5 Fighters whose camp changes didn't work out

#4 Rashad Evans

Rashad finds himself in a tough spot, a situation in which his body does not respond the same way it used to.

Rashad Evans is a seasoned veteran and has gone through many ups and downs in his career. Despite being the shortest and second lightest fighter on the roster on TUF 2, Rashad managed to grind out many decision wins during his tenure on TUF and ultimately ended up winning the show, by defeating a 6'7 goliath of a fighter in Brad Imes with a hard-fought split decision in his favour.

On his rise to title contention as an undefeated prospect in the UFC, Rashad managed to string together 13 straight wins to win the UFC Light Heavyweight championship. While he was handed his first loss in the form of a brutal knockout by Lyoto Machida on his first title defence, Evans still meandered around the top of the heap in the Light Heavyweight division.

On the other hand, after his decision to leave the Jackson-Wink Academy for a then newly found Blackzilians, he never looked the same. After losing a one-sided decision to Jon Jones, which no one blamed him for, Evans then went on to lose convincingly to Lil' Nog in a very uncharacteristic fashion.

Fortunately, he was able to snap the losing streak by barely being able to defeat the completely unmatched Dan Henderson in a back-and-forth battle. After his next fight against Sonnen, which he won by TKO, things started to look better for 'Suga'.

Though not for long, as he once again lost a gruelling decision to an unseemly opponent in Ryan Bader, followed by a brutal KO loss to the heavy-handed Glover Teixeira. Evans has since then decided to move down to 185 lbs but has regrettably been incapable to be cleared medically by the doctors for a mixed martial arts contest.

Rashad Evans' career is on a slippery slope, and he does not have too much time to bring it together as he nears his forties. Hopefully, Evans will be able to make one more title run before hanging up his gloves; a decision that he would much rather like to make out of choice rather than desperation. An option that Urijah Faber had the good luck to choose.