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Video: Felice Herrig retires after UFC Vegas 56 loss to Karolina Kowalkiewicz

Felice Herrig is hanging up the gloves.

The veteran UFC strawweight suffered a second-round rear-naked choke loss to ex-title challenger Karolina Kowalkiewicz in the featured prelim of UFC Vegas 56, sending her to her fourth consecutive defeat. You got the sense given the lengthy losing streaks of both fighters that at a minimum, the loser was going to depart the promotion, and there was always a distinct possibility of retirement for either fighter.

In the end, Kowalkiewicz made it 2-0 against Herrig and ended her five-fight losing skid, and afterward Herrig took off her gloves in the Octagon and went on the microphone to confirm she’s retiring.