{"id":112945,"date":"2014-09-20T14:43:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T21:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=112945"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:31:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:31:20","slug":"hong-man-choi-eyeing-mma-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/hong-man-choi-eyeing-mma-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Man Choi Eyeing MMA Return?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/hong-man-choi-eyeing-mma-return\/hong-man-choi\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-113006\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-113006\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Hong-Man-Choi.png\" alt=\"Hong Man Choi\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Hong-Man-Choi.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Hong-Man-Choi-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Hong-Man-Choi-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Hong Man Choi is looking for a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>The gargantuan 7&#8217;2&#8243; MMA veteran&#8217;s last victory came back in 2009, over Jose Conseco, as part of the DREAM Super Hulk Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>He lost in the semi-finals to Ikuhisa Minowa, and hasn&#8217;t stepped inside the cage since.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/9\/19\/6525247\/after-five-year-hiatus-hong-man-choi-interested-in-resuming-mma-career\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/9\/19\/6525247\/after-five-year-hiatus-hong-man-choi-interested-in-resuming-mma-career\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ariel Helwani<\/a> has the scoop on his potential return:<\/p>\n<p><em>Hong Man Choi&#8217;s return to MMA may have been delayed recently, but the seven-foot-two South Korean is still considering fighting again.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-ad m-ad__article-body\"><em>\u00a0Choi was scheduled to fight Carlos Toyota on Sept. 12 at Revolution 2 in South Korea, however, he withdrew just hours before the fight due to a money issue with the promotion.<\/em><\/div>\n<p id=\"paragraph3\" class=\"pgh-paragraph\"><em>According to a source close to Choi, he&#8217;s still hopeful to resume his fighting career in the near future.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, Hong Man Choi is looking for a comeback. 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