{"id":115777,"date":"2014-10-19T10:29:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T17:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=115777"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:16:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:16:39","slug":"mike-pierce-ready-to-return-to-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/mike-pierce-ready-to-return-to-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Pierce Ready To Return To The UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/mike-pierce-ready-to-return-to-the-ufc\/pierce-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-115779\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/pierce.png\" alt=\"pierce\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-115779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/pierce.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/pierce-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/pierce-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC veteran Mike Pierce hasn&#8217;t seen action in the Octagon since UFC Fight Night 29, almost a year ago to date.  The bout ended in the first round when Rousimar Palhares infamously secured a heel hook, but refused to let go of the submission after Pierce tapped, and subsequently was released by the promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Pierce was then scheduled to fight Demian Maia earlier this year, but after Pierce broke his hand in training, the bout was scrapped.<\/p>\n<p>Now Pierce is ready to return to the Octagon after the longest layoff of his career.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/10\/after-first-ever-bone-break-mike-pierce-ready-for-ufc-return-as-soon-as-possible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a> about his desire to return to action.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt was the first broken bone I\u2019ve ever suffered in my entire life  I played football, I wrestled and I\u2019ve done MMA. Through all those years of all those sports, never had one broken bone. Then, of course, I get one in training camp when I hit someone wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was such a grueling process to get healed and deal with casts and braces and not moving your wrist very much. It was just agonizing most of the time. It wasn\u2019t any fun, so I\u2019m not trying to break my hand ever again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis whole last year has really sucked for me.  I\u2019m just excited to get back in there. At this point it doesn\u2019t matter who it is. Whatever goes my way is fine. I\u2019m just looking to knock someone down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still see myself somewhere around the top of the division.  I\u2019m not too worried about that at this point. I\u2019m just ready to have a fight scheduled and get back in there and do my thing. Not much has changed. I\u2019m looking forward to getting back in there as soon as possible.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC veteran Mike Pierce hasn&#8217;t seen action in the Octagon since UFC Fight Night 29, almost a year ago to date. The bout ended in the first round when Rousimar Palhares infamously secured a heel hook, but refused to let go of the submission after Pierce tapped, and subsequently was released by the promotion. 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