{"id":189535,"date":"2016-03-16T10:54:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T17:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=189535"},"modified":"2016-03-16T10:54:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T17:54:35","slug":"rashad-evans-if-daniel-cormier-loses-to-jon-jones-he-has-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/rashad-evans-if-daniel-cormier-loses-to-jon-jones-he-has-to-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashad Evans: If Daniel Cormier loses to Jon Jones, he has to retire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rashad Evans and Daniel Cormier may have become friends through their analyst roles on Fox Sports 1, however the way Evans sees it, if Daniel Cormier were to lose to Jon Jones in their <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/ufc-books-jon-jones-vs-daniel-cormier-rematch-at-ufc-197\/\">rematch at UFC 197<\/a>, DC might have to retire.<\/p>\n<p>In the pair&#8217;s first meeting, Jones dominated Cormier for 5 full rounds at UFC 182 to retain his UFC light heavyweight championship. Following that fight, Jones was stripped of the light heavyweight championship following a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/suspended-and-stripped-from-his-title-ufcs-official-statement-on-jon-jones\/\">hit-and-run incident.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Cormier defeated Anthony Johnson to win the UFC light heavyweight championship.  In addition, Cormier defeated Alexander Gustafsson to defend his UFC light heavyweight championship.  Now, with the pair slated to fight at UFC 197 on April 23rd, Rashad Evans believes that if Jones bests Cormier a second time, it might be time for DC to retire.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2016\/3\/16\/11223578\/rashad-evans-if-daniel-cormier-doesn-t-win-rematch-with-jon-jones-he\" target=\"_blank\">The MMA Hour:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I think that DC definitely can [win].  He definitely can. You know, DC, he seems different this time around. He seems different this time mentally speaking. Honestly speaking, this is a fight that DC\u2026he has to win. Like, if DC doesn\u2019t win this fight, there really \u2014 he would have to retire if he doesn\u2019t win this fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s like, what does he do then?&#8221; Evans said. &#8220;Does he try to face Jon again for the third time? Once you take away a man\u2019s desire to be the best &#8212; or he knows that he can\u2019t be the best &#8212; then in a sense, you just kill that man off. So if he loses this fight, Jon would have killed him off. There\u2019s no reason. The competitive grind would be gone.&#8221; <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>How do you see Jones vs. Cormier going down at UFC 197? 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