Modestas Bukauskas was stunned by Paul Craig’s retirement. Nevertheless, he revered the Scottish fighter’s resolution, expressing admiration for his MMA profession.
Craig made a fast return to the octagon to face Bukauskas in a lightweight heavyweight bout at UFC Paris on Saturday on the Accor Area in Paris. ‘BearJew’ was on a three-fight skid earlier than his matchup with Rodolfo Bellato at UFC Atlanta led to no contest. In the meantime, Bukauskas was coming off a cut up resolution win over Ion Cutelaba at UFC 315.
Craig put down his gloves contained in the cage after dropping to Bukauskas through knockout within the first spherical, ending his profession. Throughout a current look on The Ariel Helwani Present, Bukauskas provided his ideas on ‘BearJew’s’ retirement:
”Properly, from what I perceive, I am fairly certain he signed a cope with the UFC proper earlier than my combat. You possibly can doubtlessly say, clearly his first combat at mild heavyweight led to a no contest. So he is pondering, ‘okay, we have a man who’s had a few wins on the trot, I beat him after which I can go in direction of the highest 15.’ So, Perhaps in his head, thought, you understand, had he received that combat, he would proceed.”
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He continued:
”Had he misplaced, which is in the end what occurred, then he must name it a day as a result of he clearly, I can think about he in all probability wished yet one more stab at attempting to get the belt or attempt to work his manner again into the rankings. It is unlucky, clearly for me, like, as a result of I believed he signed a brand new deal that he would proceed preventing…. Once more, he is completed, had such a tremendous flourishing profession…I view Paul Craig in such a excessive diploma. He is such a tremendous athlete. So to see him stroll away from the game was clearly unhappy.”
Try Modestas Bukauskas’ feedback beneath:
Modestas Bukauskas talks about his UFC future
After retiring Paul Craig at UFC Paris, Modestas Bukauskas opened up about his subsequent attainable opponents. Throughout his post-fight interview, the Lithuanian stated:
”I’ve had 4 wins, three of these by end, one KO, one TKO, one submission…my report is now 19-6, you possibly can’t give me the rest however a top-15 matchup. There’s a complete host of fantastic fighters. Alonzo Menifield’s been doing very well. You’ve got received Zhang Mingyang…Even Johnny Walker, there’s a tremendous group of names in that high 15. Give me any of these guys on the finish of the day.”
Edited by Swagat Kumar Jena
