{"id":339646,"date":"2020-01-30T09:28:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T17:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=339646"},"modified":"2020-01-30T09:28:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T17:28:55","slug":"after-brief-retirement-ufc-veteran-ryan-laflare-looking-to-sign-with-pfl-and-fight-rory-macdonald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/after-brief-retirement-ufc-veteran-ryan-laflare-looking-to-sign-with-pfl-and-fight-rory-macdonald\/","title":{"rendered":"After brief retirement, UFC veteran Ryan LaFlare looking to sign with PFL and fight Rory MacDonald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan LaFlare is looking to end his retirement.<\/p>\n<p>LaFlare went 7-3 in UFC and headlined a card against Demian Maia and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/ufc-fight-night-32-results-laflare-defeats-ponzinibbio-by-way-of-unanimous-decision\/\">had a notable win over Santiago Ponzinibbio<\/a>. Yet, he had to end his MMA career<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/ufc-229-live-results-mcgregor-vs-khabib\/\"> after a knockout loss to Anthony Rocco Martin at UFC 229 due to his injuries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;I didn\u2019t retire because of the loss I retired because my body couldn\u2019t take it anymore. I was coming off my third ACL surgery and I had 10 fights in the UFC and had five surgeries since I was in the UFC,&#8221; LaFlare told BJPENN.com. &#8220;It felt like every time I fought I had to have surgery. My body just started giving up on me. I took that time completely off the sport and I stopped loving it because it turned into a job and I was hurt and spending more time rehabbing my injuries then I was preparing myself for a fight.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>LaFlare believes the injuries hindered how good he could have been in the UFC but won&#8217;t play the what-if game. Instead, since retiring, he has been coaching the likes of Brian Kelleher <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/john-gotti-iii-reacts-to-dana-white-pumping-up-his-ces-60-fight\/\">and John Gotti III<\/a>. But, he is interested in making a comeback and signing with the PFL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Mostly I want <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pflmma.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PFL<\/a> because I love the way the organization is run and the way they treat their fighters. You know when you are fighting and everything is laid out for you,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;I love what they are doing but at the end of the day, money talks. I\u2019ve put countless hours in the gym and it will pay off. <\/span><span class=\"s1\">I see an opportunity with the people in this tournament and I want a piece of the pie. I know I can be a force to be reckoned with.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Although he is interested in coming back, LaFlare says the money has to make sense. He also doesn&#8217;t have an offer from the PFL yet. But, with his manager being Ali Abdelaziz, he believes it will get done and he <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/rory-macdonald-parts-ways-with-bellator-signs-with-pfl\/\">can finally have the fight against Rory MacDonald<\/a> which he has wanted for years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;You can ask any of my coaches, I\u2019ve always said that is a good matchup for me against Rory MacDonald. When I was coming in the UFC and had that hot streak I wanted that fight,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I always felt that he was the guy standing in the way of where I wanted to be and I love that matchup. Obviously our paths never crossed and he went to Bellator. I still think it\u2019s a great matchup for me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;He\u2019s very smart and technical but so am I. I bring a lot more pressure and I have a very strong wrestling game. In the later rounds, I\u2019d find a way to win,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;He\u2019s a tremendous fighter, but I like the matchup because he doesn\u2019t pose much of a threat to win. He is the favorite to win. 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Yet, he had to end his MMA career after a knockout loss to Anthony Rocco Martin at UFC 229 due to his injuries. &#8220;I didn\u2019t retire because [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":339654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2674,24130,17208,39610],"tags":[39616],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>After brief retirement, UFC veteran Ryan LaFlare looking to sign with PFL and fight Rory MacDonald | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ryan LaFlare is a UFC veteran who found a ton of success in the promotion and is looking to end his retirement and sign with the PFL.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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