Alan Belcher ready for return, eye 100% Alan "The Talent" Belcher's doctor has given him a full...

Alan Belcher ready for return, eye 100%

Alan "The Talent" Belcher's doctor has given him a full realease and says he should be ready to fight in 3 months.

http://twitter.com/alanbelcherufc/

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Great news.

This guy is fun to watch.
I hope he’s still the same fighter after this long layoff.

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by RolloTomasi on Jan 31, 2011 4:19 PM EST reply actions

Belcher VS Bisping would be good.

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by RolloTomasi on Jan 31, 2011 4:20 PM EST up reply actions

I 2nd that. Belcher vs. Bisping would be a great fight. I love Belcher, one of my 3 favourite fighters ever since I saw the Okami fight. So glad to see he’ll be able to fight again.

by budgellism on Jan 31, 2011 7:06 PM EST up reply actions

Awesome

I like seeing injury recoveries.

Guillotine.

by iiowyn on Jan 31, 2011 4:26 PM EST reply actions

stann maybe?

both guys are on two fight win streaks.

by woooburn on Jan 31, 2011 4:29 PM EST reply actions

Was just gonna say this

I’d prefer that to any of the other guys, or occupying Wanderlei with Stann.

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by Charles Awad on Jan 31, 2011 6:43 PM EST up reply actions

Stann vs Belcher and then

Wandy vs Vitor(after he loses to Andy), Bisping/Rivera vs Nate/akiyama and Maia vs Palhares(if he beats Branch).

by mcpeepants23200 on Jan 31, 2011 4:33 PM EST reply actions

Okami.

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by Earl Montclair on Jan 31, 2011 4:39 PM EST reply actions

Any one of those three is fine by me.

Glad to hear he is healthy!!

by truck on Jan 31, 2011 4:42 PM EST reply actions

Chael Sonnen.

by Rob Young on Jan 31, 2011 4:42 PM EST reply actions

In all seriousness

he needs to fight his tattoo artist.

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by Earl Montclair on Jan 31, 2011 4:42 PM EST reply actions 19 recs

insta-rec

by zuffazombie on Jan 31, 2011 4:43 PM EST up reply actions

100x rec'd

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by F'n Clownshoes on Jan 31, 2011 4:43 PM EST up reply actions

You don't have that power...

by truck on Jan 31, 2011 5:19 PM EST up reply actions

one can dream.....sighs

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by F'n Clownshoes on Jan 31, 2011 5:23 PM EST up reply actions

i say give him a grappler, give his eye a lil rest, no strikers if joe silva has a heart

by zuffazombie on Jan 31, 2011 4:43 PM EST reply actions

Maia sounds like a good comeback fight, that’s no joke though, hope he come’s back on point

by zuffazombie on Jan 31, 2011 4:46 PM EST up reply actions

Not to me

Maia would use his grappling superiority to gain positional dominance in many different ways, and then punch him repeatedly in the eye.

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by Drunken cutman on Feb 1, 2011 5:26 AM EST up reply actions

It’s not like he’s defenseless standing. I like Bisping

by IRodC on Jan 31, 2011 5:06 PM EST up reply actions

If his eye needs resting he shouldn’t come back, no? That’s like discounting Palhares as an opponent because someone’s coming off knee surgery.

by ihateemo on Jan 31, 2011 5:48 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Very cool

I’m happy he’s back. He would give any of the other elite 185ers problems. I think Belcher/Maia sounds great

by FCC_bigE on Jan 31, 2011 4:45 PM EST reply actions

you’d like us to get your boss/matchmaker to give you a “Big Name” next. I want him to fight a good fighter and see where he is after his lay-off, but I’m gonna trust Mr.Silva to do his job.
Alan’s last 3 fights are wins against Cote (who has lost his last 3), Gouviea (who just lost to Ryan Jimmo in MFC, and has lost 3 in a row also) and a controversial loss to Akiyama (who has dropped his last 2 since).

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by F'n Clownshoes on Jan 31, 2011 4:48 PM EST reply actions

Yea I agree

They definitely need to run that Akiyama/Belcher fight back. What a great opening bout that was!!!! To echo everyone else’s sentiments, great news about Alan’s eye. I look forward to more Duke Rufus cage sprung strikes now.

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by LRaunThaDamaja on Jan 31, 2011 4:57 PM EST up reply actions

Really happy

he was able to recover from that horrific injury. That’s a good story.

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by Chris Barton on Jan 31, 2011 4:53 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

I missed this

what was the injury?

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by Chris Hall on Jan 31, 2011 5:03 PM EST up reply actions

Really bad detached retina, IIRC.

by Verklemptomaniac on Jan 31, 2011 5:06 PM EST up reply actions

detached retina

He had to pull out of his September fight with Maia as a result.

by Rich Hansen on Jan 31, 2011 5:06 PM EST up reply actions

Damn, that's rough

I remember him having to pull out of the fight, just couldn’t remember the nature of the injury. Glad he’s recovered

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by Chris Hall on Jan 31, 2011 5:17 PM EST up reply actions

Fantastic news, I really thought he was done for.

I don’t see why they can’t pick right back up with Maia.

Not like Maia would pose much damage to his eye anyway. Win-win!

by BVandDietPepsi on Jan 31, 2011 5:30 PM EST reply actions

If Belcher gets canned, given he loses his next fight--

Does that mean he can’t be @AlanBelcher*UFC* anymore?

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by Ryan Tical on Jan 31, 2011 5:50 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Tell that to @JaySilvaUFC.

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by Tim Burke on Jan 31, 2011 6:43 PM EST up reply actions

He's coming off 2 convincing wins.

by Cunny on Jan 31, 2011 9:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Maia would be a great match-up

by dpk875 on Jan 31, 2011 6:09 PM EST reply actions

I dont have a problem with any of those matchups but i think he loses all of them in fairly close fights.

by Rabbit915 on Jan 31, 2011 6:34 PM EST reply actions

This is wonderful news

I like going to MMA sites and seeing things that make me happy. War Belcher.

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by Derek Suboticki on Jan 31, 2011 8:09 PM EST reply actions

I hope he brings back the pink shorts and braids

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by Snatchl on Jan 31, 2011 10:10 PM EST up reply actions

WAAR LEBEN

but only if he actually trains for it. the leben that showed up for stann should be ashamed to be able to influence people to name their bloodyelbow screen name after him.

from birth to death, its just like this.

by catsmasher on Jan 31, 2011 11:56 PM EST reply actions

wandy

what’s up with everybody calling out Wanderlei all of a sudden? I don’t recall people being that trigger-happy about him 7-10 years ago. I wonder why…

by kaptenstofil on Feb 1, 2011 3:02 AM EST reply actions

its because people want to have a winnable fight with a big name. Surely Wanderlei isn’t the same fighter he was during the pride days and his fighting career is on the downward spiral.

by nevergoasstomouth on Feb 1, 2011 9:41 AM EST up reply actions