at least one
prominent figure assumed the Brazilian slugger would be on the shelf for
quite some time: current No. 1 challenger Rashad Evans.
“I kind of figured he would be out for awhile after his last fight
hearing how he went into the fight beforehand,” Evans told
MMAjunkie.com.