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With plans to retire before 35, PFL’s Lance Palmer wants to make most of time in MMA


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Lance Palmer is coming off a loss, but given the circumstances, he’s not beating himself up too much over it.

Palmer (11-3) meets Steven Siler (29-16) at Thursday’s “PFL: Fight Night” – a joint charity effort between the promotion and nonprofit Fight For Children. The bout, which co-headlines the card, will also mark the former WSOF champion’s first outing since a title-costing loss to Andre Harrison at WSOF 35 back in March.

There was, however, an extenuating factor there: Palmer broke his hand in the first round of the five-round affair. In fact, that was the second fight in a row that happened.

Still, Palmer made it to the judges’ scorecards. Sure, Palmer will say, there are always lessons – good and bad – to be taken from losses. But as he returned to the locker room from this one, his focus was more on the aftermath of the injury than on anything else.

“The things that go through your mind after a loss are obviously, ‘What could I have done better and things that I could have done differently?” Palmer told MMAjunkie Radio ahead of the event, which streams on the promotion’s website and MMAjunkie. “(But) that fight was more that I was pissed that I broke my hand in the first round. And it kind of hindered everything that I wanted to show in the fight. And everything that I wanted to do in that fight against Andre.”

That doesn’t mean Palmer doesn’t respect Harrison’s skills as a fighter. In fact, he would love to meet him in the finals of the million-dollar tournament that PFL has in the works for next year. But considering he fought with a single hand for four rounds, Palmer thinks his performance was “pretty great.”

Between the past encounter with Harrison and a possible future one sits the one with Siler, a UFC veteran and former Titan FC title challenger who’s also looking to get back on the winning path after a WSOF 35 loss of his own. The two meet on the co-headliner at the Washington Hilton in Washington D.C.

Palmer has some added weapons for this specific preparation. At his Team Alpha Male training grounds, he was able to gather some knowledge from former two-time UFC 145-pound title challenger Chad Mendes and UFC featherweight Darren Elkins – both of whom have fought (and beaten) Siler in the past.

But while the four-time NCAA Division I All-American wrestler did make the most of the insight, there’s a limit to how much he’s drawing from them.

“We have a good game plan going in,” Palmer said. “But obviously every matchup is different. It doesn’t matter if Elkins fought him a certain way or Chad fought him another way. My style is different than both of those guys, so I’m going to have to go about it another way.”

The future after this particular fight is up in the air, as Palmer has yet to figure out the specifics of his deal with his current promotion. The reason being: Palmer still had two more fights with WSOF before the promotion became PFL. With the change, he’s not yet sure where he stands, something he’s hoping to clarify within the next few weeks.

But his plans for further down the road are clearer. Palmer, who turns 31 early next year, only expects to fight until he’s 35. So, rather than trying to revolutionize his style or expect major leaps in training, he’s learned to make the best of what he’s got while he has it.

“I think the main thing for me is just enjoying the time while I’m in this sport,” Palmer said. “And making it something special and giving people fights to remember and things like that as I go through it. Just improving every day. And little aspects of every area of the fight game. Not really trying to make crazy gains in certain areas because that’s unrealistic.

“You just have to look for the little details every day. And look at improving even one area a day is something that keeps me motivated. And that’s what I enjoy.”

To hear from Palmer, check out the video above.

And for more on “PFL: Fight Night,” check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.

MMAjunkie Radio broadcasts Monday-Friday at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT) live from Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino’s Race & Sports Book. The show is hosted by “Gorgeous” George Garcia and producer Brian “Goze” Garcia. For more information or to download past episodes, go towww.mmajunkie.com/radio.

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