“At a certain point there’s diminishing returns,” Carlos Condit reflects back on his decision to retire

“At a certain point there’s diminishing returns,” Carlos Condit reflects back on his decision to retire

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Carlos Condit announced his retirement from MMA along with another veteran Joseph Benavidez. “The Natural Born Killer,” claimed his last loss against Max Griffin at UFC 264 made him finally close this chapter of his life.

Condit was one of the best welterweights to ever fight in the UFC, Condit fought the legends of the sport and holds victory against some of them. Condit ended his career on a 2-6 stretch, and he believes it was the right time to hang his gloves.

Talking to Ariel Helwani, from The MMA Hour, he said, “It was time, man. It was time. For a lot of different reasons. After that last fight, I felt like I put together a good camp and I was just a step behind Max. I feel like I could really try to tweak things and I could try to figure out what’s missing, what part of the formula isn’t working right now and then go and test it again and test it again, but that’s a tough thing to do. That’s a tough thing to do because ultimately I have to go and put myself on the firing line to see if what I’m doing is working.”

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“At a certain point there’s diminishing returns, so I think it’s time to move on.”

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“I’ve loved every f*cking second of it,” Carlos Condit can’t decide a single best moment from his career

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Condit was asked to pick his favorite moment from his lengthy career, Condit said he loved every moment of it, and he can’t pick any particular moment. “That’s really tough,” Condit said. “I’ve loved every f*cking second of it. The ups, the downs, all of it.”

He continued, “If I had to pick a specific one, these last two fights that I won when we were out in Abu Dhabi and really just living in this surreal atmosphere. My coaches are all my really good friends and we had the opportunity to go to this crazy nice place and fight. That was a lot of fun. But I have 19, almost 20 years worth of memories so it would be really hard to pinpoint.”

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