MANILA, Philippines – Former mixed martial arts (MMA) champion Rashad "Suga" Evans will get the chance to unseat his former friend and now rival UFC light heavyweight king Jon “Bones” Jones.

Evans will challenge Jones in the main event of UFC 145 in Atlanta on April 21, reported Yahoo! Sports.

“If I was fighting anybody for the belt at this point, there would be pressure, but there is added pressure in this situation because it’s Jon and our whole personal situation,” said Evans, who used to train Jones.

Evans was supposed to challenge Jones for the light heavyweight title in UFC 140.

But Evans pulled out event because of an injury sustained during the Tito Ortiz bout in UFC 133.

“I’m very happy for what he’s done in this sport and what he’s accomplished for himself. He’s worked hard for it, but that’s where the respect and admiration stops. I don’t care for him too much as a person,” Evans said of Jones.

Evans actually helped Jones win the UFC light heavyweight belt from Mauricio Rua last year.

However, their friendship fell apart when Jones, during an interview in UFC Versus, declared himself available to fight Evans.

“He was asked the question by Ariel Helwani and he said, ‘I would fight Rashad if [UFC president] Dana White told us to, because I wouldn’t want to get fired.’ ” Evans said.

“At that point, if he’d have shot me a text and said, ‘Listen, bro, this is what was said. This is what I meant by the whole thing,’ it would have been all good. I never would have fought Jon,” added Evans.