Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Rashad Evans was forced to pull out of his UFC 170 fight with Daniel Cormier due to a knee injury last week. Evans who was expected to possibly be recover in as little as four weeks, will now have to undergo surgery on his now and could be looking at as long as six months before he is fully recovered.
This is a huge change from what was earlier reported. The UFC even went as far as trying to target the fight on the UFC 172 card in April, but it looks like that will not happen. An injury is definitely a huge set back for the 34-year-old fighter who still has aspirations for being the UFC champion again. Losing months of competition like this again will not help him get to the title. Rashad has all the tools to make it to another title shot, but he needs a few more wins to get there. Had he not gotten injured and he was able to stop Cormier, he would have catapulted back to the top and possibly been facing Jones shortly depending on how well Alexander Gustaffson performs in London next month against Manuwa. I hope that no matter what happens with Cormier as he faces Cummins, that the UFC is able to get this fight rescheduled.
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