Upon getting knocked out a third consecutive time on Aug. 23, 31-year-old Sam Stout decided to retire from mixed martial arts last week. The longtime UFC veteran was knocked out by Frankie Perez in Saskatoon at UFC Fight Night 74 in just 54 seconds. Before then, he had been knocked out by KJ Noons and Ross Pearson.
In his 30 professional fights before the streak, Stout had never been knocked out.
In other words, the writing was on the wall for the Ontario, Canada native. And just a few days removed from hanging up the gloves, "Hands of Stone" Stout appeared on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour — with his one-year old daughter, Logan, sitting in his lap — to talk about the decision to call it a career.