COCONUT CREEK, Fla. – Sabah Homasi isn’t exactly satisfied with his UFC run, but he’s happy to have landed a Bellator deal. Still, he admits feeling that he’s got a little unfinished business in the octagon.

“The fight with Tim Means, I’d love to fight that guy again,” Homasi told MMA Junkie. “I fought him on 10 days’ notice. I burned myself out in that fight. Yeah, he cut me open pretty bad, but he couldn’t even finish me. I’m sitting here sucking wind. He couldn’t finish me. The ref stopped it.

“He didn’t drop me. He’ll never drop me. He doesn’t have that power, but that guy, I would love to do it again to give him a proper beating that he deserves.”

Homasi and Means faced off at UFC 202 in 2016. The fast-paced affair saw both men throwing bombs in an entertaining affair. Ultimately, referee Herb Dean decided a bloodied Homasi had seen enough at the 2:56 mark of the second frame, waving off the contest.

It was the start of a frustrating UFC run for Homasi, who would also see Dean wave off a 2017 clash with Abdul Razak Alhassan in the opening round. That stoppage was so controversial, an instant rematch was granted, though Alhassan left no question the second time around.

Homasi was cut from the promotion after going winless in three appearances.

“I look back at it as a [expletive] run,” Homasi said. “It’s disappointing because I didn’t get to shine to my full potential. I had two fights against Razak. The first one, [expletive] stoppage by Herb, but at the end of the day, he’s human. He makes mistakes. Not everyone is perfect, but that kind of led me to this point because I had the rematch with Razak and obviously it didn’t go my way. I’d never been knocked out in my career, and that happened, then I got released after that.”

Homasi (12-8 MMA, 1-2 BMMA) picked up a win on the regional circuit this past November, then signed a deal with Bellator shortly after, returning to a promotion in which he had competed a handful of times earlier in his career.

Homasi said he’s excited to get another shot in a major promotion and is anticipating a much better journey than during his time in the UFC.

“Honestly, Bellator is a great organization,” Homasi said. “So is the UFC, but one door closes, another one opens. I’m just happy that they picked me back up again.

“The welterweight division is stacked. They got a couple guys from the UFC that went over to Bellator, so I’m just looking forward to great competition and great fights.”

Means still competes under the UFC banner, so a rematch isn’t possible, at least for now. But as far as Homasi is concerned, it’s always on the table. In the meantime, “The Punisher” is ready to get back to winning ways.

“It is what it is,” Homasi said. “I can’t say nothing about it now. It’s in the past. I just look forward and look forward to what’s coming up for me, not what’s behind me.

“I’m a scrapper. I love to fight, so anyone who’s willing to throw down with me, I’m all about it.”

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