http://mmajunkie.com/news/3925/with-lesson...back-in-ufc.mma <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The CSAC's decision to suspend Franca for a year after he admitted his steroid use -- only to reduce Sean Sherk's suspension to six months based on his high-powered attorney's claim of supplement contamination -- left the commission dealing with considerable controversy. The irony of the situation is not lost on Franca. "I think we make mistakes when we love somebody or we love something," Franca said. "We make mistakes. So I told what I did, and I really don't care about Sean Sherk. Of course, it makes me feel like, 'Oh man, I should be lying.'" After the CSAC's decision, Franca considered continuing his fighting career abroad, but he reconsidered after learning that the decision would restrict him from future opportunities in the U.S. "You get addicted to fight, fight, fight, fight, fight," Franca said. "So when I heard the bad news, I said, 'Oh my goodness, what am I going to do? I can't survive without fighting.' I was kind of lost. I think I lost myself. But I think, 'I'm going to fight in Japan or whatever. Canada, or another country or whatever. I called Mr. Armando Garcia, the athletic commission president. He was really nice, and he said 'Hermes, of course you can fight in another country, but you're going to have a hard time (coming) back. It's kind of like you are stepping over our law.'" Now, as Franca closes in on the end of his suspension, the one lingering question is why he took steroids in the first place. "I don't like to say somebody told me," Franca said. "Nobody put a gun to my head. But when I got hurt, I was lost. You're going to fight for the belt, so it's a dream come true. I called (UFC matchmaker) Joe Silva, and Joe explains to me and said, 'Hermes, look you've got to fight. You have to fight. Sean Sherk, he got hurt; he's been out for eight months after Kenny Florian. So he has to fight, and you have to fight. I cannot put you guys in next month or two months, so you have to fight. Hermes, if you don't fight, I have to find a different opponent.' "So I said, 'Oh man I have to do something.' So that's what I did."</div>
I don't forsee it being a problem, he asked out of his contract to fight abroad and then found out it'd hurt his ability to fight in the U.S. again. Live and learn and I'd hope the UFC would bring him back, he's a good fighter.
