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Jimmy Flick Explains Why He's Ending Retirement: 'Only Box Left To Check Is Winning UFC Title'

MMA Fighting

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Sports News, Sports, News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Promising UFC flyweight contender Jimmy Flick speaks with MMA Fighting's Mike Heck in an exclusive interview to reveal why he's coming out of retirement to return to the UFC, how the promotion received the news, who should get the first crack, why he wants to fight Tim Elliott, wanting to get to the UFC flyweight title to check off the final box for his career, and much more. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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All right, my cat here for MMAFighting.com being joined by a man who has like a month ago,

1:07.5

I would have called former UFC Flyway, but apparently we're taking the former off of that title.

1:13.2

Jimmy, the brick flick, apparently has some big news for us and he is kind enough to join us to

1:19.5

discuss this news. Jimmy, how are you, my man? It's good to see you.

1:24.0

Hey, man, I'm doing good and now I'm about to be doing great.

1:28.6

So a lot of stuff has happened in my life over the last year and a half and unfortunately,

1:37.6

I've made some decisions and now my decision is to come back to the UFC and try to become

1:45.7

everything I wanted to be. All right, so just to clear the air with everybody on social media,

1:51.8

we're coming back. Retirement is over. Jimmy, flick, we're doing the damn thing. We're back, right?

1:58.4

Oh, we're back. We're in Usada. We'll be getting drug tested soon. It could be up to six months before

2:04.6

my return, but your boy don't do nothing. You're boy ain't worried. Like all my drug tests have been

2:11.2

clean. They're going to continue to be clean. And so hopefully the UFC likes that and you know,

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