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Brad Pickett launches U.K. based promotion called Rise of Champions

Though his return to the bantamweight division didn’t end as he might have liked, Brad Pickett still put on a great show against 24-year old Thomas Almeida at UFC 189. Against steep odds, Pickett looked to have been winning heading into the second round.

Then he got caught with a flying knee, and just like that an upset victory in the making became his third straight loss.

The 36-year-old "One Punch" Pickett, who appeared on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour, that loss has stayed with him a bit.

"Yes, it was a tough pill to swallow," he told Ariel Helwani.