When it comes to his future, Johnny Eduardo ’s response when the mere subject of his 40th MMA bout is brought up is quite telling. “You’re not looking to retire me too, are you?” Eduardo told MMAjunkie with a laugh. We weren’t – and neither is he. But we’ll get there in a minute. Eduardo (28-11 MMA, 3-3 UFC), 37, meets 24-year-old prospect Nathaniel Wood (13-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) on Friday at UFC Fight Night 131 – almost 22 years after Eduardo’s professional MMA debut. While he hasn’t been able to get more than one fight a year since he joined the UFC in 2011, Eduardo was once quite the busy fighter.
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