Rashad Evans was caught by surprise. First, because he didn’t expect to show up to the UFC Fight Night event in Rochester, New York, this May and find out that he’d been selected for the UFC Hall of Fame. Second, because he didn’t expect such a thing to make him feel the way it did.



“The emotions that came with it, I didn’t know I’d feel that way,” Evans said. “I thought maybe I’d be in the (UFC) Hall of Fame one day. But it’s another thing to have it happen and then that feeling hits you. It’s like, wow, I did it. I really did it. And it feels like I’ve completed something.”



That something is a 14-year pro career that took him to a UFC light heavyweight championship and beyond. Including his bouts on Season 2 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” which he won as a heavyweight, he logged more than 30 fights in the cage. He also headlined multiple blockbuster pay-per-view events, and fought...