Like many longtime fighters who have been put through the UFC's meat grinder, at a certain point in his career, Evans came to dread the pressures of fight week.
But as he gets ready to meet Ryan Bader in a key light heavyweight showdown at UFC 192 on Saturday night at Toyota Center, the former UFC light heavyweight champion had a newfound appreciation of the process after his first open workout session in nearly two years.
"It feels good," Evans said. "It's something that, being out so long, not having this, I definitely missed this part of it.