Brad Pickett har varit en professionell MMA-fighter i hela tolv år, och nu känner han att det är dags att pensionera sig. Pickett vill dock gå en sista match inne i oktogonen, något han vill göra under UFCs gala i London den 18 mars. Här kan ni läsa vad Brad hade att säga om det hela via ”Flo Combat”:
I’m looking to get on the London card in March, it’s been in the back of my head, but I want to do what Urijah Faber did and retire in [my] hometown. That’s what I really want to do. Now it’s time. I’m not doing myself justice, and I don’t want to be in the sport just to make up numbers.
I love my job, but everything has to come to an end at some point, so I’d rather do it now while I can talk to my son, so I’d rather retire in the O2 in March next year in my hometown. The reason why’d do it then,
I’d fight later on that year if I have to, but they are going to London and that’s where I’m from. I owe it to myself to retire in my hometown. That’s where I started fighting and they only go to London once a year so for me I wouldn’t want to wait another year. I don’t have it in my age or in my body for another year to pass. I want to get in on this March card and hand in my gloves and pursue other ventures you know.
Pickett har förlorat fem av sina sex senaste matcher inne i oktogonen och senast vi såg honom besegrades han av ingen mindre än Urijah Faber via ett enhälligt domslut, då de möttes under ”UFC on FOX 22” i Sacramento.
