LOS ANGELES, CA – FUEL TV
airs “UFC From All Angles: Rashad Evans” tonight, Wednesday, September 18 at
11:00 PM ET/8:00 PM PT. Host Karyn Bryant takes you behind the scenes with one
of the UFC’s biggest names, former Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans, to
discuss all things inside the Octagon and out.
The show begins with Bryant
sitting down with Evans talking about the key points in his career and what
he’s learned along the way. Through the show, Evans discusses turning points
such as being scared before his fight with Chuck Liddell and seeking advice
from Randy Couture, who told him to “make friends with the worst outcome.”
“Once I made friends with the outcome, once I made friends with the fact that I
might go out there and get embarrassed, it was just fun from there,” says
Evans.
He also states having fear is
important. “If you go in there and you don’t have any fear, then you shouldn’t
be fighting, because it’s that fear that keeps you sharp.”
Evans talks about winning the
title against Forrest Griffin and then losing it to Lyoto Machida. “It was
liberating,” he says about losing for the first time against Machida. “The
minute I lost, all the pressure was lifted and then I could go on and fight and
do what I wanted to do.”
Within the show, Evans also addresses leaving
Greg Jackson’s fight camp, discusses what he did wrong in the Jon Jones fight
and how important it is for him to win the championship belt back. “It’s the
only thing we compete for.”
Looking back at his career,
Rashad says he wouldn’t change anything that’s happened and it’s the love of
fighting that fuels him. “Ultimately, you’ve got to love to fight, because
loving to fight will take care of everything else you need in order to get to
where you’ve got to be. You have to have perseverance and you have to have
drive, but all of that stems from you loving it. If you love it then there’s no
stopping you. Fighting saved my life. It gave me a focus and a purpose that I
didn’t have before.”
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