Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White said Rashad Evans looked “old and slow” following his unanimous decision loss to Ryan Bader at UFC 192, which took place in Oct. 2015 in Houston, Texas.
“Suga,” who returned from an extended injury layoff to battle “Darth” in “The Lone Star State,” had a chance to prove White (and a lot of other naysayers) wrong in his follow-up performance, a 205-pound showdown against light heavyweight power puncher Glover Teixeira.
Instead, Evans was knocked out in the very first round.
Faced with a two-fight losing streak for the first time in his storied mixed martial arts (MMA) career, the former UFC light heavyweight champion finally pulled the trigger on his oft-teased drop to 185 pounds.