Former UFC light heavyweight Rashad Evans told ESPN.com on Thursday that he is giving “serious consideration” to moving to the middleweight division. “I’ve been thinking about going down to middleweight lately,” Evans said. “I haven’t totally made up my mind. It’s something I’m going to think about a little more in the coming months and see where my body’s at, but I’m definitely giving it serious consideration. The odds of me moving down to 185 are 50-50 or better.”

“I’d like to go right into a title fight, but realistically there are other contenders at 185, and to skip over everybody wouldn’t be fair. So, it would make sense for me to establish myself in the weight class and have a fight or two, whatever the case may be.”

“I’m pretty sure I can make the cut,” said Evans, who has a professional mixed martial arts record of 17-2-1, “but I’ve never been down that low. If I decide to move down, I will do a practice cut first to make sure my body can do it. That will determine whether I can fight at middleweight or not. “I will also talk to my management team as well to see what they think, whether I should move down to 185. The last thing I want to do is move down and become half the athlete I am at 205.

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