Cody McKenzie's retirement was shorter than most fighters' time in between bouts.
The idiosyncratic UFC veteran has accepted a fight on short notice and will meet Andrew McInnes in the co-main event of World Series Of Fighting 18: Moraes vs. Hill on Feb. 12 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, it was announced this week. McKenzie announced his retirement after a first-round knockout loss to Beslan Isaev at M-1 Challenge 54 on Dec. 17.
"It was a pretty quick retirement," McKenzie told MMAFighting.com with a laugh. "I lived off my funds as long as I could and when they ran out, sometimes you gotta come out of retirement. Even if it's [two] months later."
McKenzie, an Ultimate Fighter alum, planned on returning to the regular workforce when he left MMA in December. He's still doing that. McKenzie is a commercial fisher in Alaska and is currently taking on odd jobs, like roofing and welding. He figured why not fight also for extra cash?
"I'm just doing it as a hobby now," McKenzie said of MMA. "I'm not looking at this as a job anymore, because it's not a job really. I guess it is. I get some money or whatever. But yeah, I never got into this for the money. I think that's where I got burnt out for awhile, trying to chase the money when it's not there."
http://www.mmafighting.com/2015/2/8...month-retirement-i-lived-off-my-funds-as-long
The idiosyncratic UFC veteran has accepted a fight on short notice and will meet Andrew McInnes in the co-main event of World Series Of Fighting 18: Moraes vs. Hill on Feb. 12 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, it was announced this week. McKenzie announced his retirement after a first-round knockout loss to Beslan Isaev at M-1 Challenge 54 on Dec. 17.
"It was a pretty quick retirement," McKenzie told MMAFighting.com with a laugh. "I lived off my funds as long as I could and when they ran out, sometimes you gotta come out of retirement. Even if it's [two] months later."
McKenzie, an Ultimate Fighter alum, planned on returning to the regular workforce when he left MMA in December. He's still doing that. McKenzie is a commercial fisher in Alaska and is currently taking on odd jobs, like roofing and welding. He figured why not fight also for extra cash?
"I'm just doing it as a hobby now," McKenzie said of MMA. "I'm not looking at this as a job anymore, because it's not a job really. I guess it is. I get some money or whatever. But yeah, I never got into this for the money. I think that's where I got burnt out for awhile, trying to chase the money when it's not there."
http://www.mmafighting.com/2015/2/8...month-retirement-i-lived-off-my-funds-as-long
