Derek Brunson plans to walk away from MMA after exactly two fights


Derek Brunson plans to walk away from MMA after exactly two fights

Derek Brunson

UFC 271 would feature a highly anticipated middleweight bout between the number 3 ranked middleweight, Jared Cannonier, and the number 4th ranked middleweight, Derek Brunson. These two were supposed to face each other at UFC 270, but their fight was pushed to February 13th, and fans can’t wait to see these two lock horns inside the octagon.

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Brunson is on a five-fight win streak and his last loss came against the reigning champ, Israel Adesanya back in 2018. Brunson wanted to fight for the title, but he’s satisfied with a title eliminator against Cannonier. He talked about his future in the press conference before UFC 271, and he claimed he would love to get that title shot, and then he would walk away in the sunset to spend some time with his family.

He said, “Yeah, for sure. You know, I plan on fighting two more times, you know what I mean? I feel like I’m lucky and blessed to like fight in the UFC 20 times and I’m like super smart, I got a good brain on my head, so like I don’t want to fight until I can’t fight no more. So like, I’m in the best shape, I’m feeling good, so that’s all I’m thinking about right now. Beating Cannonier, beating Izzy, and riding out, that’s it!”

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“That’s more important to me than chasing money”- Derek Brunson wants to spend some more time with his family

Derek Brunson with his family
Derek Brunson with his family

Brunson is planning on fighting two more fights, win or lose, and then he would retire from MMA. He stated, “Just two more times, You know uhh … I spend a lot of time getting ready for these fight you know, like away from my family and stuff, and I’m 38 you know, so, I gotta … it’s time to be like, I’m missing like soccer games, and stuff like that for my daughters and stuff like that. So, like that’s more important to me than chasing money and stuff like that.”

Brunson is in a pretty comfortable spot in his life right now, and he values his health more than anything in the world. “I’ve been smart with my money, I’ve made enough money. So, like I have no excuse, I’m in really good shape, I feel really good, I’m motivated like I don’t never plan on losing, but I just know that like … you cannot do combat sports forever, and end peacefully whatever, and I feel like, I gotta super good brain, my head is good, no injuries nothing, so you know like … finish my goal finish my task, complete the mission, get the title and be like peace, I’m out,” Derek concluded.

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