Rashad Evans Discusses His Loss To Lyoto Machida, Fighting Rampage Jackson, More

Posted by Larry Csonka on 01.01.2010

See what the former champion has to say…



- Rashad Evans recently spoke on his loss to Lyoto Machida, facing Rampage Jackson and more. Here are the highlights…

On Fighting Rampage: "In due time, that fight will happen. But, my focus is just on Thiago so much. I don't want to overlook him, not even a little bit. ... So, a lot of people are wondering about Rampage, Rampage, but you know Rampage don't mean nothing if I can't beat Thiago."

On His Loss To Lyoto Machida: "I really don't think about the last fight as far as me losing. I just think about some of the mistakes I made as far as mentally, as well as execution-wise in that fight. But you know for the most part, I'm not going to put any pressure on myself to go out there and say, 'Well, I have to win; I have to win.' I'm just going to go out there and perform well. And, me performing well, the outcome will be a victory, but I'm not going to put that in my mind, saying, 'I have to win. I have to win. I have to win.' I'm just going to let it happen."

On The Loss Humbling Him: "Oh, I was humbled big time, man. I was humbled big time. Just because when you're winning and things are going good, it just seems like that's how it's always going to be and things that you know that you should do you kind of neglect because you've been getting away with it because you've been winning anyway. And I'm like, 'Well, I know I need to do this, but, man, I've been winning, so it don't really matter.' But then when you get your butt kicked, then you're like, 'Dang, I'm just going to tighten this up here, (and) maybe that wouldn't have happened. So, it definitely humbles you in that respect."

On Learning From His Mistakes: "We learn with our mistakes, and I learned a lot with these mistakes," Silva said of his UFC 94 loss. "That was a big stage. I learn a lot from that fight. I think I can correct the mistakes from that fight, not overlooking anything else right now, but just I want to get the chance to fight him again. I would change our style a lot for the last fight," Silva said. "And like I say, it's a new resolution for this year is to be more intelligent and not (an) emotional fighter that rushes into things."

- Credit: MMAJunkie.com