“Kenny, after he finished the (losing fight agianst Gray Maynard at UFC 118), he was so upset with the loss, and realized the wrestling was something he just needed to really concentrate on, he went back to training the very next Monday,” Kawa told MMAWeekly Radio recently. “He didn’t take a day off. In doing so, he slightly pulled his hamstring.”
“I had texted Dana White letting him know we want to take a fight, we want to get back in there as soon as possible. What ended up happening, Dana said, ‘well perfect, how about Nov. 20 against B.J. Penn?’ and I didn’t expect them to do November. I thought for sure we were looking at January, maybe early December return.”
The fight never came together, and Penn instead will remain on the card and face Matt Hughes, while Florian continues to work in the gym.
“What we’re hoping for is for a January return,” said Kawa. “That’s what we’re targeting, that’s what we’re hoping for. We don’t have an opponent; we don’t have one on the horizon. That’s a conversation we’ll have with Joe Silva, and we’ll figure out a list of names and who we can fight and when.”
Florian eyes January return to the cage
“Kenny, after he finished the (losing fight agianst Gray Maynard at UFC 118), he was so upset with the loss, and realized the wrestling was something he just needed to really concentrate on, he went back to training the very next Monday,” Kawa told MMAWeekly Radio recently. “He didn’t take a day off. In doing…
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