Igor Araujo returns to the Octagon 10 months after a devastating loss to George Sullivan, and he’s happy to be fighting again.
Araujo takes on Sean Strickland at Wednesday night’s UFC Fight Night 71 in San Diego, Calif., and scoring his third UFC win on July 15 would be the perfect way to celebrate his wife’s victory over cancer.
"I took some time off but it had nothing to do with my last loss, but to help my wife," Araujo told MMAFighting.com. "I couldn’t stay focused on training. I was fighting for money, and I never did that in my entire life.