Former UFC champs Rashad Evans, 'Rampage' Jackson set to box in April

Rashad Evans and Quinton Jackson will run it back, but this time in the boxing ring.

The bitter rivalry reached its height as rival coaches on Season 10 of “The Ultimate Fighter” and the first showdown in the main event of UFC 114 in Las Vegas. Fifteen years later, Evans and Jackson will lock horns again in a boxing match at ICS Mania 1 on April 12 at The Pit in Albuquerque, N.M.

Friday, both parties announced the date and location for the long-rumored fight on Instagram.

“Can’t believe my 1st boxing match is against @sugarashadevans,” Jackson wrote on Instagram. “I know we’re boys now, but I’m still gonna swell yo bottom lip up.”

“The date is set!!!!!” Evans wrote on his post. “Time to show out & give @rampagejackson the ass whoopin he been begging for!! LFG!!!”

A pre-fight press conference will take place February 20 at the same venue as the fight and will be open to the public.

Evans was the most recent active competitor between the two. In January 2022, Evans won a unanimous decision against Gabriel Checco at Eagle FC 44. “Rampage” was last in action in December 2019, when he lost by knockout to Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator 237.