{"id":278624,"date":"2018-06-15T10:28:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T17:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=278624"},"modified":"2018-06-15T10:28:46","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T17:28:46","slug":"brad-pickett-explains-choice-to-end-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/brad-pickett\/brad-pickett-explains-choice-to-end-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Pickett explains choice to end retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in March of 2017, British MMA legend Brad Pickett experienced his third consecutive loss \u2014 a knockout at the hands of Marlon Vera \u2014 and elected to hang up the gloves.\u00a0A little over a year later, Pickett has ended his retirement. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/brad-pickett\/brad-pickett-comes-out-of-retirement-signs-with-acb\/\">The former UFC bantamweight has signed with ACB<\/a>, and will debut with the promotion when they return to London on August 11.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/6\/15\/17464918\/brad-pickett-im-coming-out-of-retirement-on-my-terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>, Pickett explained what it was that compelled him to end his retirement.<\/p>\n<p id=\"iMUF6d\">\u201cIt just kind of happened,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I got an offer from ACB for their London card. It started off as a joke, you know, they were asking me if I wanted it. I think it must have planted a seed because all of a sudden I started to think, \u2018Why wouldn\u2019t I?\u2019 The only reasons why I wouldn\u2019t do it would be health related, but my health is completely fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"YnTV1c\">\u201cIt\u2019s on my terms. I don\u2019t have to compete multiple times, it\u2019s going to depend on how I feel after my fight,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p id=\"w8k9oe\">\u201cIt\u2019s not for the money, but it certainly helps. It\u2019s not like I was out begging for a fight and ACB did me a favor. I wasn\u2019t even considering coming out of retirement but the deal I\u2019ve been offered was too good to turn down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pickett also shared his goals for his time in the promotion, which seem to be quite measured.<\/p>\n<p id=\"TN0wJX\">\u201cI want to be selective in the type of opponents I face,&#8221; he said. &#8220;If something sounds cool I\u2019ll be into it. I just want this to be fun. I just want to take a fight and enjoy the fight rather than trying to climb a ladder or get in contention for a belt. I\u2019ve been there and done that, and now I just want to do what interests me.<\/p>\n<p id=\"rupv40\">\u201cI\u2019m not stupid, I\u2019m not going in there to take out ACB\u2019s best prospects or anything like that. I know I still have a few good, competitive fights in me and I hope that this can fulfill that for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How do you think Brad Pickett will perform in his return to the cage?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 6\/15\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in March of 2017, British MMA legend Brad Pickett experienced his third consecutive loss \u2014 a knockout at the hands of Marlon Vera \u2014 and elected to hang up the gloves.\u00a0A little over a year later, Pickett has ended his retirement. 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