Two fighters unofficially retired from UFC after this weekend, that is Luke Rockhold 37 years and Jose Aldo 35 years.
Both of them are amazing and they had fantastic fights in their carrier but I think it's correct for them to stop fighting at this point.
I will always remember how Luke Rockhold smearing his blood all over Costa face
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLXTm5yP7aA
So Aldo too, that's expected from the performance he did. Both of them are amazing and they had fantastic fights in their carrier but I think it's correct for them to stop fighting at this point.
I will always remember how Luke Rockhold smearing his blood all over Costa face
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLXTm5yP7aA
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“When he was down and I [went] to shake his hand and tell him, ‘Thank you so much for the fight,’ and I go to respect him, he was down, and I tried to help him, and he was telling me, he said, ‘That means this is my last fight, because it was my last run to title,’” Dvalishvili said. “And then he said, ‘I guess I’m done.’
https://www.mmafighting.com/2022/8/22/23316899/merab-dvalishvili-says-jose-aldo-retired-after-loss-at-ufc-278-he-said-i-guess-im-doneThere's no clear retirement but according to what he said to Dvalishvili, it's almost like giving up. Well, he did great in his past reign as a champion so it's not that bad to rest now at his age. He won't do much with just being in a defensive stance like what happened against Dvalishvili. As a big fan of Aldo, I am not used to watching him like that.
Rockhold though clearly said it during the interview with Joe Rogan.
He admitted he is old and cannot do it anymore.