#1 Rashad Evans vs. Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua
Another incredible battle that we verged on observing; a conflict between Rashad Evans and Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua in late 2010 would’ve been a match between two men who were at the time, unmistakably the two best 205lbers on earth.
Evans was falling off one of the greatest successes of his vocation over ‘Frenzy’ Jackson, while Shogun had recently deposed Lyoto Machida to guarantee the UFC Light-Heavyweight title.
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Different wounds to Shogun postponed the battle until 2011, however in the long run, a battle between the two men was marked for UFC 128 in March of that year. Lamentably, around about a month and a half before the battle, Evans blew his knee out and was supplanted by Jon Jones, and well, we as a whole realize what occurred from that point. Jones decimated Shogun to end up the best Light-Heavyweight in the game.
Evans took his shot at Jones in April 2012 and was beaten, and from that point onward, neither he nor Shogun approached another title shot. Abnormally however, the UFC never endeavored to coordinate them together again in spite of the battle apparently being a characteristic one to make.
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Why it never happened is impossible to say, yet it would’ve been entirely magnificent to see – even in 2012 or 2013 after the two men had been beaten by Jones. Would Rashad’s boxing and wrestling aptitude have been sufficient to get him past Shogun’s tornado mix of striking and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu? It’s a monstrous pity that we never got the opportunity to discover.
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