{"id":227087,"date":"2017-03-09T14:38:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T22:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=227087"},"modified":"2017-04-14T13:59:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:59:58","slug":"rashad-evans-gives-update-on-future-following-dan-kelly-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rashad-evans\/rashad-evans-gives-update-on-future-following-dan-kelly-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashad Evans gives update on future following Dan Kelly loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past weekend, former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans stepped into the Octagon<\/a> on the main card of UFC 209 where he made it his middleweight debut against Olympic Judoka Dan Kelly. <\/p>\n

Kelly picked up an impressive unanimous decision win over the former champ as he repeatedly landed significant strikes on ‘Suga’<\/a>, who didn’t really appear to find his groove until the third round. With the disappointing loss to Kelly, many were wondering if Evans would retire from MMA in the midst of his 3-fight skid. <\/p>\n

\"Rashad<\/p>\n

He spoke on The Luke Thomas Show<\/a> about the situation:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t want to sit and overthink every little thing because you can\u2019t figure it all out,\u201d Evans told \u201cThe Luke Thomas Show\u201d on SiriusXM Rush 93. \u201cThe best thing to do is get back out there and to fight again and to find that competitive rhythm and find that flow. Once you find that flow it\u2019s like, \u2018Ah, yeah, this is my flow. This is my routine. This is what I need to do because this is the kind of fighter I am, this is the kind of competitor I am.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you find a competitive mojo, then it\u2019s easy to rattle off a couple wins and fulfill the potential. When you don\u2019t have that competitive rhythm it\u2019s hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got to get this off me,\u201d Evans said. \u201cI\u2019ve got to get this loss off me. I know I\u2019m better than this. I know I\u2019m a better competitor than this, and I want to go out there and fight as much as I can. That\u2019s just the truth of the matter. I\u2019m 37 years old and I don\u2019t know how long my body is going to hold out to do what I love to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to compete as much as I can until I can\u2019t compete anymore. And when I can\u2019t compete anymore, I can\u2019t compete anymore. But at the end of the day, I still feel like I can compete, and that\u2019s what I want to do. I want to compete.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Rashad<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 3\/9\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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