“At this point, I make it a gritty fight where he’s kind of questioning, ‘Why am I doing this?” Neil Magny vows to retire Michael Chiesa
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The UFC veteran Michael Chiesa is all set to headline another main event of his UFC carrier against the number 9th ranked Welterweight fighter Neil Magny. Both of them are entering this fight with three win streaks.
Chiesa will be stepping into this fight almost after a gap of a year and this is his last fight on the UFC contract. Neil Magny wants to make sure that with this fight Chiesa will think to end his UFC carrier as a fighter and stays a commentator.
In his press conference at UFC Fight Island, Magny says, “I beat Michael Chiesa by just putting on a relentless pace, At this point, I make it a gritty fight where he’s kind of questioning, ‘Why am I doing this? I have a great job with the UFC right now being a commentator.”
“Why am I in there fighting these guys that are ready to make these grueling fights on my body? I’d rather just go be a commentator than do this ever again.’ That’s the goal. Go out there and make it a gritty fight and make him question being in there.”
Neil Magny is happy that Dana White appreciates him
This fight card was originally scheduled to highlight the main event between Khamzat Chimaev and Leon Edwards. But Chimaev pulled his name and Dana White gave the main event to Michael Chiesa and Neil Magny.
Magny added, “What makes it even better is to hear Dana White say we’re deserving of it, With all the things that are going on with MMA now and feeling like you have to talk crap and have hostility to build up a fight, that kind of thing.”
“Dana trusts us to take that main event spot because we’re going to go out there and entertain the fans – I feel pretty honored to do that. This fight is a great opportunity to move myself close to that top five and get closer to a title shot.”
“Mike Chiesa is a game opponent, he’s ranked in the top 10, he’s currently undefeated at welterweight, he beat three real good guys so far. So I feel like a win over him definitely launches me to the top five of the division and puts me closer to a title shot.”
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