Ben Rothwell targeting early-2017 return after learning ‘life lessons' from knee injury

Ben Rothwell lost a golden chance to reinsert himself into the heavyweight conversation when he withdrew from his co-headlining slot opposite former UFC champion Fabricio Werdum at UFC 203, and an injured knee ended up being the culprit.
"It was in training, and there was a little bit of time where I tried to do what therapies I could," Rothwell said recently on The MMA Hour. "I had everybody around me, my support system, management and everybody just advised that surgery is what was needed.
"So