Another Brazilian heavyweight has announced his retirement from the sport of mixed martial arts.
Days after Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira’s announcement that he will no longer fight, fellow UFC veteran Pedro Rizzo competed for the last time. Headlining Face to Face 12 in Vitoria, Brazil, on Saturday night, "The Rock" landed several vicious low kicks on Andrew Flores in the first round, forcing the Hawaiian to give up between the first and second rounds.
"I was really nervous, and I haven’t felt like that in a long time," Rizzo admitted after the fight. "We hear other fighters say, and it’s true.