UFC 145 Results: Rashad Evans Won't Recover from Embarrassing Loss to Jon Jones

Rashad Evans was absolutely embarrassed by Jon "Bones" Jones at UFC 145, and it's going to be very tough for him to recover.

Not only was he not able to defeat his rival and win back the UFC light heavyweight title belt, but he also looked horrible in the process. This is a fight that's going to follow him around for the rest of his career.

To be fair to Evans, Jones is easily the best fighter in the world right now, and at the moment, there is nobody who can beat him. He's athletic, agile and incredibly aggressive with his strikes. His long reach makes him dangerous from just about any range in the Octagon, and he mixes in kicks, elbows and even his shoulders.

Jones is the perfect fighter right now, but that doesn't make Evans' loss to him any less disappointing or embarrassing.

He was absolutely dismantled, according to Josh Gross of ESPN.com:

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Following a brutally rough second period in which he was knocked around the cage by the champion's elbows to a degree I'd never seen before, Evans was in worst-case-scenario mode. He couldn't decipher range or timing and Jones had settled in. The challenger said later this was because he fell flat, which, if you wish, could be added to the list of reasons he didn't win, but that's not reflective of reality. Evans didn't fall flat in the biggest fight of his life so much as Jones rendered him ineffective.

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This is the type of fight that Evans is not going to be able to recover from. He didn't just lose the bout, he looked silly doing it.

He needed to go out in the championship rounds and get after Jones if he had any hope of winning the fight, but he barely made an attempt. He was literally frozen by the potential knockout ability of Jones, and he was too caught up in all the games that Jones was playing with his hands.

This is a former UFC champion we're talking about, but Jones had him completely wrapped up in his mind games and waiting for the knockout blow.

I haven't been embarrassed for a UFC fighter before, but I came pretty close with Evans. He was completely demolished by Jones, and I have a hard time believing there was one person who saw that fight who didn't feel Evans was far over-matched.

Evans will certainly get back on the horse moving forward, as all good fighters do, but it's highly doubtful that he'll ever be the same.

Losing in a title fight is one thing. Getting dismantled by your rival in said title fight is a disastrous way to go out. I don't see a smooth recovery in Evans' future.