Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt has looked ahead to his possible retirement from mixed martial arts.

This weekend, Cody Garbrandt will face off against Adrian Yanez in a really intriguing bantamweight clash. It comes just a few months after Cody got back on the winning trail with a unanimous decision victory over Xiao Long at UFC 326.

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After turning 35 yesterday, Garbrandt himself knows better than anyone that he probably doesn’t have too much time left at the elite level. It’s been a rollercoaster ride of a career for him, but he can always call himself a UFC world champion.

In a recent interview, Garbrandt opened up on the possibility of retirement on the horizon.

Garbrandt looks ahead to retirement

“I don’t know how many years I have left in the sport, but I pray that God lets me stay healthy, intact, and I can leave on my own terms,” Garbrandt told MMA Junkie on Tuesday. “I think a lot of fighters don’t get that opportunity. They have to fight because they need the money. They have to fight injured. It’s tough. You see them walk away and the detriment that it does getting released back into the wild.

“Like, man, you’re not going to have that adrenaline, something to look forward to, so it’s tough. I just pray that a lot of these fighters stacked their money, get plans for after. I wish the UFC did a little more in helping us out with that: healthcare, insurance, 401K. It’s scary to leave something that’s secure and you’ve chased your whole life, and then it’s done and those paychecks don’t come in, those sponsorships don’t come in.

“Then you go back to not having that adrenaline of chasing something. … It’s scary to think about that stuff. I can see why mentally, physically, emotionally a lot of fighters you see in the media go through stuff like that.”

Quotes via MMA Junkie

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