Former UFC light heavyweight champion ‘Suga’ Rashad Evans (16-1-1) is set to step into the Octagon in just two short weeks for the first time since his UFC 133 win last August.
Evans is set to face Phil Davis in the UFC’s second FOX event and will be fighting for a chance at regaining the UFC title should he win.
‘Suga’ currently trains with the Blackzilians team in Florida but calls Chicago home. Chicago by the way is set to host the UFC on FOX 2 event on January 28 at the United Center.
In a recent blog for the Chicago SunTimes.com, Evans talked about getting a chance to fight at home and in the headliner of the second FOX event.
If I win the fight, I should get a shot at the UFC light heavyweight title I held once before, but I’m not even thinking about that. For me, this fight in Chicago is the biggest fight of my career. To main event a massive show like this on national television is a huge honor and easily the biggest opportunity of my life.
More than nine million Americans watched the first UFC on FOX fight last November, with tens of millions more watching around the world. I’m so excited to be given the chance to perform on such a gigantic stage. It’s a little crazy, but at the same time because it is happening in Chicago, it’s weirdly familiar too.
I’ve lived in Chicago for over four years, and I’m going to be proud to represent the city when I step inside the Octagon.
I moved to Chicago in 2008 so I could be closer to my family more often. I love it here; and my kids go to school here. Chicago people are very welcoming; this is a big city but it doesn’t have that “Big City” vibe like they have in some places where people walk past you and no-one speaks to you. There’s always plenty to do in Chicago, but the people are real.