{"id":80992,"date":"2014-01-08T12:06:55","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T20:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=80992"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:17:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:17:56","slug":"evans-puts-friendship-on-hold-ahead-of-cormier-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/evans-puts-friendship-on-hold-ahead-of-cormier-bout\/","title":{"rendered":"Evans Puts Friendship On Hold Ahead Of Cormier Bout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Rashad-Evans-PNG.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Rashad-Evans-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Rashad Evans PNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Rashad-Evans-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Rashad-Evans-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Rashad-Evans-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Evan Stoumbelis<\/p>\n<p>As Rashad Evans tells <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie radio<\/a>, he and Daniel Cormier talk <em>&#8220;more than any other fighter that doesn\u2019t train in my camp.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Evans and Cormier go way back to 2010, when Cormier helped Evans train for his bout with Rampage Jackson, the two even have running text conversations.  However according to Evans that stopped recently; The last message Evans sent to Cormier was about Cormier&#8217;s love for Popeye&#8217;s chicken.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think I told him something about sending him some Popeye\u2019s.  That\u2019s why he can never make weight, because he loves Popeye\u2019s Chicken.  He couldn\u2019t make 211 (pounds) five years ago or so for the Olympics, so it\u2019s going to be hard if he\u2019s a little bit older, So it\u2019s going to be hard, but maybe he has discipline now that he didn\u2019t have then.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After that, Evans hasn&#8217;t heard from Cormier.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think he\u2019s kind of scared to text me now, But the thing about it is, you\u2019ve got to put it on hold. You can\u2019t be palling around, because it\u2019s a fight. If I allow myself to think any other way than he\u2019s someone who\u2019s trying to separate me from consciousness, I\u2019ve already lost. So Feb. 22, I don\u2019t have no friend.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Evans did recall however one message Cormier did send after the bout was officially announced.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe said, \u2018If you beat me, you don\u2019t have to be all humble,\u2019 \u2018You better show up. You better dance.\u2019 (I texted back), \u2018You better do the same. But you ain\u2019t going to beat me.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It will certainly be interesting to see how this fight plays out on February 22nd as the Co-Main event of UFC 170.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Evan Stoumbelis As Rashad Evans tells MMAJunkie radio, he and Daniel Cormier talk &#8220;more than any other fighter that doesn\u2019t train in my camp.&#8221; Evans and Cormier go way back to 2010, when Cormier helped Evans train for his bout with Rampage Jackson, the two even have running text conversations. 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