That def sucked, but not as bad because Fedor had already retired, come back, had the disastrous Maldonado fight….it was clear when he fought Mitrione that his chin was totally shot and he literally couldn’t afford to take a single hard punch or it’d end the fight.
There was vindication though: Fedor’s next fight against Mir was in driving distance of me (I had never seen him live before) and was happening on the weekend of my 40th birthday. My gf and I got 3rd row tickets for my birthday and seeing Fedor KO Mir and be victorious right in front of me is my favorite MMA memory.
Just don’t ask me about the time we flew all the way to LA to watch him fight Ryan Bader