The recent Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis match-up—which took place last Saturday night at UFC on Fox 2—was indeed, not surprisingly, the exact type of wrestling-styled-hug-fest that most fans and experts had predicted.. and despise.
Thankfully, the event was " virtually " free of charge on FOX TV.
A boring hug-fest—rather than a scintillating-slug-fest—is not the type of exhibition that cage-fighting-fans will pay to see.
A boring hug-fest—rather than a scintillating-slug-fest—is not the type of exhibition that cage-fighting-fans will pay to see.
Truly, it takes exceedingly more action than the Evans vs. Davis offering this past weekend to convince us 'Hardcore ' fans to reach down deep into our shallow pockets and pull-out the hard-earned 50 dollar PPV price tag.
In addition, even though Evans emerged victorious over Davis in what was a lackluster, yet workmanlike effort, the fighter nicknamed ' Sugah ' did very little to impress the casual fans. Or to dispel the general consensus among knowledgeable mma fans that he is not nearly at the level of Jon Jones.
And additionally, that ' Sugah ' will be in for a world of trouble when he faces the current champion named 'Bones' in the main-event of UFC 145; now rumored to take place in Atlanta, GA, and tentatively scheduled for April 21st.
And additionally, that ' Sugah ' will be in for a world of trouble when he faces the current champion named 'Bones' in the main-event of UFC 145; now rumored to take place in Atlanta, GA, and tentatively scheduled for April 21st.
The bookmakers—according to this posted website below—not unlike the fan majority, have also spoken loudly in favor of Champion Jones.
The fight between Jones and Evans—two former Team Greg Jackson training partners—has most-certainly been a long-time-coming, ..to say the least.
And the somewhat immature hype-fest surrounding the match-up—one which was instigated by Evans, due to a verbal promise supposedly uttered by Jones, where Bones vowed to never fight him—has also had a life of its own, almost.
The latest video, posted below, has Evans sounding a little more mature as he heads toward UFC 145 and what will undoubtedly be the biggest test of his career since May, 2009, at UFC 98, where he was thoroughly annihilated by life-long karate-practitioner and black-belt master, Lyoto Machida.
Stay tuned.
Stay tuned.
