Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis set for UFC on FOX 2 headliner

sick event ! and free !

pretty safe fight for Rashad, good fight to stay active, and to still maintain his number 1 contender status.

Idk if this is going to b a good main event because I can definitely see alot of clinching on the cage which viewers might find boring but as a fight I'm looking forward to this Davis n Evans r both monsters should b cool too see who has the better wrestling and striking

finally they are coming back to chi town im going for sure

Yeah good to stay active and be injured again... :D

its not really a safe fight hes goin up against fellow wrestler who has more power than him !!!!Rashads only decisive advantage is striking everything else pretty much even1!!

"Pretty safe?"



Despite Rashad's level of experience, Phil Davis is the highest level wrestler he has ever faced...and it's really not even close. Phil Davis is a 4-time NCAA finalist at 197 pounds. Rashad was a moderately successful Division I wrestler 174 pounds. The best wrestler he has ever faced was probably Tito Ortiz. Davis being bigger and probably stronger than Evans definitely has a good chance to put Evans on his back in this fight.



On the ground, Rashad is supposedly a blackbelt in BJJ, but he has yet to submit anyone in the UFC, while Davis has shown impressive submission skills in several of his fights.



Standing, Rashad will probably have a significant advantage - he is probably faster and definitely more technical, but Davis has shown rapid improvement in every aspect of MMA and will have the reach advantage.



This is a very tough fight for Rashad, and there are less than a handful of guys on the planet who are a less "safe" fight for him. He is deservedly the favorite, but could easily lose.

While I agree with most of what you are saying I am pretty tired of people talking so much about what an MMA fighter did in a different sport years ago, wrestling gives you a good base for MMA but you still have to learn MMA wrestling (GSP is case and point).



Rashad is without a doubt one of the best MMA wrestlers in the world and so is Davis, will be a great fight but I think its hard to say Davis will have a major advantage in mma wrestling.

has the sonnen, munoz fight been confirmed yet?

Multiple sources... nothing official tho

ok cool :)

Probably just a matter of time unless Silva calls out Sonnen which is unlikely to happen.

Rashad can wrestle with Davis, but his standup his light years away, I think IMO Phil will taste his first defeat.

Are you sure Rashad can wrestle with Davis?



Phil Davis: 116-17 at PSU, 4 time All-American, 1 time National Champion at 197 pounds



Rashad Evans: 48-34 at MSU at 174 pounds



Yes, Rashad's college career was a long time ago, but Davis' credentials are clearly on another level, and he is also the bigger man.

You never no how fast someones skills can develope when they are so young...just look at Diaz when he fought Lawler, he became so good at boxing so fast and now Davis finally got time off to actually learn ( i no he was injured but hes been fine for a while now), before he was just fighting after fighting not being able to work on his skills, so we might actual see a more well rounded and dangerous Davis

It is about how your wrestling translates to MMA. If that were the case Matt Lindland would have never lost.

You're right on that one. If Davis can turn this fight in a wrestling match with Evans he could win but Evans has a lot of experience in MMA so he'll try not to commit any mistakes.

I think Rashad takes this then he'll finally have Jones!

I guess the UFC is trying to reach out to the African American gay community because this is going 2 be some Black on Black Grind

Yeah, 'Mr. Wonderful' does have a really gay vibe to him, but he's a good fghter.

Really? Is your GAY-dar on full alert? You must want some of that if you are paying that close attention.

Rashad is a bigger, better version of Davis.

he isnt bigger... he is better.... but style wise its a good fight for both guys as wierd as that sounds... i got rashad by close decision

Nope he's not bigger. But his experience and skills will be a lot for Davis to handle.

does this mean, hendo has dibs on the jones-machida winner?

Rashad simply has to use his wressling to keep it standing and win.

What the hell is wressling? Christ, can anyone here spell??

i bet you spell checked what you wrote atleast three times before you posted this

We'll get to see if Davis is ready for top calibre opponents. Evans defo has a striking advantage as Davis has looked very green but his wrestling is superb. Given Evans likes to wrestle too it could play into Davis favour. but if Evans plays it smart he should win.

I think this could be a banana skin for Evans. "Mr Wonderful" will be the underdog but has nothing to lose. His skills and quickness could score an upset here.



Jones and Evans aren't going to fight. It was just a feeling I had, way back when their 1st fight was announced, and every delay or postponement has convinced me more.

Really hoping for Davis to take this one. I got a split dec. for davis after a long boring hump fest.

Looking forward to both of these fights, and I think it would be awesome if both were 5 rounders

phil davis and munoz are not on the level of chael and rashad. Good fights to keep them warm and ready for the title fight

Finally someone makes sense!

After seeing Rashads last fight, who doesn't want him to win? Compared to Davis fight with Nogueira, Rashad looked more meaner!

Rashad vs Phil will be a really good fight and will tell us a lot about both Rashad and Phil. But if this fight crowns the number 1 contender what happened to Hendos guaranteed title shot?

That's what I was just asking myself. Maybe he'll have a rematch with Shogun that would be nice too but it's maybe not what Hendo wants.

I haven't looked into it but I would assume that Hendo and Shogun have got to be on some kind of medical suspension for a while after that war

rashad too good in this one. rashad by decision

Rashad still fights for the UFC??

Hopefully this is not a dry humping contest. Rashad's stand up will get him the "W".

Man, rashad got screwed hard. Throughout all this time he could've fought for the belt twice.

didnt dana say dan henderson gets the winner of this fight and they will be coaches on the live fox tuf series and then the winner of that will get jones.. so i guess we wont see reshard v jones for a while yet.. i would rather see jones and reshard as coaches..

also faber and cruz where thrown into the mix i guess it all comes down to injurys and timing..

again not vs jones??? what happened to rashads title shot???

His hand got injured, so they gave it to Lyoto.

Shad definitely has the better striking

This might be going out on a limb but I think Davis is a better wrestler

But Rashad's wrestling is worked more seamlessly into his all around game

I think Rashad takes it, but no counting davis out cuz he's a ****ing animal I mean look at his ****ing shoulders

Could become a standup fight as is the case often when fighters wrestling cancels each other out

I like this fight for a lot of reasons but most importantly because ITS FREE!

Anyone know if this is going to be a five rounder??