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(R-L) World Champion boxer Bernard Hopkins gives Rashad Evans some boxing tips in the locker room at the Joe Hand Gym

Rashad Evans

Training: My typical day starts at 6am with strength & conditioning. Then team practice is at 10:30, which on any given day may cover any one of the many disciplines in MMA. At 5pm I return to hit mitts with Mike Winklejohn, and then after that I do gameplan technique with Greg Jackson. I follow this routine until Sunday & have off. I have strength class on Monday and Wednesday, but on the other mornings I still do just my conditioning.

When and why did you start training for fighting? I started to train in 2003 after I graduated from college. I love fighting so much and I figured why take the chance of fighting in the streets when I can get paid to fight in the Octagon. Even though the street fights are a lot of fun, I put it behind me and started to train with a true purpose.

Do you have any heroes? My mother is my hero because she is such a strong person. I have never even seen her cry.