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Anthony Smith Wants to Battle the Old Rashad Evans, Not the ‘Mentally Broken One’

UFC 225 is now available on Amazon Prime.

On Saturday June 9, Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight Anthony Smith is slated to take on former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans as part of the prelims at UFC 225 inside the United Center in Chicago.

The 29 year-old Smith was interviewed by Karyn Bryant on June 2 and talked about how he used to look up to “Suga” as a fighter, but believes the current version of Evans is a shadow of his former self.

“When Rashad was fighting Rampage, I remember thinking, ‘Someday, I want to be one of those guys.