Dan Argueta, a six-time veteran of the UFC, has introduced his retirement from MMA.
The 31-year-old bantamweight introduced the information on Tuesday after confirming his choice to name it a profession following his launch from the UFC.
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that at present I’ve determined to hold up my gloves,” Argueta wrote on social media. “After receiving information of the UFC not giving me the chance to complete out the ultimate struggle on my contract, I’ve finally determined to show the web page and begin writing my subsequent chapter.
“With that being mentioned combating certainly saved my life. I gave it my all every-time I stepped into an Octagon and that’s one thing I’m at peace with. This chance taught me extra about myself than the rest. It molded me into the person that may deal with changing into the most effective model of himself, it helped me discover my greatest pal and shortly to be lovely spouse, and it confirmed me that I CAN do something I set my thoughts to.”
Argueta joined the UFC roster again in 2022 the place he misplaced a call to Damon Jackson however the he promptly picked up his first win after defeating Nick Aguirre in his subsequent look.
Sadly that served as the one victory on his UFC resume after he ended with two consecutive no contests — the second got here after he misplaced a call to Miles Johns that was later overturned when Johns examined constructive for a banned substance.
He then suffered back-to-back losses to Jean Matsumoto and Cody Haddon that now function the ultimate two fights of his UFC profession.
“To the roughest, hardest, most demanding job on earth (Subsequent to being a guardian). You’re a merciless son of a b*tch, however I’ll all the time love what we had,” Argueta wrote. “This isn’t a possibly we’ll get again collectively. It is a goodbye. Alternative awaits.”
Argueta retires with a 9-3 report with two no contests after he made his skilled debut again in 2017.
