Evans Headed Back to Wrestling Roots

When he burst onto the UFC stage, Rashad Evans was pegged a boring wrestler by many fight fans and pundits. It was not a label that the season two winner of “The Ultimate Fighter” cared much for and after years of honing his standup skills, the former Big Ten wrestler leapt into title contention on the strength of a stunning knockout of Chuck Liddell.

If we are to believe the former UFC light heavyweight champion, his days as a standup artist have come to an end. His brutal knockout loss at the hands of current titleholder Lyoto Machida at UFC 98 last May opened Evans’ eyes and focused them towards the past.

“The loss has been a bit of a learning tool for me to see some of the areas where I was going wrong and things that I was doing, and getting away with them because I was winning, but nonetheless, getting away from where my game is truly at,” said Evans, who is slated to face Thiago Silva at Saturday’s UFC 108.

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