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Rashad Evans will be in the booth for Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz III. Evans is no stranger to Liddell and Ortiz. “Suga” has competed against Liddell once and Ortiz twice. Evans brutally knocked out “The Iceman” back in 2008. H…
Rashad Evans will be in the booth for Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz III. Evans is no stranger to Liddell and Ortiz. “Suga” has competed against Liddell once and Ortiz twice. Evans brutally knocked out “The Iceman” back in 2008. He would go on to earn a UFC light heavyweight title opportunity, finishing Forrest Griffin […]
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Rashad Evans has provided the keys to victory for his final opponent. Anthony Smith is set to clash with another former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight title holder. Smith will go one-on-one with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua…
Rashad Evans has provided the keys to victory for his final opponent. Anthony Smith is set to clash with another former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight title holder. Smith will go one-on-one with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Smith is coming off a first-round knockout over Evans, who retired shortly after. Evans has returned to the […]
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These six fighters defied the odds and turned their careers around in 2018.
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Mixed martial arts is a crazy and unpredictable sport. It takes a special kind of individual to throw caution into the wind and risk their own physical wellbeing for the sake of entertainment.
There is no blueprint on how to become a fighter. We have seen fighters come from all different walks of life. There have been lifelong athletes that transition into MMA after their collegiate days, and we have seen real estate agents by day turn into savage cage fighters at night.
Likewise, some fighters hit the ground running in MMA, laying waste to opponents right from the very start of their careers. Other fighters don’t quite hit their fighting groove till much later in their careers.
One thing, however, does remain true in combat sports. and particularly MMA. That is you can always expect the unexpected. 2018 has provided mixed martial arts fans with some memorable moments, and with five months still left to go in the year, its a safe bet there are still many more heart-stopping outcomes still to come.
2018 has seen its fair share of comebacks inside the octagon, but we here at Lowkick wanted to put a different spin on the term “comeback.” We took a look back at the first half of 2018 to bring you our list of six fighters who have turned their fight careers around this year.
Here is our list:
There is perhaps no greater example of what one year can do for an MMA career than Jeremy “Lil Heathen” Stephens.
Stephens first set foot into the Octagon back in 2007 at UFC 71. He would lose his debut against Din Thomas on that night, but here we are over a decade later, and “Lil’ Heathen” has never looked better.
In Stephens’ last outing, he destroyed rising Team Alpha Male contender Josh Emmett via KO at 1:35 of the second round of their main event at UFC on FOX 28 in February. Just one month prior to FOX 28 at UFC Fight Night 124, “Lil Heathen” took out highly-touted prospect Doo Ho Choi in a war that earned “Fight of the Night” honors.
Stephens is 2-0 in 2018 and plans on adding more Ws to the win column before year’s end. He was recently called upon to fill in for Max Holloway at UFC 226 after the champ was removed from the card for exhibiting concussion-like symptoms. “Lil’ Heathen” jumped at the short-notice opportunity, however, his would-be opponent Brian Ortega refused the fight.
Stephens now turns his sights to longtime former featherweight king Jose Aldo, who he will be facing in the co-main event of UFC on FOX 30 next week (July 28, 2018).
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Within the last few weeks, five long-time MMA fighters have decided to call it quits from the sport that made them famous. These five fighters are former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans, former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping, for…
Within the last few weeks, five long-time MMA fighters have decided to call it quits from the sport that made them famous. These five fighters are former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans, former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping, former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks, former UFC and Bellator welterweight contender Josh Koscheck, and long-time […]
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Rashad Evans has issued a farewell message after the announcement of his retirement. Over the past few years despite his lack of performance inside the Octagon, Evans continued to push forward with his pro-MMA career. He has dropped five consecutive contests with two of those bouts taking place at 185 pounds. In his latest bout […]
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Rashad Evans has issued a farewell message after the announcement of his retirement.
Over the past few years despite his lack of performance inside the Octagon, Evans continued to push forward with his pro-MMA career. He has dropped five consecutive contests with two of those bouts taking place at 185 pounds.
In his latest bout that aired on the preliminary portion of the UFC 225 pay-per-view card earlier this month in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena, Anthony Smith connected with a knee on Evans just under a minute into the fight that rendered him unconscious.
Evans joined the inaugural episode of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show earlier this week and officially announced his retirement.
Fast forward a few days, Evans took to his official Instagram account to post his farewell retirement message by writing the following:
“Deciding to retire was the toughest decision of my life because everything in me told me I need to keep fighting. I’ve fought my whole life in some form since I could remember so saying goodbye to my long time companion is hard. Fighting to me has never been about the actual fight itself. It was that in between space that exists in the fight where the “I” completely dissolves & I transform into something else. In that space the fear, doubt, negativity & life worries could never follow me. Shedding these worldly feelings to just be in the space of pure expression is something I will miss very much.
Riding the emotional rollercoaster that a big fight brings is the most amazing feeling in the world and going through those experiences have made me grow into a strong man that I’m thankful for. I want to thank all my fans out there who have supported me during this journey. You fans have inspired me so much throughout the years. Many times when I couldn’t find the motivation to push myself I thought about you guys. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for pushing me in every way to be the person I am today. Even the “haters” deserve a thank you because you guys provided a deep well a motivation to draw from. Thank you to the UFC for giving me the platform to live my dream. Thank you to Dana White who is one of the most caring ppl I know, even though he hides it very well with his tough exterior.
Thank you to Lorenzo Fertitta who bought me my first nice suits & who always made sure he let me know he valued me as person rather than just a fighter. Thank you to all my coaches throughout the years. Thank you to Mike Vanarsdale and Joaquin Rodriguez who were two of my favorite coaches they brought out the best competitor in me. Thank you to Mike Winkeljohn who had the ability to know exactly what standup technique was gonna end the fight. Winks was like a psychic sometimes with his pre fight prophecies. Lol. Thank you Henri Hooft, Greg Jackson, Chris Lutrell, Mario Sperry, Greg Jones, Kami Barzani, Ricardo Almeida, Renzo Gracie, Rolles Gracie, Jon Chaimberg, Rodney Brewer, Tony Villani, Andrew Spruill, Roan “Jucao” Carneiro & my man Mark Henry. Excited for what’s next!”
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Rashad Evans has released a statement on his retirement. Earlier this week, the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight title holder announced he is walking away from the sport of mixed martial arts. Evans leaves the sport with a …
Rashad Evans has released a statement on his retirement. Earlier this week, the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight title holder announced he is walking away from the sport of mixed martial arts. Evans leaves the sport with a professional MMA record of 19-8-1. As mentioned, he is a former UFC title holder. He […]
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