Niko Price didn’t get his moment on the mic after making the decision to hang up the gloves.
Israel Adesanya made it clear he’s not retiring after a loss at UFC Seattle, but two other fighters on the card had already planned out their last dance.
Michael Chiesa and Price both said that they’d be calling time on their careers after they faced off at the Climate Pledge Arena on March 28.
However, it was only ‘Maverick’ that got the full send off from the UFC while standing inside the Octagon.
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Daniel Cormier says he didn’t think interviewing Niko Price after Michael Chiesa made sense
Between getting a submission in the first round in front of his home fans and getting a video package that recapped his career, Michael Chiesa’s retirement fight couldn’t have gone much better.
However, this was also the last time that we’ll see Niko Price in action following the 21 bouts that he’s had inside the Octagon.
When recapping the fights from the arena, Daniel Cormier explained that giving Price a post-fight interview so he could speak about his decision to step away didn’t feel like the right move.
“It was kind of weird, man,” Cormier admitted via his YouTube channel. “I didn’t know what I was going to do about Niko Price. He was retiring too but I just didn’t feel like you could interview him after you interview Michael in this situation.”
Given the emotions and atmosphere surrounding Chiesa’s send-off, it would’ve been slightly strange to then immediately follow that up with another retirement.
That being said, ‘The Hybrid’ has delivered some incredible fights and knockouts during his time on the roster and certainly deserved one last moment on the mic to properly say goodbye.
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Have two other UFC fighters ever retired after facing each other in the past?
A double retirement may be extremely rare in the UFC, but Michael Chiesa and Niko Price aren’t the only ones to share a last dance.
The most recent example came back in 2023, where veterans Zak Cummings and Ed Herman fought to a unanimous decision in favor of Cummings before ending their careers.
Daniel Cormier was also on post-fight interview duty for this event, where both men…
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