Chris Wilson has been out of action for more than 18 months, ever since the UFC cut him after a rough 1-3 stretch. The welterweight returns to the cage Saturday – 5,000 miles from his home in Brazil.
Wilson (14-5) fights Keith Wisniewski (26-12-1) in the main event of a show for the Indiana-based Hoosier Fight Club, a regional promotion putting on just its seventh card – an event that also features UFC veterans Forrest Petz and John Kolosci.
But don’t think for a second Wilson got his UFC pink slip and sat on the couch for a year and a half in a funk. He’s been plenty busy.
After the UFC let him go, he took a couple of gigs teaching English in Brazil – which he said made training difficult. And even though he still wanted to fight, he had four fights fall through.