UFC 161: Speed and Suga' propel Rashad Evans into light-heavyweight mix against legend Dan Henderson Speed is definitely going to be a the biggest factor in this fight. The key for me is just to stay relaxed and more importantly, just believe in myself. Believe in my speed, believe in my hands, believe in my takedown ability. Believe in my all-around game. Once I do that, this fight should be in the bag for me," he said. It's going to be exciting. I have a tremendous amount of respect for Dan. It's going to be fun because I watched his style for a long time and modelled my style after his for a bit, from his takedowns, to his punches and stuff like that," said Evans. "It's going to be crazy looking across the cage and saying "damn, that's Dan Henderson and we're about to go at it." It's going to be pretty cool. I believe I have a heavier punch but his punch is legendary. He has silenced a lot of people with the H bomb. "This fight is very important to me but I'm not really too concerned with where it puts me in the rankings and things like that," said Evans. The rankings are for the media and for the fans. I don't really look at the rankings. The rankings never helped me beat up anybody or stopped somebody from beating me up. But I do desperately want to win this fight. The contest has been underlined by UFC president Dana White reasoning that the loser will most likely never get a title shot again. Heavyweight Roy Nelson faces Stipe Miocic in a fight he may have to win if he is to keep his UFC contract and momentum, in spite of being No 5 in the official UFC heavyweight standings. Nelson has a beef with Dana White, and this is the last fight on his current contract, up in July. Ultra-brainy Cambridge University graduate Rosi Sexton makes history as the first British woman to fight in the UFC as she faces local favourite Alexis Davis. Featured on the BBC this week, which rarely covers the sport of MMA, Sexton told Telegraph Sport she was "slightly uncomfortable" about how they had portrayed her role as an osteopath and a fighter. Sexton believes women's MMA was always going to shock the world. A lot of people have been saying for some time that it just needed the platform. We'll see a lot of young talent coming up. They'll see women on the big stage, and believe they can get there. Sexton (13-2), has had a 10-year career in the sport before reaching MMA's Holy Grail of a UFC contract. There has been the perception - in the past - that it may be a male-oriented, male chauvinist sport, but it really isn't so...a lot of gyms are set up both for women and beginners. It's not just people who are hard, who want to be fighters who now come into gyms. Lawyers, accountants, doctors, people who just want to get fit, or who are into self-defence, are taking up MMA. Great role model for the sport. UFC president Dana White was again fulsome in his admiration for the new women fighting in the UFC. GAD picks for UFC 161: Rashad Evans, Roy Nelson, Rosi Sexton, Shawn Jordan, Igor Pokrajac (Main card); John Maguire (Prelims) Listen as Gareth A Davies hosts the ESPN UFC PODCAST with studio guests John Maguire and Luke Barnatt