It wasn’t UFC lightweight Vinc Pichel ’s idea to spend half of 2017 on the bench. So eager was he to step back in the octagon that he almost stepped up to welterweight to get busy. He’d spent three years away from the cage dealing with injuries and personal issues. He didn’t want to waste any more time. “I was trying to fight a couple of weeks after my last one,” Pichel (10-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC), who on Saturday faces Joaquim Silva (10-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) at UFC on FOX 27, told MMAjunkie Radio. “I wanted to fight in July, August and December
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