{"id":204107,"date":"2016-09-14T09:14:54","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T16:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=204107"},"modified":"2016-09-14T09:24:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T16:24:08","slug":"canadian-welterweight-jordan-mein-emerges-retirement2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jordan-mein\/canadian-welterweight-jordan-mein-emerges-retirement2\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Welterweight Jordan Mein Emerges from Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last August, Canadian welterweight Jordan Mein <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/ufcs-jordan-mein-retires-at-the-age-of-25\/\">announced his decision to hang up the gloves<\/a>. He did so at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-tbt-battle-16-year-olds-rory-macdonald-vs-jordan-mein\/\">just 25 years old<\/a> \u2013 though he&#8217;d competed in a whopping 39 professional fights, many of them quite gruelling.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, news broke that the ever-exciting welterweight has nixed those retirement plans, and is hoping for a UFC comeback as early as next month. This news was confirmed by Ariel Helwani of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2016\/9\/13\/12905112\/jordan-mein-coming-out-of-retirement-hoping-for-ufc-fight-in-the-fall\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Fighting<\/a>, who spoke with Mein&#8217;s father and coach, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/father-of-tonights-co-main-event-fighter-arrested-on-felony-sexual-assault-banned-from-ufc\/\">Lee Mein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I am happy he is enjoying training and wants to fight again,&#8221; the father said. &#8220;I feel he is one of the best out there.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;As long as he is having fun and feels healthy, I will support and help him any way I can.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mein entered the UFC at just 23 years old, winning his debut with a first-round walloping of Dan Miller. In his next bout, Mein was TKO&#8217;d by long-time contender Matt Brown, though he would rebound from this loss with defeats of\u00a0Hernani Perp\u00e9tuo and Mike Pyle. Finally, Mein wrapped up his UFC career with a TKO loss to Brazilian bomber Thiago Alves. He announced his retirement several months after this loss.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of his long career, Mein has fought some of the game&#8217;s biggest names. In addition to Brown and Pyle, he&#8217;s tangled with names Rory MacDonald, Tyron Woodley, Mike Ricci and Jason High, and defeated the likes of Joe Riggs, Joshua Burkman,\u00a0Marius Zaromskis, and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/evangelista-santos\/cyborg-santos-plans-fight-december-despite-fractured-skull\/\">Evangelista &#8220;Cyborg&#8221; Santos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;ll return at a time when the welterweight division is more stacked than ever; ruled by the aforementioned Woodley and populated by dangerous contenders like Stephen Thompson and Demian Maia. He&#8217;s also <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/georges-st-pierre-im-ready-go\/\">not the only Canadian welterweight<\/a> to float the idea of a comeback recently&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Who would you like to see the fan favorite Jordan Mein take on his comeback fight? 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