Rashad Evans may no longer have to search any further for a UFC title shot.
UFC president Dana White made an appearance on The Jim Rome Show earlier this week and said that should Evans get past Phil Davis in his upcoming bout, scheduled for UFC on FOX 2 on January 28th, he will move himself into title contention and challenge UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones.
“We’re going to obviously see what happens in this Rashad fight at the end of the month. The next fight on FOX, Rashad is fighting [Phil] Davis, so we’ll see what happens there,” White said. “If Rashad wins, if Rashad comes out injury-free, we’ll get the Jon ‘Bones’ Jones/Rashad Evans fight going.”
Evans has missed every opportunity so far at regaining the 205-pound title since falling out of his bout against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 128 last year. Jones would step in to replace Evans and win the title in impressive fashion, setting up an anticipated title bout between the two former teammates which has yet to materialize.
Since then, Evans has regained some momentum after returning from a 14-month layoff to defeat Tito Ortiz at UFC 134 last August. Now “Suga” will look to solidify his No. 1 contender status with a win over Davis and face Jones in one of this year’s highly-publicized feuds.
Evans and Davis will square off in the main event on UFC on FOX 2, live from the United Center in Chicago.
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