{"id":192027,"date":"2016-04-18T02:55:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T09:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=192027"},"modified":"2016-04-18T02:55:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T09:55:03","slug":"video-emotional-rashad-evans-fighting-just-used-to-come-so-easy-so-natural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-emotional-rashad-evans-fighting-just-used-to-come-so-easy-so-natural\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Emotional Rashad Evans: &#8216;Fighting just used to come so easy, so natural&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rashad Evans feels like he&#039;s &#039;fighting against himself&#039; after loss\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l4ygSYo1PCQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It is hard to believe that former UFC light heavyweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/jon-jones-sends-message-to-rashad-evans-following-ko-loss-to-teixeira\/\">Rashad Evans<\/a> has not had his hand raised in the Octagon since Nov. 16, 2013 when he beat <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/photo-rashad-evans-chael-sonnen-staredown-ufc-news\/\">Chael Sonnen<\/a> by TKO in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>With having only one fight in 2015 in a decision loss to Ryan Bader, Evans&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-glover-teixeira-knocks-rashad-evans-out-cold\/\">fight with Glover Teixeira<\/a> at UFC on FOX 19 would be his first showing for 2016 and it was one that Evans says ended up being &#8220;frustrating and hurtful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Evans says he still loves fighting, there is some &#8220;thing&#8221; that he says he has been missing and  really needs to find it once again to help him get back to his winning ways.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the interview as an emotional Rashad Evans talks about his devastating loss to Glover Teixeira.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is hard to believe that former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans has not had his hand raised in the Octagon since Nov. 16, 2013 when he beat Chael Sonnen by TKO in the first round. 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