Neil Seery will be fighting Ian McCall in a flyweight bout at UFC Fight Night 99 and according to Seery himself, this will be the final fight of his professional MMA career.
Seery recently sat down with News Talks Peter Carroll to discuss the decision to retire after his fight with McCall.
“I’m 37 years of age. I’m looking at the younger lads coming through the ranks, how they’re training and adjusting, and it’s hard for me to keep up with that with a family, a full-time job and everything else I’m managing,” explained the father of four. (Kyoji) Horiguchi was a completely different fighter to me than he was against Demetrious Johnson. I had never felt a flyweight as strong as he was that night. That’s how much these guys are training, they can completely change their approach in just a year. These guys are full-time athletes. I’ve never been a full-time athlete and I’ve hung in there with those guys. But again, I’m not here to just hang in there with people just so I can say I’m in the UFC. I’m happy with what I’ve done in the sport. Now is the right time. I’m going to get to walk away while I’m still in the UFC and not a lot of people get to do that. A lot of people get cut from the UFC and then try to put a run back together to get back in. I’ve made this decision. My final fight will be against a man whose style I have admired for a long time. The fact that I get to have my final fight in Belfast is just a really nice bonus” said Seery.
Seery has won three of six fights in the UFC and prior to coming to the UFC in 2014, he competed in Cage Warriors and BAMMA in the UK.
UFC Fight Night 99 takes place on Saturday, November 19th from the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland with Gunnar Nelson and Dong Hyun Kim headlining.
