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Alan Belcher Calls Out Wanderlei Silva for Comeback, Wants TUF Coaching Slot

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse ExclusiveUFC middleweight star Alan Belcher is still on the road to recovery from an eye injury that nearly ended his career, but with his condition rapidly improving, Belcher can see clearly into the future and his comeback …

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UFC middleweight star Alan Belcher is still on the road to recovery from an eye injury that nearly ended his career, but with his condition rapidly improving, Belcher can see clearly into the future and his comeback fight, sometime in 2011.

The 26-year-old isn’t asking for anything easy. In fact, he wants to fight one of the sport’s all-time great warriors.

“I want to fight Wanderlei Silva,” told MMA Fighting. “And I think he needs to fight someone like me, a top young guy, to really stay in the mix,” he said. “He needs to do that to stay a legit fighter and not just a legend selling pay-per-views because he has a name. He has to fight me to stay up there.”

Alan Belcher Calls Out Wanderlei Silva for Comeback, Wants TUF Coaching Slot

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The 26-year-old isn’t asking for anything easy. In fact, he wants to fight one of the sport’s all-time great warriors.

“I want to fight Wanderlei Silva,” he said, “and I think he needs to fight someone like me, a top young guy, to really stay in the mix,” he said. “He needs to do that to stay a legit fighter and not just a legend selling pay-per-views because he has a name. He has to fight me to stay up there.”

Alan Belcher Hopes to Fight by May, Sets Sights on UFC Middleweight Title

Filed under: UFCSometimes a moment of dread becomes a moment of joy. That’s just what happened to UFC middleweight Alan Belcher, who walked into his doctor’s office on Tuesday morning with nervousness about what he might hear regarding a possible caree…

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Sometimes a moment of dread becomes a moment of joy. That’s just what happened to UFC middleweight Alan Belcher, who walked into his doctor’s office on Tuesday morning with nervousness about what he might hear regarding a possible career-ending injury to his right eye, and walked out with a green light to begin full contact in January.

Belcher had won his last two UFC bouts and was in Brazil preparing to face Demian Maia when his eye started giving him trouble. It was soon discovered to be a detached retina, an injury that has cost many fighters their careers. He was immediately put on the sideline and underwent surgery to correct the problem in August.

Now, with his recovery going well, his ophthalmologist, Dr. Chris Semple, has cleared him to do workouts including running, jumping and weight-lifting. Meanwhile, a return to sparring and eventually to the cage will have to wait a bit longer, leaving Belcher chomping at the bit to begin his march to the top.

Alan Belcher Gets the Nod from His Doctor to Start Training; Says He’s Shooting for a May UFC Return

(Wanderlei vs. Alan will likely happen in April in Toronto since Leben likely won’t be getting across the Canadian border any time soon.)
Alan Belcher got some good news this week regarding the future of his up-in-the-air MMA career.
The UFC 26-year-ol…

(Wanderlei vs. Alan will likely happen in April in Toronto since Leben likely won’t be getting across the Canadian border any time soon.)

Alan Belcher got some good news this week regarding the future of his up-in-the-air MMA career.

The UFC 26-year-old middleweight contender was informed by his ophthalmologist during a check-up yesterday that he can resume physical training and that he may get the go-ahead to start light sparring in the coming weeks.

The news came as a welcome surprise for the Biloxi, Mississippi native who suffered a potential career-ending eye injury earlier this year.

"There’s no doubt I miss [training and fighting]; I miss it bad," Belcher told MMAFighting’s Mike Chiappetta today. "I was the kind of guy I’d be training almost every day. You’d have to make me stop because I love it so much. But I did it because it was fun and it makes me feel good about myself. This has been the longest break I’ve taken from training in my entire sports life. I’ve trained every week, almost every day since I was a kid. I started martial arts at eight years old and haven’t missed more than a week, so it was really weird doing nothing for months."

Bisping to Get Loser of Marquardt-Okami?

In a recent interview with Fighters Only, UFC president Dana White revealed that the next time Michael Bisping steps through the doors of the Octagon to compete, he will be staring across the cage at a top five opponent.
Considerin…

Considering the options, it’s a pretty safe bet that said opponent will be the loser of the UFC 122 bout between Yushin Okami and Nate Marquardt.

Let’s look at the simple deductive reasoning we used that helped us come to our conclusion:

Belcher Says Eye is Still ‘Less Than 50 Percent,’ But Continues to Work Toward 2011 Return

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After two surgeries to repair a detached retina in his right eye, Alan Belcher says his vision is still blurry and dark and he told Ariel Helwani backstage during UFC 119 on Saturday that he is “less than 50 per…

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After two surgeries to repair a detached retina in his right eye, Alan Belcher says his vision is still blurry and dark and he told Ariel Helwani backstage during UFC 119 on Saturday that he is “less than 50 percent” recovered. Nonetheless, if Belcher can avoid another surgery it is possible he could return to MMA action sometime next summer, he says.

“My doctor is optimistic and all the other doctors I’ve talked to are optimistic about it,” Belcher says. “It’s just, if I have more surgeries and other things go wrong, it could be a possibility that I can’t fight again. I just have to get all healed up and I have to pass the ophthalmology exam and I have to get my vision better. Right now it’s still blurry and I can’t really take the chance of hurting my other eye. (But) I’ll take the chance myself if the doctors will let me, I’ll get back in there no matter what.”