The Jon Jones-Rashad Evans saga
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Machida knocks out Evans
May 23, 2009: UFC 98
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Rua defeats Machida
May 8, 2010: UFC 113
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Evans beats Rampage
May 29, 2010: UFC 114
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And so it begins for Evans
June 10, 2010: Shogun surgery
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Evans vs. Rua
Jan. 4, 2011: UFC 128 announced
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Knee injury sidelines ‘Suga’
Feb. 2, 2011: Evans hurt
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Jones gets title shot
Feb. 5, 2011: UFC 126
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Jones beats Rua
March 19, 2011: UFC 128
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Jones out, Davis in
April 25, 2011: UFC 133 reshuffle
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Jones to fight Rampage
June 14, 2011: UFC 135 announced
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Tito to the rescue
July 13, 2011: Davis out, Ortiz in
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Evans vs. Ortiz
Aug. 6, 2011: UFC 133
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Jones beats Rampage
Sept. 24, 2011: UFC 135
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Hendo vs. Shogun
Nov. 19, 2011: UFC 139
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Evans vs. Davis, again
Nov. 30, 2011: UFC on Fox 2 announced
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Jones vs. Machida
Dec. 10, 2011: UFC 140
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Evans gets title shot
Jan. 28: UFC on Fox 2
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Jones vs. Evans
Feb. 7, 2012: UFC 145 announced
May 23, 2009: UFC 98
Machida knocks out Evans
Rashad Evans made his first title defense . . . and picked up his first career loss on this night in Las Vegas. Lyoto Machida pummeled Evans and scored a second-round TKO to win the title and set off what would turn into nearly a three-year journey for Evans to get another title shot.
