{"id":120123,"date":"2014-11-22T13:04:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T21:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=120123"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:07:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:07:56","slug":"needed-matt-wiman-explains-two-year-absence-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/needed-matt-wiman-explains-two-year-absence-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Wiman explains two year absence from the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Wiman<\/a><\/p>\n

Heading into tonight’s UFC Fight Night 57, many fans have wondered where Matt Wiman has been for the last two years.<\/p>\n

Wiman, a UFC vet of 14 fights with a 9-5 record under the UFC banner, hasn’t been in the Octagon since January of 2013, nearly two years ago, when he lost to TJ Grant.<\/p>\n

He spoke to MMAJunkie <\/a> to discuss his hiatus from the sport, as well as his bout against Issac Vallie-Flagg tonight in Austin Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to take some time to lick my wounds and maybe get some surgeries to start fixing my body up a little bit\u2026I\u2019ve ignored them for a while,\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOften times, you take a little time off for some reason; maybe you come back to the basics a little more, but sometimes when I don\u2019t train for a while, I pick it up a lot better, maybe because I\u2019ve been trying new things and over-thinking things, but sometimes if you take time off and regroup, you come back and you\u2019re better.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThat being said, you need time in the gym to advance your skills. You have to spend your time in the gym, but you also have to think outside the box and regroup sometimes.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Will Wiman be able to return as dominant as he was before he left? We will find out tonight on Fox Sports 1!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Heading into tonight’s UFC Fight Night 57, many fans have wondered where Matt Wiman has been for the last two years. Wiman, a UFC vet of 14 fights with a 9-5 record under the UFC banner, hasn’t been in the Octagon since January of 2013, nearly two years ago, when he lost to TJ Grant. 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