TEMECULA, Calif. – Juan Archuleta earned the most spectacular knockout of the night at Bellator 201 on Friday. It’s now all the more impressive after revealing that he was close to not even stepping in the cage. Archuleta (19-1 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) nearly withdrew from his featherweight fight against Robbie Peralta (19-9 MMA, 0-1 BMMA), which he won by third-round knockout , at Bellator 201 just hours before the event, which took place at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, Calif. There was a worrisome situation going on with his daughter that took his attention off the fight and onto much more real-life matter, he revealed post-fight. “My two boys and my daughter were at a vocational Bible school, because I had moved from the high desert, and we get a call, and it was about my daughter,” Archuleta told reporters, including MMAjunkie, while fighting back tears
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