If you held skepticism that the boxing match between Rashad Evans and Quinton Jackson would take place on April 12 as announced, collect your ticket.
Friday, Evans posted on social networks to say that “the confrontation of boxing” between the two former champions of light heavy goods vehicles of the UFC, which in mid-February was announced for ICS Mania 1 next week at The Pit à Albuquerque, NM, will not happen.
Evans’ video message was vague in terms of blame, but the 45 -year -old said in his article “There were contractual obligations that are not fulfilled, so we had to make this difficult decision to shoot the fight.” Evans said that the decision had been made to “let the lawyers manage it” and said that he hoped that the fight would be reprogrammed.
Evans did not say if these problems came from the promotion or his ex-rival, “crawling” Jackson, who will be 47 years old in June. Their boxing match was broadcast for months before it was finally announced two months ago.
The rivalry of Evans and Jackson has reached its height as rival trainers in season 10 of “The Ultimate Fighter”. Their first fight was in the main UFC 114 event in Las Vegas, where Evans won a unanimous decision.
In January 2022, Evans won a unanimous decision against Gabriel Check at Eagle FC 44. “Rampage” more recently in December 2019, when he was eliminated by Fedor Emelianenko to Bellator 237.