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06-27-2012, 11:59 AM
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|  Rashad Evans is prepared to drop to middleweight if Anderson is down for a fight
MiddleEasy.com | Rashad Evans is prepared to drop to middleweight if Anderson Silva is down for a fight Quote:
In less than two weeks, Anderson Silva will face Chael Sonnen. It’s the most anticipated rematch in recent memory, and it’s hard for fight fans to think about anything else. Every time I see two people fighting at a bar, I think of Chael Sonnen shooting for a double, and every time I walk past a tae-kwon-do gym in NYC, I think of Anderson Silva throwing an unnecessarily complicated jumping-wheel-kick. The thought of the two best middleweights reuniting in the Octagon literally even follows me into my bathroom, but I ask it to go away because I don’t like when it watches me do my business. I also like privacy in the shower, but it’s cool if it hangs out while I’m drying off. Apparently I’m not alone. Rashad Evans also has intimate thoughts about that rematch, and the potential of fighting Anderson Silva immediately thereafter. He’d even be willing to cut to middleweight if Ando was down for a fight after UFC 148.
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“I thought about (moving to middleweight), then I thought about how hard that weight cut is. I used to wrestle at 174 in college, I would cut so much weight on a continuous basis and I was like, ‘You know what? If I ever have to compete again, I’m not cutting weight like that’. Because what ends up happening is, the philosophy is, ‘Oh well you go down to a lower weight and you’ll be stronger’. Not necessarily. Some people go down to a lower weight and they’re actually weaker, and I felt like when I was the best athlete I could be in college wrestling, is when I wrestled to my natural weight. So that’s what I try to do in fighting, I try to compete at my natural weight. I may go to 185 and not be the same fighter because I’m maybe cutting too much weight.”
“Anderson (Silva) is somebody I would love to fight because when it’s all said and done, whether you win or lose, to compete against the best in the sport is really what it’s all about. You know, if I can walk away from my career and say I competed against some of the best in the sport in my time and era, then I can wrap up and say I had a really great career. So if the opportunity comes, and that fight happens, yeah I would drop to 185 to fight.”
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06-27-2012, 12:01 PM
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Rashad at MW would be fresh to both him and division. Two fights and he could get a shot...
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06-27-2012, 12:02 PM
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i wonder how he would do at middle weight. at light heavyweigh one of his key assets is his speed. at middleweight e will have much less of an advantage here.
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06-27-2012, 12:02 PM
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hell yea, i've been waiting for this to be honest. everybody thinks chael is such a threat to anderson, rashad at middleweight is the real threat (to the entire division).
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06-27-2012, 12:18 PM
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Anderson wants no part of striking with rashad..rashad showed in the machida fight he can ko Anderson..oh wait...
Seriously could tAke him down though and grind him out, or evn finish, I'd like to see it
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06-27-2012, 12:26 PM
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He should rematch Bisping.
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06-27-2012, 12:50 PM
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I'd love this fight, two of my favorite fighter's I wouldn't care who'd win.
It would be an interesting matchup though
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06-27-2012, 01:15 PM
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I hope this happens, Anderson would finally have a worthy opponent.
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06-27-2012, 01:31 PM
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Rashad should get an immediate title shot, just to piss off Bisping.
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06-27-2012, 01:33 PM
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I can see him doing the stanky leg if he fought Silva. However I think he's a good fighter and would like to see him try out MW
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