Ricardo Almeida Talks Retirement: 'I Wanted to Leave on My Own Terms'

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It wasn't any one thing that let Ricardo Almeida know it was time for him to retire. As the former UFC fighter told Ariel Helwani on Monday's edition of The MMA Hour, his recent losses carried a certain sting, as always, but those alone probably couldn't have driven him out of the sport.

"A big decision like that, it's usually supported by many little things," Almeida told Helwani. "It's like the straw that breaks the camel's back."

The 34-year-old Almeida was running his own gym, training himself and others for UFC bouts, and trying to spend as much time as possible with his family, he said, and eventually he came to the conclusion that something had to give. After he lost a unanimous decision to Mike Pyle at UFC 128 in March, he began to feel like his MMA career might be that something.

Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/04/04/ricardo-almeida-talks-retirement-i-wanted-to-leave-on-my-own-t/

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