In the five years since his release from the UFC, welterweight Roan Carneiro has slowly, but steadily rebuilt his career, winning five of his six fights since leaving the promotion. When asked what’s helped him stay on track the last couple years, Carneiro is quick to point out his work with American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Fla., and the bounty of fighters he has to work with there and their efforts to push him beyond what he had done in the past. “I was training the Lima brothers – Douglas and Dhiego – and Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva, and was seeing things from the outside,” said Carneiro. “It made me think about myself and now I am doing things I used to not do. I’m motivated to try to do the things I used to not do.” Carneiro (16-9) will need all his skills when he enters Battlegrounds MMA’s single-night eight-man welterweight tournament on Oct
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Roan Carneiro Wants Another Shot at UFC, but Battlegrounds Tourney Comes First – MMA Weekly