By Michael David Smith
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On the second season of
The Ultimate Fighter, Rashad Evans and Mike Whitehead had plenty of personal animosity in the house and had a fight in the Octagon. That was almost four years ago, but Whitehead made clear after Evans beat
Forrest Griffin at
UFC 92 that he still can't stand Evans:
"Forrest lost to a guy that I don't have a lot of respect for," Whitehead said. "I just hate the way that f**king Rashad goes out, just the way he carries himself, he's almost as bad as
Tito [Ortiz] now. ... Kissing his glove and touching his d**k, that's not a good ambassador for our sport."
In my view, Whitehead comes across looking jealous of the fact that Evans -- now the UFC light heavyweight champion -- has had a lot more professional success than he has. Whitehead and Evans both got their chances on
The Ultimate Fighter, and Evans did a much better job of taking advantage of that chance.
Still, Whitehead is right that Evans does take things too far sometimes. I'd like to see Evans carry himself a little bit more like a champion.
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