So because he purely wrestles (which can be argued, he still threw and landed some good punches on Rampage) in one match you think hes gonna permanently fight like that for the rest of his life and abandon his boxing skills?
Fucking idiots...
Your an idiot, how many times are you going to come talk out your ass in these MMA threads?
Heres an article detailing Rashad saying the wrestling is and will be his style and it is his best way to win. Why in the world would he change that against Shogun. Rahad has hands and he has had a few good KO's but if you would follow MMA closer you would realize where people are coming from and that is from Rashads own mouth.
http://mmajunkie.com/news/19370/ufc...estling-oriented-fight-style-here-to-stay.mma
Like many wrestlers who begin acquiring standup skills and have success in the striking department, Rashad Evans found himself more and more comfortable on his feet.
But in his two most recent appearances – unanimous-decision wins against Thiago Silva in January and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson this past weekend at UFC 114 – the former Michigan State wrestler returned to his roots.
And for those who complain that it's a lay-and-pray style light on entertainment value, Evans has a message for you: Get used to it.
Evans learned his lesson during a second-round knockout loss to Lyoto Machida in 2009. It was Evans' first career loss and cost him his light-heavyweight belt.
Now, as he told MMAjunkie.com (
www.mmajunkie.com) on Saturday, his takedown skills and dominant top game will be the foundation for future game plans. That includes his strategy for newly crowned champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, with whom Evans secured a future meeting by defeating Jackson.
"I felt like I needed to bring [wrestling] back after the Machida fight," said Evans, who posted back-to-back knockout wins over Chuck Liddell and Forrest Griffin before the loss to Machida. "One thing that happens sometimes when you find success in one area – and I found success standing up – I kind of forgot about the area where I was strongest."
Evans said his return to wrestling is part of his win-first mentality.
"Me doing wrestling now is just going to be something I do from here on out," he said. "Because no matter how far (I get) in my stand-up, I've always got to remember that my bread and butter is my wrestling, and everything else stems from that."
Evans, of course, flirted with disaster in the third round of his UFC 114 main-event fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. After using takedowns to control the action and win the first two rounds, Evans opted for a stick-and-move standup strategy early in the third. That gave Jackson an opportunity, and the fellow ex-champ clipped Evans with a left hook that sent him staggering backward and to the mat.
Evans admits he was on "queer street" as referee Herb Dean came oh-so-close to stopping the fight. But Evans (15-1-1 MMA, 10-1-1 UFC) survived the follow-up onslaught and claimed the win.
But even before that big blow, he knew he was flirting with disaster the longer he kept the fight standing.
"One thing you understand really quickly as a fighter – and the fans don't really understand – is that you're not punching with eight- or 10-ounce gloves on," he said. "You've got four-ounce gloves on, and underneath that is a cast.
"And it only takes one good shot for the fight to be over. I wasn't trying to take no shots for no amount of boos." 
