Several months ago, Rabin “The Rock” Catalan was very uncertain about his future in mixed martial arts. He reached a point in his career where he did not know if he ever wanted to return to the cage.
The Filipino strawweight had been a talented prospect who was building a name for himself on the local scene. But following a second-round knockout loss to Joshua Pacio at ONE: GLOBAL RIVALS last April, the 30-year-old stepped away from the action to collect his thoughts.
“I had to really think whether I wanted to compete in MMA or not,” he recalls, before finally deciding that he did.