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Joseph Benavidez Not Calling it a Career After Disheartening Loss: ‘I’m Not Going Out Like That’

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Joseph Benavidez suffered yet another disappointing loss in a title bout at UFC Fight Night 172, this time in stunningly lopsided fashion to Deiveson Figueiredo in Abu Dhabi.

Unlike their first meeting in February, there was no incidental clash of heads that could have altered the course of the fight, nor did Figueiredo falter on the scales. It was simply a dominant performance from the newly-crowned champion, as he dropped Benavidez multiple times, bloodied him with elbows and choked him unconscious 4:48 into the opening stanza of Saturday’s headliner.