Gallery Anthony Smith def. Rashad Evans at UFC 225: Best photos view 10 images Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans is hanging up his gloves after a more than 14-year career. Evans (19-8-1 MMA, 14-8-1 UFC), who has lost his past five fights, including a 53-second knockout loss to Anthony Smith at UFC 225 earlier this month, announced his decision to retire from MMA competition on “Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show,” which streamed on ESPN’s Twitter account . “It’s hard,” Evans said during his retirement interview. “I don’t want to go out losing, or nothing like that, but at the same time it’s what I need. It’s what I need to do because I feel like I have other things in life that are calling me to go, too.
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