A hotel in Saskatchewan can be a lonely place when you’ve got a fight coming up to two days, a hungry stomach and a lot to reflect on. That was the situation for Frankie Perez this past Friday, the day before the weigh-ins for his UFC Fight Night 74 fight with Sam Stout. He grew introspective.
Two days later, after scoring an emphatic TKO over Stout in just 54 seconds on the prelims, the 26-year-old Perez promptly -- and somewhat shockingly -- retired on the spot.
"Honestly I didn’t think that [Sunday] would 100 percent be the day," he told MMA Fighting on Monday morning.