Evans eyes December return, Anderson fight off cards

ESPN staff

August 30, 2012

Rashad Evans is a former UFC light-heavyweight champion © UFC

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Rashad Evans remains committed to the light-heavyweight division and aims to return to action in December, according to Glenn Robinson, his manager.

Evans said in July that the odds of him moving down to middleweight were "50-50 or better", and showed a willingness to meet Anderson Silva.

However, that bout is not on the table, and the middleweight move now seems to have been dismissed.

"If the UFC offered him Anderson Silva at 185lbs right now today, he would go and fight Anderson Silva at 185," Robinson told MMA Weekly Radio.

"The UFC is not offering him Anderson Silva at 185 today, so that's not something that's going to happen. So that's all Rashad ever meant.

"His goal is to stay 205 and to fight the best possible 205-pounder; he'd like to fight in December. That's his goal."

Evans, the former light-heavyweight champion, lost to Jon Jones at UFC 145.

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