Regardless of struggling his third consecutive loss over the weekend in a primary card opener at UFC 291, welterweight grappler, Michael Chiesa has dominated out an incoming retirement from combined martial arts, claiming he’s “not achieved simply but” – after his first spherical submission loss to Kevin Holland.
Chiesa, who slumped to 18-7 as an expert at UFC 291 in Salt Lake Metropolis over the weekend, dropped a one-sided opening spherical loss to the surging, Holland in ‘The Beehive State’ – suffering his third career D’Arce choke submission defeat.
Sidelined since November 2021, Chiesa, who lately underwent surgical procedure to deal with a greulling again harm, had but to featured since dropping a unanimous choice loss to Sean Brady on the UFC Apex facility.
Previous to that at UFC 265, Chiesa dropped a D’Arce choke loss to incoming headliner, Vicente Luque.
Michael Chiesa has no plans to name time on profession
And regardless of recommendations of a possible retirement from energetic competitors off the again of his loss to Holland over the weekend, Chiesa claimed he was not prepared to hold up his gloves
“MMA followers are coming at me all various kinds of path, saying I ought to retire and I needs to be achieved, be a broadcaster now,” Michael Chiesa mentioned on UFC Round Up. “There’s simply so many issues that persons are saying nevertheless it’s simply gonna sweeten the pot as a result of I’m not achieved. I simply didn’t present up on battle night time.”
“Belief me, I’m not gonna be the man to overstay my welcome,” Michael Chiesa proceed. “However I’m simply not achieved but. I’ve extra to show to myself.”
Over the course of his tenure within the UFC, The Final Fighter 15 victor, Chiesa has landed wins over the likes of Al Iaquinta, Francisco Trinaldo, Jim Miller, Beneil Dariush, Carlos Condit, Diego Sanchez, Neil Magny, and former light-weight champion, Rafael dos Anjos.