Fourteen fights into his career, Rashad Evans was a world champion who had never tasted defeat, with 13 wins and a draw on his record.
After his first defeat, in which Lyoto Machida knocked him out to claim the UFC light heavyweight championship, Evans went another three years before losing another fight.
Now 37, Evans is coming off a tight decision loss to Dan Kelly at UFC 209. That’s his third straight loss in his fifth in his past seven, four of which have been decisions.
“At the end of the day, you fight long enough, you will lose, you will have a setback,” Evans said on a recent edition of The MMA Hour.