{"id":6732,"date":"2010-05-29T14:21:43","date_gmt":"2010-05-29T19:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=6732"},"modified":"2010-05-29T14:21:43","modified_gmt":"2010-05-29T19:21:43","slug":"rashad-evans-talks-rampages-ufc-weaknesses-hurt-feelings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/05\/29\/rashad-evans-talks-rampages-ufc-weaknesses-hurt-feelings\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashad Evans Talks Rampage&#8217;s UFC Weaknesses, Hurt Feelings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rashad Evans attributes his dislike for Quinton &#8220;Rampage&#8221; Jackson to an unfortunate meeting in 2004, and as Evans makes the final preparations for Saturday&#8217;s UFC 114 main-event with his fellow former champion, he is looking forward to ending the trash talk and starting the fight.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin-left:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=rashad evans&#038;iid=8945398\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/d\/b\/f\/8\/UFC_114_WeighIn_58d8.jpg?adImageId=13034013&#038;imageId=8945398\" width=\"234\" height=\"268\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"UFC 114 Weigh-In\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At one time I was a big Quinton fan and I used to like him a lot, but that time is over,&#8221; says Evans in an interview with UFC.com.  &#8220;We\u2019ve been talking trash a lot, it\u2019s been building up and now I\u2019m just looking forward to getting it on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Evans notes that their first less-than-stellar meeting occurred following a fight in 2004 (before Evans was in UFC): &#8220;I was watching him fight and I was a big fan. I was like \u2018damn, this dude is large.\u2019 But when I got to meet him, he always tried to treat me like I was a problem. I didn\u2019t get a good vibe from him,&#8221; says Evans.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, trash talk between the two has escalated, and Evans believes some of the exchanged words hurt Rampage&#8217;s feelings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For somebody that talks a lot of trash, you\u2019d think [Rampage] would have a little thicker skin, but sometimes I\u2019d say something to him and I could tell that I really hurt his feelings,&#8221; says Evans. &#8220;He talks a lot of trash but he\u2019s not used to somebody saying something back to him. I am kinda surprised at how easy it was to mess with him a little bit and play with him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=rashad evans&#038;iid=8945372\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/4\/c\/7\/c\/UFC_114_WeighIn_b050.jpg?adImageId=13034020&#038;imageId=8945372\" width=\"234\" height=\"345\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"UFC 114 Weigh-In\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Aware that his UFC prowess suffered when he entirely abandoned wrestling, &#8220;Sugar&#8221; emphasizes the importance of a well-rounded gameplan that combines striking and grappling.  It is a lack of that combination, he argues, that makes Rampage vulnerable in the fight Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Evans explains, &#8220;Quinton\u2019s strong and sometimes he\u2019ll will himself to stay in a fight when he\u2019s really out of it. But as far as well-roundedness, I think he was a better fighter before he got to the UFC. I don\u2019t want say his best days are behind him, but when he was in PRIDE, he was way more well-rounded. He did takedowns, did a little ground and pound, and he mixed up his game. Now that he\u2019s in the UFC, he\u2019s relying so much on his power and trying to end the fight with one shot, and that\u2019s all he really goes for. But I\u2019m going in there thinking that I\u2019ve got the best Quinton that\u2019s ever been.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rashad Evans Talks Rampage&#039;s UFC Weaknesses, Hurt Feelings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rashad Evans attributes his dislike for Quinton &quot;Rampage&quot; Jackson to an unfortunate meeting in 2004, and as Evans makes the final preparations for\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/05\/29\/rashad-evans-talks-rampages-ufc-weaknesses-hurt-feelings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rashad Evans Talks Rampage&#039;s UFC Weaknesses, Hurt Feelings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rashad Evans attributes his dislike for Quinton &quot;Rampage&quot; Jackson to an unfortunate meeting in 2004, and as Evans makes the final preparations for\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/05\/29\/rashad-evans-talks-rampages-ufc-weaknesses-hurt-feelings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-05-29T19:21:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/d\/b\/f\/8\/UFC_114_WeighIn_58d8.jpg?adImageId=13034013&imageId=8945398\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/05\/29\/rashad-evans-talks-rampages-ufc-weaknesses-hurt-feelings\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/05\/29\/rashad-evans-talks-rampages-ufc-weaknesses-hurt-feelings\/\",\"name\":\"Rashad Evans Talks Rampage's UFC Weaknesses, Hurt Feelings\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-05-29T19:21:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-05-29T19:21:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"Rashad Evans attributes his dislike for Quinton \\\"Rampage\\\" Jackson to an unfortunate meeting in 2004, and as Evans makes the final preparations for\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/05\/29\/rashad-evans-talks-rampages-ufc-weaknesses-hurt-feelings\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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