“Suga” Rashad Evans spoke to MMADigest about a variety of subjects leading up to his fight vs. Phil Davis in August at UFC 133. The fight has recently been scheduled to replace his title fight against the now-injured champ Jon Jones.
On similarities between champ Jones and replacement opponent Davis
“They are both athletic, pretty good wrestlers and both have a ranginess to them. That’s probably where it ends right there.”
On the twitter war with Jones and how it started
“Just speaking the truth man, just speaking the truth. He had made a comment about beating me in practice and I was like, if you beat me in practice it was DESIGNED for you to beat me in practice because I was trying to help you get ready for Bryan Bader so.” he told MMA Digest.
No doubt he meant Ryan Bader, or was he taking a shot at Bader?
When asked if the training sessions with Jones were one sided, he also went on to explain the training relationship and the purpose of it.
“When you have a training relationship, it’s not about winning, it’s about making each other better and helping each other. As the fight comes closer, you peak at the right time. I was trying to get him ready, but whatever.”
On Rashad’s Milli Vanilli comment towards Jones and if he thought it bothered Bones
“I don’t know if it bothered him or not and it doesn’t matter. He is fake. When you fake you fake.”
On where Rashad is training these days
“Not at ATT. I’m at Imperial.” He said he is training day to day with the likes of the Villefort’s, Jorge Santiago, Big Foot and Calvacante among others.
On how the fight with Phil Davis at UFC 133 is going to go down
“I’m gonna put on a good show, and the result will be my hand being raised. Phil Davis is a tough guy so I’m gonna have to train hard and fight hard.”
I was looking forward to Evans vs. Jones but the Davis fight is very interesting as well. I look forward to seeing it!
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