{"id":400695,"date":"2021-12-02T12:07:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T20:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=400695"},"modified":"2021-12-02T12:07:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T20:07:23","slug":"former-ufc-title-challenger-felicia-spencer-announces-her-retirement-at-age-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/former-ufc-title-challenger-felicia-spencer-announces-her-retirement-at-age-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UFC title challenger Felicia Spencer announces her retirement at age 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC title challenger Felicia Spencer shocked fight fans this afternoon when she announced her retirement from MMA.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old, Spencer (9-3 MMA), had most recently competed just 19 days ago at UFC Vegas 42 where she scored a third round <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/felicia-spencer-confident-shell-have-a-great-performance-and-finish-leah-letson-at-ufc-vegas-42\/\">TKO<\/a> victory over Leah Letson.<\/p>\n<p>Despite getting back into the win column in spectacular fashion last month, Felicia Spencer has made the decision to hang up her gloves and call it a career.<\/p>\n<p>The former UFC featherweight title challenger cited mental health as one of the main reasons for her decision to walk away from the sport during an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/fightbananas.com\/i-have-decided-to-stop-pursuing-this-opportunity-felicia-spencer\/?fbclid=IwAR2Mj_bnXlAGNL85pd3Erqg4ARa92b3aFmqv0XK0zZTa48aeQ24sZUCA0Kc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight Bananas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI have decided to stop pursuing this opportunity and have no intention to continue fighting,\u201d <\/em>Spencer said.<em> \u201cI felt as good as I\u2019ve ever been in my last fight and know I could have more great performances. But after 18 fights, including a few wars, I know in my heart for my future mental health that I shouldn\u2019t be in more of those wars. In the fight game, that isn\u2019t guaranteed, and I\u2019ve shown myself that I won\u2019t give up in the cage, so I need to protect myself by just not stepping in there. I\u2019m thinking about myself and family 25 years from now. Mental health is an important consideration in my family.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_320268\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-320268\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-320268\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Felicia-Spencer-1.jpg\" alt=\"Felicia Spencer\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Felicia-Spencer-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Felicia-Spencer-1-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-320268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: @feenom479 on Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Felicia Spencer will surely go down as one of the most accomplished women fighters in Canadian history.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018FeeNom\u2019 is a former Invicta featherweight champion and was able to go the distance in fights with women&#8217;s GOAT\u2019s Amanda Nunes and Cris Cyborg. BJPENN.com wishes all the best to Felicia in her future endeavors.<\/p>\n<p>Are you surprised that Felicia Spencer decided to hang up her gloves at age 31? Share your thoughts in the comment section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC title challenger Felicia Spencer shocked fight fans this afternoon when she announced her retirement from MMA. The 31-year-old, Spencer (9-3 MMA), had most recently competed just 19 days ago at UFC Vegas 42 where she scored a third round TKO victory over Leah Letson. Despite getting back into the win column in spectacular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54491,"featured_media":352103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39547,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former UFC title challenger Felicia Spencer announces her retirement at age 31 | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former UFC title challenger Felicia Spencer shocked fight fans this afternoon when she announced her retirement from MMA.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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