“You just got to get back to work,” he laughs. And he’s right. When a fighter reaches that Top 15 level, it’s a whole new ballgame, and he found that out against Munhoz.
“You could look at it so many different ways,” Gutierrez said. “It was so close, and I felt like I could have pulled away. I felt like I won, to be honest, but the judges didn’t see it that way and ultimately it was my job to not make it that way. I left the fight very close.”
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And just like that, Gutierrez’ unbeaten streak was a thing of the past, with all the outside noise that comes along with such a setback.
“I don’t train for one specific night,” he said. “It’s a lifestyle. But you do have to sit on that loss and you have to wait, and then, unfortunately, you’re remembered for your last fight. I had eight fights unbeaten and then I lose one and the whole world says you suck.”
