Alan Belcher Hoping For A UFC Return In 2011

MMA Weekly explains the situation that led to UFC fighter Alan Belcher questioning his future:

↵↵Every athlete at some point in his career comes to the stage where it’s time to take off the jersey, stop lacing up the shoes, or in a fighter’s life hang up the gloves. It’s one thing for athletes to make that choice themselves, but it’s a much different animal when an athlete has his career taken away from him due to injury.
Alan Belcher faced that very scenario after enduring an eye injury in training that left him with blurred vision and then almost no vision. When he returned home from training in Brazil and met with his doctors, the prognosis sent a shiver down his spine.

↵↵Belcher suffered a detached retina which would go on to detach twice after surgeries attempting to repair it. However, it appears that the injury has finally healed and Belcher told MMA Weekly that he should be back doing contact as soon as January. Belcher is now hoping for an early 2011 return to the Octagon in an attempt to build on his two straight wins in his last two UFC fights.

↵