LAS VEGAS – It’s been nine months since Lando Vannata last stepped in the octagon. And returning to it, it turns out, involved getting past a “pothole-filled, giant boulders, trees falling” road. The layoff between Vannata’s split draw at UFC 216 and upcoming 226 appointment was neither on the UFC nor any possible opponents. Rather, it was time that Vannata needed for himself as he dealt with some seriously rough times in his personal life. “I was really really down,” Vannata (9-2-1 MMA, 1-2-1 UFC) told MMAjunkie ahead of his FS1-televised preliminary card clash with Drakkar Klose (8-1-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC)
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