Rashad Evans

Acting

Rashad Evans

Born

1979-09-25 (47)

Place of birth

Niagara Falls, New York, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

39 titles

Rashad Anton Evans  (born September 25, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist from Niagara Falls, New York, currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Evans won the heavyweight division of The Ultimate Fighter 2. Evans lost the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship by way of knockout to then undefeated Lyoto Machida at UFC 98. Evans is currently ranked as the #3 Light Heavyweight fighter in the world by Sherdog and Yahoo! Sports. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rashad Evans, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known for

The Ultimate Fighter poster
6.6

The next generation of UFC stars are produced in an intense elimination tournament that separates the contenders from the pretenders.

The Ultimate Fighter

2005

Boss Level poster
6.9

A former special forces agent is trapped in a time loop and relives his death over and over again. To escape the terrible situation, he must track down those responsible and stop them.

Boss Level

2021

Warrior poster
7.8

The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.

Warrior

2011

Kimbo Slice: One of A Kind poster
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The documentary gives viewers an inside look at Kimbo’s legendary rise to prominence as a Miami street fighter and YouTube sensation with rarely before-seen-footage and interviews with those who were with him from the start. From feared street fighter to globally-renowned MMA sensation, Kimbo became one of the sport’s first mainstream and crossover stars. He fought on the first ever MMA fight on a broadcast network in American history, drawing record viewership along the way. During his dramatic ascent to stardom and highly-publicized career, Kimbo maintained a fierce loyalty to his loving family and close knit friends. “Kimbo: One of A Kind” will be the definitive look at this inspirational cage warrior told by the people who knew him best.

Kimbo Slice: One of A Kind

2016

Death Warrior poster
2.9

A gritty MMA fighter is forced into a twisted, underground gambling ring in which he must fight to the death with other MMA fighters in order to save his wife from certain death at the hands of a maniacal crime boss. In a desperate race against time, he is forced into a series of increasingly violent life and death matches while simultaneously piecing together the puzzle which leads him to uncover

Death Warrior

2009

Jack's Law poster
2.8

Jack Santos is a retired undercover vice cop whose world is suddenly torn apart by the murder of his wife and daughter. After serving a prison term for a crime he did not commit, Jack returns to the streets with a vengeance against crime, and takes to vigilantism.

Jack's Law

2006

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 18 titles

Warrior poster
7.8

The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.

Warrior

2011

Kimbo Slice: One of A Kind poster
NR

The documentary gives viewers an inside look at Kimbo’s legendary rise to prominence as a Miami street fighter and YouTube sensation with rarely before-seen-footage and interviews with those who were with him from the start. From feared street fighter to globally-renowned MMA sensation, Kimbo became one of the sport’s first mainstream and crossover stars. He fought on the first ever MMA fight on a broadcast network in American history, drawing record viewership along the way. During his dramatic ascent to stardom and highly-publicized career, Kimbo maintained a fierce loyalty to his loving family and close knit friends. “Kimbo: One of A Kind” will be the definitive look at this inspirational cage warrior told by the people who knew him best.

Kimbo Slice: One of A Kind

2016

The Hurt Business poster
5.7

From the producers of 'Bowling for Columbine', 'Fahrenheit 9/11' and 'Generation Iron' comes 'The Hurt Business' which examines the rise of mixed martial arts fighting through the eyes of today's top stars.

The Hurt Business

2016

Locked Down poster
3.9

Danny, a respected cop, is setup after an investigation goes wrong. While laying low in his new jail cell, Danny is forced to get involved in the inmates underground cage fighting circuit. With the help of Irving, a former mixed martial arts champion, Danny devises a scheme to bring justice and innocence to his family's name, if he can get out of the cage alive.

Locked Down

2010

Unrivaled poster
2.5

On these streets everyone is fighting for a way out, but after a lifetime of hard knocks, a down-on-his-luck cage fighter gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he is chosen to compete against the MMA world champion during a massive competition. The stakes are high and the reward great...but should he lose, it will cost him his life.

Unrivaled

2010

UFC Fight Night 114: Pettis vs. Moreno poster
6.0

UFC Fight Night 114: Pettis vs. Moreno was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on August 5, 2017, at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico. A flyweight bout between Sergio Pettis and Brandon Moreno headlined the event.

UFC Fight Night 114: Pettis vs. Moreno

2017

UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 poster
7.0

UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 is an MMA event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on June 9, 2018, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2

2018

UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks poster
5.8

UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks is a mixed martial arts event held on November 16, 2013, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. The event will commemorate the organization's 20th anniversary. The main event is a UFC Welterweight Championship bout between the current champion Georges St-Pierre and #1 contender Johny Hendricks. Co-featured on the card is a light-heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans and Chael Sonnen.

UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks

2013

UFC on Fox 2: Evans vs. Davis poster
6.6

UFC on Fox 2: Evans vs. Davis was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 28, 2012, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

UFC on Fox 2: Evans vs. Davis

2012

UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2 poster
5.5

UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on March 4, 2017, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. A UFC Welterweight Championship rematch between current champion Tyron Woodley and five-time kickboxing world champion Stephen Thompson headlined this event. The pairing met recently at UFC 205, as Woodley retained his title after the fight ended in a majority draw.

UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2

2017

UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar poster
7.5

UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 2, 2013, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Paradise, Nevada.

UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar

2013

UFC 133: Evans vs. Ortiz poster
5.3

UFC 133: Evans vs. Ortiz was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 6, 2011 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

UFC 133: Evans vs. Ortiz

2011

UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson poster
7.7

UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson was a mixed martial arts event held on October 3, 2015, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The event was headlined by a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between current champion Daniel Cormier and top contender Alexander Gustafsson.

UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson

2015

UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva poster
6.0

UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva was a mixed martial arts event being held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on January 2, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva

2010

UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson poster
5.2

UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson was a mixed martial arts event held on June 15, 2013 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson

2013

UFC on Fox 19: Teixeira vs. Evans poster
8.2

UFC on Fox 19: Teixeira vs. Evans was a mixed martial arts event held on April 16, 2016 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. The event was the second that the organization has hosted in the Tampa Bay Area, and first since UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens in February 2009.

UFC on Fox 19: Teixeira vs. Evans

2016

UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans poster
7.1

UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans was a mixed martial arts event held by Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 21, 2012 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The headline fight at UFC 145 was a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship contest between champion Jon Jones and challenger Rashad Evans. Jones and Evans are former teammates at Jackson's MMA, under the tutelage of coach Greg Jackson.

UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans

2012

UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans poster
4.8

UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 29, 2010 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans

2010

2000s · 13 titles

Death Warrior poster
2.9

A gritty MMA fighter is forced into a twisted, underground gambling ring in which he must fight to the death with other MMA fighters in order to save his wife from certain death at the hands of a maniacal crime boss. In a desperate race against time, he is forced into a series of increasingly violent life and death matches while simultaneously piecing together the puzzle which leads him to uncover

Death Warrior

2009

Jack's Law poster
2.8

Jack Santos is a retired undercover vice cop whose world is suddenly torn apart by the murder of his wife and daughter. After serving a prison term for a crime he did not commit, Jack returns to the streets with a vengeance against crime, and takes to vigilantism.

Jack's Law

2006

UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 poster
7.2

UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 was a mixed martial arts event by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) held on December 27, 2008 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event featured number-one contender Rashad Evans fighting the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin.

UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008

2008

UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn poster
6.1

UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 23, 2006. The event, originally subtitled "Hughes vs. St. Pierre," was scheduled to feature a UFC Welterweight Title match between champion Matt Hughes and Georges St.-Pierre. Nevertheless, a groin injury—which was reported early in August—forced St.-Pierre off the card.

UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn

2006

UFC 73: Stacked poster
6.1

UFC 73: Stacked was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). It took place on July 7, 2007 at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California and featured a total of nine bouts: four on the preliminary card and five on the main card. The main event was Anderson Silva defending the UFC Middleweight Championship against Nathan Marquardt.

UFC 73: Stacked

2007

UFC Fight Night 5: Leben vs. Silva poster
7.0

UFC Fight Night 5: Leben vs. Silva was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 28, 2006. The event took place at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. This event served as the coming out party for Anderson Silva, the future middleweight champion of the UFC.

UFC Fight Night 5: Leben vs. Silva

2006

UFC 78: Validation poster
5.9

UFC 78: Validation was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), that took place on November 17, 2007 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Validation was the first UFC event held in New Jersey since June 4, 2005's UFC 53: Heavy Hitters in Atlantic City. The main event featured TUF 2 Heavyweight winner Rashad Evans against TUF 3 Light Heavyweight winner Michael Bisping in a light heavyweight contest.

UFC 78: Validation

2007

UFC Fight Night 4: Bonnar vs Jardine poster
5.8

UFC Fight Night 4: Bonnar vs Jardine was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 6, 2006. The event took place at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada and was broadcast live on Spike TV in the United States and Canada.

UFC Fight Night 4: Bonnar vs Jardine

2006

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2008 was the biggest year ever for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and now you can re-live every great knockout, submission and fight with the "UFC: Best of 2008" DVD set. All the superstars of mixed martial arts are here in their most spectacular bouts, from Brock Lesnar, Rashad Evans and Anderson Silva to Georges St-Pierre, BJ Penn and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. Also contains a special tribute to former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner and an inside look at the UFC fight for the Troop event.

UFC Best of 2008

2009

The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale poster
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The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 5, 2005. Featured were the finals from The Ultimate Fighter 2 in both the Welterweight and Heavyweight divisions as well as a main event between Diego Sanchez and Nick Diaz.

The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale

2005

UFC 88: Breakthrough poster
5.9

UFC 88: Breakthrough was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on September 6, 2008 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The event was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between Chuck Liddell and Rashad Evans.

UFC 88: Breakthrough

2008

UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida poster
5.9

UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on May 23, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Quinton Jackson, former UFC Light Heavyweight champion, was to fight the undefeated current champion Rashad Evans but had to undergo arthroscopic surgery to repair ligament damage in his jaw that he received in a previous training camp. Instead, Evans headlined the card against fellow undefeated contender Lyoto Machida.

UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida

2009

UFC Fight Night 8: Evans vs. Salmon poster
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UFC Fight Night 8: Evans vs. Salmon was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 25, 2007 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. This card featured the UFC debut of PRIDE and Hero's veteran Heath Herring. Originally scheduled for the main card was a bout between middleweight contestants Nate Marquardt and Dean Lister; it is believed that Spike TV influenced the eventual decision to remove the bout from the main card which made the main event Rashad Evans vs. Sean Salmon.

UFC Fight Night 8: Evans vs. Salmon

2007

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