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Former UFC star Roxanne Modafferi has had a drastic career change since hanging up her gloves in 2022.<\/p>\n

The 41-year-old veteran from Delaware started out long before MMA\u2019s emergence as a mainstream sport, mainly achieved thanks to the spotlight on Conor McGregor. Modafferi\u2019s first MMA fight came way back in Japan in 2003.<\/p>\n

She fought all the way up to UFC 271 in February 2022, where she suffered a split decision defeat to Casey O\u2019Neill. The 25-20 fighter decided her time in the octagon was over after the loss, and she spent almost a year in pursuit of her \u201cperfect job\u201d before choosing to teach 18-60-year-olds English in Japan back in January.<\/p>\n

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Modafferi said: "I finally got a job after over a year of trying to find the perfect job, and holding out for something that wasn\u2019t happening. I finally got a good job. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m teaching English now as a second language and I\u2019m good at that. My students like me, my boss likes me, I feel like I\u2019m making a difference in people\u2019s lives still, which is still important.<\/p>\n

"I\u2019m doing that part-time in the morning. I am teaching kids Jiu Jitsu in the evening at Tribe Martial Arts and Fitness. I get to come home when my husband comes home."<\/p>\n

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"My English students do not [know who I am]," she told Zenger<\/u>. "I don\u2019t think they are really MMA fans. One guy recognized me. I said I did Jiu-Jitsu, and he said, 'Oh, I\u2019m a Blue Belt.' But nobody really knows who I am at my English school."<\/p>\n

Modafferi suffered brutal punishment in the octagon at times, notably against Maycee Barber at UFC 246 in January 2020 despite winning the contest as an underdog. She suffered a gruesome cut on her skull and tore her left ACL, and fears over the lasting effects of her long fight career eventually pushed her to say goodbye to the sport.<\/p>\n

She revealed: "A few years ago, I started getting headaches after hard sparring. I thought that was very bad. I didn\u2019t want to get brain damage more than I possibly already have.<\/p>\n

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"I\u2019m not noticing any poor speech patterns or memory loss or anything but I know it\u2019s a bad sign to get headaches after training. So, I thought, I think I\u2019m reaching the end of the line here.<\/p>\n

"Also, I see everyone becoming a super athlete, I\u2019m no super athlete, so my guess is that in a few years, I wouldn\u2019t be able to hold my own physically with all these young pups coming up. So, I reached 50 fights and that seemed like a good number to call it a career."<\/p>\n

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