Former-PUC hunters continue to prove that there is life outside the most important promotion of MMA.
One-off Welterweight title finer Darren Till eliminated Anthony Taylor to continue his post-PUC box career in January.
Elsewhere there are a couple of former UFC stars that earn a lot of money with Conor McGregor's Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, including Eddie Alvarez and Jeremy Stephens, who wage war earlier this year.
Tyson Pedro ran 11 months ago with pension-now he switched to boxing like many of his former colleagues.
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Tyson Pedro wins boxing debut with big knock -out
Named after Mike Tyson, Pedro set up a performance that the boxing legend would be proud of in his ring debut.
The 33-year-old quadratic square against 15-0 prospect Taimoor Khan, who eliminated 13 of his opponents before he took on the former UFC star in a WBC International Bridgerweight Title Fight in Penith, Australia.
Pedro dominated the opening bell before he showed his average streak to close the show in round 7.
A mean right hand on the left Khan on his feet before he was bundled on the floor with various follow-up shots on the head and body.
The fight was left by the referee, without a count, as soon as Pedro's opponent hit the canvas
“This is the smallest crowd I fought in a long time, but it is the greatest fight of my life. Thank you everyone for f— comes, “Pedro said during an interview after fighting with Stan Sport.
“The journey we are going is supposed to be and considered impossible … Thank you to everyone who supported and believed in me.
“You have no idea how difficult this is and now I want to make my mission to represent Australia and my culture on the world stage for my family. I know I looked pretty calm, but I haven't slept for a while, there has been busy.
“Everyone said I was crazy because I had left the UFC, so now to do it … I'm so proud of myself. I went through hell to get here, I am quite overwhelmed at the moment and I will probably cry in the room in a minute. “
Why did Tyson Pedro retire from MMA?
Pedro withdrew from MMA with a 10-5 professional record after a unanimous loss of decision for Vitor Petrino at UFC Vegas 87 in March 2024.
After he has his UFC run with mass back-to-back victories on Khalil Rountree Jr. And Paul Craig had started, the favorite of Aussie Fan 4-5 went into the Octagon before he brought his MMA career to a premature end.
So why did he retire? Pedro says his decision was motivated by family and financial considerations.
“You have submitted all the costs, delivered the costs for my family, I probably just can't do it anymore,” he said reporters during his UFC Vegas 87 Post-Fight Press Conference.
“With the deductions and the loss of the fight tonight, I will probably have to rob someone in the parking lot. So if someone has money on it. Who has the most? “
Pedro added: “It has been a bit in my mind lately. Especially, I just like my daughter. I have probably been away for 12 months in the past two and a half years from my wife and baby. That is clearly my choice that goes to New -Zeeland [to train]. I know that I will be the best mixed war artist there.
“It is certainly more of a family. I have a change in dreams, so if I do that, I might as well spend my daughter. Who knows you might see me on the Australian circuit, but that's it for me for MMA. “
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