5 Opponents for Kenny Florian’s Return to Lightweight

After a two-fight stint in the UFC’s featherweight division, former lightweight and featherweight title challenger Kenny Florian will return to the 155 pound division, according to the former TUF 1 finalist’s twitter.In a recent interview wit…

After a two-fight stint in the UFC’s featherweight division, former lightweight and featherweight title challenger Kenny Florian will return to the 155 pound division, according to the former TUF 1 finalist’s twitter.

In a recent interview with the Boston Herald, Florian spoke about his return to the cage and declined any rumors on retirement after his loss to Jose Aldo at UFC 136.

“I still love this sport tremendously and still want to be a part of it,” Florian said. “I know myself and it’s not even just being competitive, but it’s just being there learning and competing. There’s still very much a fire burning there so I’m going to do it.”

“I don’t like making any limits on how many fights or anything like that,” he continued. “I’m still going to take it one fight at a time. I know I’ve still got several good fights in me. I could fight for the next three years. I could fight maybe another couple of fights. I don’t know. I’m going to take it how I feel in training, how I feel fight after fight and I’m just going to take it like that.”

These are five possible opponents Florian could face in his lightweight return.

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