"The Natural Born Killer", Carlos Condit (29-8), was in a rough and tough fight against Tyron Woodley (14-3) last March. In a middle of the fight, he received a leg kick and his knee gave out. He was obviously defeated and has been resting and rehabilitating after the incident.

In an interview with Duane Finley, the Mexican fighter states that he has been cleared for light MMA training, once again, and crosses his fingers to make his competition return in the spring. "Right now, I'm looking at getting back into the cage in March or April. That's the plan and I'm working hard to make that happen," he said.

He added: "I've basically been cleared to start doing some sparring and training as long as it is light. I have to be cautious of anything explosive movement-wise or doing anything too quickly. I can run, hit mitts and do plenty of other things. I just can't go 100 percent on anything yet. I can do jiu-jitsu from the ground but I have to be careful with explosive takedowns and things like that. All of my training partners have been great and know I'm not 100 percent right now, so they've been able to get their work in without putting my knee in danger."

The  30 year-old fighter admits that the mental aspect of rehabilitating is  harder and perhaps tougher than the physical. It took him time to finally recovered from emotional and mental piece. Now that he is back on track again in training, he believes to complete the step by step process of going back to fighting.

"Balancing the mental aspect of recovery is tough. At some points I'm sure I've pushed too far or too hard and I'm lucky nothing happened. Then I would have to dial it back, but it's definitely a fine line to walk," he said.

He explained: "I'm trying to get back to health and even better than I was before, but also trying not to injure myself or extend my time off in the process."

 (Source: Yahoo Sports)