MMA Fighting · Aug 6, 2017
In the end, ‘Suga’ Rashad Evans left with a sour taste
Had he known coming in that seven of the 12 bouts at UFC Fight Night 114 would end in a first-round finish, Rashad Evans would have prayed that he end up on the right side of one. Nobody on the card needed a victory as badly as Evans, who snuck into Mexico City as quietly as an ex-champion possibly could for his fight with “Smiling” Sam Alvey, as if to see if he could escape notice. Those who did notice spoke of it mostly in hushed tones. If Evans couldn’t beat a middling middleweight like Alvey, then…well, you know, the fight game has a way of turning a cold shoulder on aging glories in search of rediscovery.