{"id":173453,"date":"2015-10-27T09:38:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T16:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=173453"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:36:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:36:30","slug":"ian-mccall-eyeing-cerrone-like-schedule-after-returning-from-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ian-mccall-eyeing-cerrone-like-schedule-after-returning-from-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian McCall eyeing &#8216;Cerrone-like&#8217; schedule after returning from surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC flyweight Ian McCall has had a laundry list of injuries that have haunted him since signing with the UFC in 2012. McCall said in an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/10\/ian-mccall-looking-to-get-healthy-and-make-a-run-at-a-ufc-title-shot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Junkie<\/a> that he just finished shoulder surgery twelve weeks ago for a torn rotator cuff, two torn labra, and a torn bicep tendon. McCall was initially told that it was probably just a labrum tear, but later found the injury to be much more than that. Now McCall is looking to get healthy and back to fighting, and fighting often.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>So, basically, my whole shoulder was done, and I just threw my first punch last week after about three months<\/em>,\u201d McCall said.<\/p>\n<p>With the layoff, the UFC is looking to get McCall back in the cage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>They keep checking up on me,\u201d <\/em>McCall said<em>. \u201cSean Shelby will text my agent and whatever. It\u2019s just one of those things. I\u2019ve had a lot of injuries. Just since signing with the UFC alone, since then, I\u2019ve had four surgeries, two bad infections, and I tore my hip and groin real bad. I haven\u2019t had the best run of luck. I haven\u2019t really been healthy through my whole UFC career<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At 31-years-old, McCall knows that he does not have time on his side, especially if he is looking to get a shot at the title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Let\u2019s say that in 2016 I can get in three or four fights and be healthy, that would be great<\/em>,\u201d McCall said. \u201c<em>If I could do the Donald Cerrone and fight six times? Great. That would be f-cking amazing. That\u2019s just a lot<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I have a saying that my mental coach, Vinnie Shoreman, told me a while ago. It\u2019s that time is a commodity that I do not have. I don\u2019t have time on my side anymore. So, I would fight every month if I could. If I was healthy enough and I\u2019m knocking everyone out or whatever, I\u2019ll fight six times. Great. I just need to get healthy, and I need to stay healthy.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who would you like to see McCall matched up against in his return fight? Let us know by commenting below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC flyweight Ian McCall has had a laundry list of injuries that have haunted him since signing with the UFC in 2012. McCall said in an interview with MMA Junkie that he just finished shoulder surgery twelve weeks ago for a torn rotator cuff, two torn labra, and a torn bicep tendon. 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