GOIANIA, Brazil -- Lucas Martins almost didn't enter the Octagon on Saturday night to face Mirsad Bektic.
"Mineiro", finished Bektic in Goiania, Brazil, told the media after the fight that he suffered a big cut above the eye 10 days before the featherweight bout, but never considered pulling out of the card.
"I accepted the fight on one month’s notice and I was a bit scared because I suffered an injury in training," Martins said. "I had a big cut above my eye 10 days before the fight and didn’t quit. I knew that it would be open with a punch.