With that kind of measured flamboyance, Evans makes us pay attention. And what’s better than a fight involving a self-assured, colorful combatant?

Here’s what: A fight involving two.

Let that statement serve as this modest writer’s appeal to UFC matchmakers to set up Evans’ first championship defense against one Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.

Rampage, the howling, 40-grade chain necklace wearing bruiser, seems to be the rare fighter with a true alter ego. Outside the cage, he’s a wise-cracking, God-fearing jokester. Inside the cage, he’s a scowling monster who’s capable of one-punch knockouts and mind-numbing slams.

On the same night Evans conquered Griffin, Jackson cold-cocked Wanderlei Silva, who represented a ghastly skeleton in Rampage’s closet. His first-round demolition announced Jackson’s return to form just when it seemed like his career and life had taken a horribly wrong turn.

Back on solid ground and in a new camp that has refreshed the ex-champion, Rampage deserves another title shot, even though he claims to immediately prefer a chance to redeem his razor-thin loss to Griffin that precipitated a personal freefall.

Rampage-Evans would be an electric matchup. Given the duo’s robust personalities, it could exceed hype standards. And, given their coinciding techniques, it figures to deliver mass-appeasing fistic fireworks.

Certainly, from a spectator’s seat, this engagement would trump the likely alternative of watching Evans stalk the prance-and-peppering Lyoto Machida, assuming “The Dragon” gets past Thiago Silva at UFC 94 on Jan. 31 in a clash of perfect (13-0) competitors.

While a deserving challenger, Machida is like the antithesis of allure. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. His evasive approach is proven and may one day produce a lengthy title reign, something UFC President Dana White apparently believes.

But that can wait, please. Right now, more intrigue might rest in a rare collision of light heavyweights who can match capability and charisma. It would be fun to see if, for instance, Evans has the nerve to pull off another “junk-gesture” while in the cage with Rampage, an act that might be like poking a frothing canine with a stick.