{"id":456471,"date":"2022-08-22T14:11:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T21:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=456471"},"modified":"2022-08-22T14:11:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T21:11:12","slug":"merab-dvalishvili-reveals-jose-aldo-told-him-he-was-retiring-after-ufc-278-he-said-that-means-this-is-my-last-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/merab-dvalishvili-reveals-jose-aldo-told-him-he-was-retiring-after-ufc-278-he-said-that-means-this-is-my-last-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Merab Dvalishvili reveals Jose Aldo told him he was retiring after UFC 278: &#8220;He said, \u2018That means this is my last fight&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Merab Dvalishvili has revealed that former UFC featherweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/jose-aldo\/\">Jose Aldo<\/a> might be done.<\/p>\n<p>The two bantamweights faced off last Saturday night at UFC 278 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The bout was a pivotal matchup in the 135-pound division, as both men were in title contention.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the bout, the Brazilian stated his ideal scenario would be to win the fight, win the title, and retire this year. Sadly for Aldo, the plan got disrupted last weekend. Dvalishvili outworked the legend in the clinch and won by unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>The loss was a devastating one for the former UFC champion. Given his age, and wear and tear, it&#8217;s no secret that Aldo has been thinking about retirement for a while. According to his UFC 278 opponent, he might be officially done.<\/p>\n<p>Merab Dvalishvili discussed Jose Aldo retiring on <em>The MMA Hour<\/em> with Ariel Helwani. The bantamweight contender revealed that he had an emotional post-fight conversation with the Brazilian. In the conversation, Aldo reportedly told his opponent he would retire.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_456388\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-456388\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-456388 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Merab-Dvalishvili-2.jpg\" alt=\"Merab Dvalishvili\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Merab-Dvalishvili-2.jpg 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Merab-Dvalishvili-2-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-456388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(via Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"rMkWCi\">\u201cWhen he was down and I [went] to shake his hand and tell him, \u2018Thank you so much for the fight,\u2019 and I go to respect him, he was down, and I tried to help him, and he was telling me, he said, \u2018That means this is my last fight, because it was my last run to title,\u2019\u201d Dvalishvili said. \u201cAnd then he said, \u2018I guess I\u2019m done.\u2019 (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/8\/22\/23316899\/merab-dvalishvili-says-jose-aldo-retired-after-loss-at-ufc-278-he-said-i-guess-im-done\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>MMAFighting<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p id=\"POTe6R\">\u201cIt was a very emotional moment. That\u2019s why I was talking to him. I said, \u2018You\u2019re amazing, you did so much, you don\u2019t have anything to prove, you\u2019re a legend \u2013 you\u2019re a king.\u2019 I was a little bit heartbroken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that given the loss, Jose Aldo&#8217;s emotions were likely running high, and his mind could change. In his post-fight <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jose-aldo-issues-statement-following-ufc-278-loss-against-merab-dvalishvili\/\">statement<\/a> on Instagram, the 35-year-old didn&#8217;t discuss retirement. As of now, Aldo is yet to confirm he&#8217;s done.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think about Merab Dvalishvili&#8217;s comments? Sound off in the comment section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merab Dvalishvili has revealed that former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo might be done. The two bantamweights faced off last Saturday night at UFC 278 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The bout was a pivotal matchup in the 135-pound division, as both men were in title contention. Prior to the bout, the Brazilian stated his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54493,"featured_media":300442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10145,39496,39610,83366],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Merab Dvalishvili reveals Jose Aldo told him he was retiring after UFC 278: &quot;He said, \u2018That means this is my last fight&quot; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC bantamweight Merab Dvalishvili has revealed a post-fight conversation he had with Jose Aldo following their fight at UFC 278.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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