Rashad Evans advises Woodley on fight with Dana White: 'You can't win'

Dana White (left) gets angry with Woodley (right). Photo: Reproduction / YouTube

The welterweight champion Tyron woodley and the UFC president came into conflict last week. The fighter even announced his fight against Nate diazHowever, the manager denied that the fight had been considered and called Woodley a liar. With the warm weather, someone else took action. Rashad evans, former light heavyweight champion, advised the athlete not to enter into conflict.

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From his own experience, Evans recalled the conflicts Dana had throughout his career in the octagon. According to him, despite considering that Tyron is right, it is not possible to win an argument with the UFC president.

“Some of the fans may not know, but I was the Tyron woodley original in my relationship with Dana. I understand what he's feeling, but he's going to learn what I learned. It reminds me of something they told me when I got married: 'Do you want to be right, or do you want to be happy?' Because if you're right, you won't be happy. At this point, he can't win, because he fights in the UFC. Dana is the president of the UFC, he can't win. Feel however you want to feel, but you have to know that whenever the conversation is about something Dana said, don't even respond,” said Evans, in an interview with the program The MMA Hour, from the “MMA Fighting” website.

“It's a difficult thing to do, because your ego is involved. You know Dana is wrong and you want to prove it. You might feel like it's because of this or that and you want to expose the truth, but ultimately, at what cost? Your legacy, your chance to be remembered for what you love to do. At the end of the day, these are the things that make you hate fighting. I spent many years of my career arguing with Dana, trying to fight Shogun or some other guy. But in the end, it wasn't worth it, it just wasted my time. I understand what Tyron is saying and he's right, but you have to ask yourself if it's really worth it. This conversation between Tyron and Dana should not happen,” he added.

Rashad evans, 38 years old, is a former UFC light heavyweight champion. The North American won the title by beating Forrest griffin at UFC 92 in 2008. He lost his reign in the next fight when he was knocked out by Lyoto Machida in edition 98, in 2009. Since then, he returned to challenge for the title at UFC 145, in 2012, but was surpassed by Jon Jones.

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