When talking about people being cut by the UFC, Rashad Evans is not even worried by it.
Rashad Evans is expected to face Dan Henderson at UFC 161 on June 15, 2013 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. And it could even be the last time we see him at 205 pounds, because he says if he loses his next fight, he will drop to 185 pounds. If Evans does not get the win in his fight against Henderson it will be his third loss in a row, he lost to Jon Jones for the title before losing to Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. But he tells UFC Tonight that even a third loss may not be enough to get him cut:
I watched a little bit of the (Nogueira) fight. It was a lackluster performance on my part. It was one of those life lessons. You watch a fight like that, and it's like, ‘What was I thinking? Where was my head?' It took me weeks to get my head around what I did. Dan Henderson is no secret. The power of Dan Henderson is in his huge right hand. He has great take down offensive, he has a wrestling background and he will get you on the ground and do ground-and-pound. For me, what I need to do is fight my fight. I need to have my transitions, from my punches to my takedowns, and they need to be sharp. No lazy half-shots. No pitty-pat punching. I need hard punching and hard takedowns. No, I'm not worried about losing my job. I put in a lot of good fights at the UFC and I'm confident that I'm not going to lose my next fight. If I lose my next fight, I would consider dropping down a weight class. If I drop down to 185 and things weren't going right, then I would think about retiring.
Before his 2 losses, Rashad Evans was on a 4 fight winning streak, defeating fighters such as Thiago Silva, Quinton Jackson, Tito Ortiz and Phil Davis.
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