He kept it quiet from all but those closest to him, but Seth Petruzelli probably would have retired had Ricco Rodriguez beat him at Bellator 48.
When he instead knocked out the former UFC champ, he experienced a rush of emotions not unlike those he experienced in his CBS-televised win over Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson some three years ago.
“If anyone watched when I fell on the ground (after the fight), I was laughing and crying at the same time,” he today told MMAjunkie.com.