{"id":399910,"date":"2022-07-27T20:05:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T20:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=399910"},"modified":"2022-07-27T20:05:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T20:05:33","slug":"wonder-if-hes-earned-enough-to-financially-retire-cris-cyborg-weighs-in-on-alexander-gustafsson-retirement-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wonder-if-hes-earned-enough-to-financially-retire-cris-cyborg-weighs-in-on-alexander-gustafsson-retirement-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Wonder If He\u2019s Earned Enough to Financially Retire&#8217;- Cris Cyborg Weighs In on Alexander Gustafsson Retirement Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC light heavyweight title contender Alexander Gustafsson has become the talk of the town following UFC London that wrapped up over the weekend. However, \u2018The Mauler\u2019 has unfortunately been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Gustafsson was stopped via strikes in under two mins of his fight against the highly explosive Nikita Krylov. The loss has marked the fourth straight loss suffered by Gustafsson and he\u2019s been finished violently in all of these losses.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/sean-omalley-flexes-his-star-power-following-ufc-280-fight-announcement-demands-aljamain-sterling-give-him-50-pay-per-view-points-for-driving-engagement\/\">Sean O\u2019Malley Flexes His Star Power Following UFC 280 Fight Announcement; Demands Aljamain Sterling Give Him 50% Pay-Per-View Points for Driving Engagement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several big names within the MMA world have vocally spoken out about Alexander Gustafsson\u2019s recent career decline. In fact, Gustafsson\u2019s former rival Daniel Cormier took to Twitter and commented that Gustafsson was done and should walk away before absorbing any more damage.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonaZ12seo\/status\/1552061998560681986?s=20&#038;t=ShCPQxHuoXOL_l8cmTz1_Q<\/p>\n<p>Cormier didn\u2019t mince his words in any way and his passionate plea to see Alexander Gustafsson hang up the gloves has become a talked-about topic amongst MMA fans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gustafson is done.  He needs to walk away, these shots are hard but he used to eat those. The chin is gone, walk away my friend. We all have expiration date. One of the best to not have had a title.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dc_mma\/status\/1550941413793091584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGustafsson is done. He needs to walk away, these shots are hard but he used to eat those. The chin is gone, walk away my friend. We all have an expiration date. One of the best to not have had a title.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Taking note of Daniel Cormier\u2019s statement, former UFC champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Cristiane-Justino-14477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cris Cyborg<\/a> chimed in with her two cents. Cyborg brought up a highly talked about concern in the MMA community regarding the ability of retired fighters to take care of themselves financially after hanging up the gloves.<\/p>\n<p>While Cris Cyborg didn\u2019t seem opposed to the idea of Alexander Gustafsson walking away, her primary concern revolved around his ability to support his family.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I know he fought for the title multiple times but I have to wonder if he\u2019s earned enough to financially retire<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CrisCyborg.Com (@criscyborg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/criscyborg\/status\/1550943659423457280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI know he fought for the title multiple times but I have to wonder if he\u2019s earned enough to financially retire.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Gustafsson is a legend in the UFC and it\u2019s likely that he\u2019s done well for himself after starring in several blockbuster fights. Having fought Jon Jones on two separate occasions should in and off itself allow him financial stability. However, Cyborg\u2019s point was well taken by several fans in the MMA world as fighter pay remains a talked about issue.<\/p>\n<p>More UFC news:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/im-not-interested-in-helping-him-joe-rogan-explains-why-he-turned-down-the-opportunity-to-have-donald-trump-on-his-podcast-multiple-times\/\">\u201cOne Thing About Izzy That Is Absolutely Unique\u2026.\u201d- John McCarthy Reveals a Skill That Separates Israel Adesanya From the Rest of the Division<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/ufc-schedule-for-july-2022\/\">UFC Schedule for July 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/one-thing-about-izzy-that-is-absolutely-unique-john-mccarthy-reveals-a-skill-that-separates-israel-adesanya-from-the-rest-of-the-division\/\">\u201cI\u2019m Not Interested in Helping Him\u201d- Joe Rogan Explains Why He Turned Down the Opportunity to Have Donald Trump on His Podcast Multiple Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow our UFC page for more key UFC updates and news<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC light heavyweight title contender Alexander Gustafsson has become the talk of the town following UFC London that wrapped up over the weekend. However, \u2018The Mauler\u2019 has unfortunately been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Gustafsson was stopped via strikes in under two mins of his fight against the highly explosive Nikita [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":399340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}