Maybe It's Time

On August 5, 2017 we were treated to a UFC Event that overall was a great card. It will be a topic covered on tonight's podcast. But I want to talk about something I noticed and maybe it needs to be said.

At one time "Sugar" Rashad Evans could do no wrong. He was undefeated had just won the Ultimate Fighter Season 2 at Heavyweight, and was rocketing towards stardom. He was a great competitor and loved fighting. But as Father Time has shown us, he will always win and eventually you have to think about hanging up the gloves.

Sure, he fought some of the greats and won: Forrest Griffin, Michael Bisping, Tito Ortiz, Phil Davis, Stephan Bonner, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, and Dan Henderson, and Chuck Liddell:

and Chael Sonnen:

Evans also has one of my favorite knockouts of all time, say goodnight to Sean Salmon:

However, one fight changed all the noise for Evans. He was defending his championship at Light Heavyweight against Lyoto Machida in Las Vegas. It was the second round in a five round fight and suddenly Evans could not solve the Machida puzzle and this happened:

He went on a four fight win streak after this lose, in which Lyoto lost his title to Shogun Rua. Who then lost the title to Jon "Bones" Jones. Evans came back to fight Jones, only to lose in a decision. I had the opportunity to meet Evans, a couple months after he beat "Rampage" Jackson:

Watching him fight and move in and out of the pocket this man was destined to be a beast for a long time:

But let's get back to reality, Evans does like to fight in a complacent state. What I mean, is Evans tends to think he is winning the fight and eases off the gas pedal. He thinks he is constantly in the lead of the fight and has yet to actually end a fight early. He is 2-6 in his last eight fights and is currently on a 4 fight losing streak. This also coming from him dropping from 205 to 186 (which I agree with Joe Rogan, he probably should have been there the whole time).

He has trouble fighting people who and box Southpaw, he left Greg Jackson after Jon Jones arrived, and loves to take rounds off. It was the same thing I said to him after his win against "Rampage", now Evans has to find it within himself to pull himself out of the dark.

However I think it maybe too late and needs to consider hanging up the gloves, yes guys are not landing a lot of strikes on Evans. Yes, he can still move in and out of the pocket fairly well, but Evans does not do enough anymore to say he can fully win the fight. Nor do I think there is another shot for him at a title, Bisping is holding on strong and Evans is having trouble with Mid-card guys let alone fighting a Yoel Romero type.

Evans no doubt will be in the UFC Hall of Fame, but I think it is time for him to honestly consider retiring and moving on to trainer type role.

What do you think? Let me know in the comments of your favorite social media sites or even right here. Also do not forget to catch the latest podcast of "GET THE KO" later tonight on Google Play or iTunes. Thank you guys again for all the support and have a great day.