Michelle Waterson-Gomez Glad With Retirement Choice
Throughout an look on MMAFighting.com‘s “The MMA Hour,” Michelle Waterson-Gomez mentioned being round her household extra as a mom and a spouse makes retiring the fitting selection.
“I’ve been preventing for over 17 years,” Waterson-Gomez mentioned. “My husband sacrificed lots to ensure that me to combat. He sacrificed his personal preventing profession. So long as my daughter’s been born, she’s been a health club child. You are taking her to the health club, she was within the automobile seat, she’s needed to sacrifice birthdays, occasions, change round issues on her finish so mommy can prepare, so mommy can combat. She’s getting older, and I wish to be in her nook. I wish to be in my husband’s nook. There are loads of issues that he’s doing proper now that I wish to be part of.
“I’m not getting any youthful. I feel that you simply simply form of have to acknowledge issues for what they’re, and as a fighter and a competitor, if I might, I’d keep in chasing the wins, chasing that unbelievable excessive that you simply get if you win, chasing the gold. However I feel I simply needed to acknowledge the place I used to be at in my MMA profession, and the period of time and sacrifice I used to be placing into that might be put into a unique path, the place I can get a win in numerous areas of life.”
Waterson wraps up her professional MMA profession with a file of 18-13. She secured one “Efficiency of the Evening” bonus and one “Struggle of the Evening” bonus. Waterson-Gomez had 15 fights below the UFC banner.