That holds true for Nick Newell, who stepped away from the sport in October 2015. He kept getting injured, and didn’t want to fight just to get a paycheck. It was hard for Newell to get motivated for a fight he’d enter hurt, barely himself. And that happened over and over again. So he said goodbye to MMA competition.
That goodbye ends on Friday, when Newell returns to action at LFA 35 in Houston. Exactly 890 days separate his last fight, a decision win over Tommy Marcellino at WSOF 24, and his return.
With that long between fights, why come back now?