Brittney Palmer, a long-time UFC octagon girl, recently revealed why she decided to retire from the job.
Palmer, who first debuted at the UFC stage at UFC 125 in 2011, chose a memorable moment to announce her retirement.
It was during her acceptance speech at the “15th Annual Fighters Only World MMA Awards”, where she was honored with the Ringcard Girl of the Year award.
Palmer shared her thoughts about what took place in a recent interview with MMA Mania:
I’ve done it for a long time and I think I’ve always had the question so many times…
“When are you going to quit? When are you going to give another girl a shot?”I get these interview questions, and so I think about it. I’m 36 years old.
I always said that once my art career started to level up to where my UFC career is and I wasn’t able to commit to both evenly, that I would have to make the decision.It was just time. You feel it.
It wasn’t a decision she made lightly, but the timing was perfect:
When I found out I won Ring Girl of the Year, I was actually in New York City working that event.
All of a sudden, I was like: “You know what? Wouldn’t it just be epic if I could use this opportunity, where I have the mic, to retire.”We don’t really get too much of a voice, so to have that opportunity I thought was just a great way to settle out the year and my career with UFC – and yeah, I did it.
Longtime UFC octagon girl Brittney Palmer explains why “it was just time” to retire.
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