Before his UFC debut against Nathaniel Wood last summer, John Castaneda’s mother asked when her son was going to hang up his gloves, maybe use his degree from Minnesota State University, you know, mom stuff.
After he lost that debut to Wood by way of a hard-fought three-round decision on UFC Fight Island, mom had a similar question.
“It's gotta be at least every couple months that I get this talk from my mom,” Castaneda laughs. “But the more and more I get older, the more she accepts it and knows that whatever she says isn't really gonna change my mind and whenever I want to be done, I'll be done.