"My wife's pregnant and she's at a really high-risk. So we have to go hospital. We've been going hospital every week basically or twice a week. Sometimes you just got to step back and remember fighting's just a part-time thing,"
"When you consider everything in life, you know, you're a husband and father and that. I just didn't want to take any risks or anything. Make sure I look after the family at home and was very unfortunate."
"Not many people know I had a stillborn during one of my camps two weeks before a fight at Fight Island,"
"That kind of stuff plays on my mind so I don't want to take that risk again. That's for everyone asking why I pulled out that last fight. I'm sure if you're a father, you'll understand."
Justin Tafa returns to action this Saturday at UFC Perth against Louie Sutherland on home turf. He withdrew from a recent UFC fight because his wife is pregnant and at high risk, requiring frequent hospital visits. He prioritized family safety over fighting to avoid taking unnecessary risks. He revealed he experienced a stillborn during a camp two weeks before a Fight Island bout in 2020, which influences his caution. Tafa respects every heavyweight opponent and plans to treat each fight the same as he makes his comeback.
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