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Condit: After torn ACL, I had 'no other option' but to come back, 'this is how I pay my bills'

"The Natural Born Killer" promises a violent fight in his comeback against Thiago Alves.

After 14 months on the sidelines, former UFC interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit will return this Saturday in Brazil, to face "Pitbull" Thiago Alves in the main event. It will be a new dawn for "The Natural Born Killer".

Flashback to March 2014: Condit battles Tyron Woodley at UFC 171. Woodley scores a takedown, but lands on Condit's right knee. After the referee stands them up again, Condit's knee buckles, he crumbles, screams in pain. The outcome of the fight for Condit: a TKO loss, a torn ACL, a partially torn meniscus and over a year out of competition.