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Rashad's shattered thumb almost ready for training

ESPN staff
August 19, 2011
Rashad Evans damaged his hand when throwing a punch at Tito Ortiz during the UFC 133 main event © Getty Images
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The thumb injury suffered by Rashad Evans during his victory over Tito Ortiz will not delay any potential championship bout with the winner of Jon Jones v Rampage Jackson.

Evans rubber-stamped his No. 1 contender status in the light-heavyweight division by stopping Ortiz by TKO at UFC 133. He now awaits the outcome of Jones' maiden title defence against Jackson at UFC 135.

En route to finishing Ortiz, Evans broke his thumb with a punch. However, he has had an operation to reset the injury, and now expects to resume training within a month.

"It's pretty good, I just got three pins into the thumb, the thumb is completely broken, its shattered," he told MMA Heat.

"They put some pins in it to hold it together for a few weeks. I have got like four more weeks of this and then I am good to train again.

"I am actually getting pretty good with the left hand, I can text and everything now, I am starting to favour my left hand. I mean everything feels kind of wrong, because left handed people are just wrong anyway… no, I'm just kidding. Ha!"

Evans already holds a victory over Jackson in his career, but he is yet to face Jones, with whom he used to train on a daily basis.

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