Demian Maia is nearing the end of his career as an MMA fighter.
Maia said after his win over Anthony Rocco Martin last weekend at UFC Minneapolis that he plans on retiring by the end of 2020, but that we could see him step away even sooner than that.
Maia said he hopes to be on the UFC Sao Paulo card on Nov. 16 — possibly against Diego Sanchez, who meets Michael Chiesa at UFC 239 on Saturday — and then he’ll take things from there.
“After that, I will see if I want to do a couple more fights or not, if the UFC wants to,” Maia said in his post-fight scrum (via MMA Junkie), adding that had he lost to Martin he would have for sure fought only once more.