Fittingly, the sport's most famous representative of the 305 will end his career here.

Masvidal, 38, was talking all week about coming to the last big UFC event in Miami back in 2003 as a fan. Afterward, Masvidal took off his gloves, hugged his son and daughter and strongly implied he would be retiring from MMA. Gilbert Burns beat Masvidal by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) in the co-main event of UFC 287 on Saturday at Kaseya Center.

Five minutes after that, the fight and Masvidal's career was over. The second round had just finished, and as has been an issue for him over the years, Masvidal had been caught on the bottom against a superior wrestler and grappler for most of the five minutes. It was half acknowledgment of his hometown crowd and half shrug. MIAMI - Jorge Masvidal put his fists on top of his head as he walked back to his corner then extended his arms into the air. Raimondi: Masvidal's ultimate rags-to-riches story is bigger than that UFC 287 takeaways: Masvidal closes incredible story, Adesanya reclaims belt and showmanshipīrett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi, Jeff Wagenheim and Mike Coppinger react to the biggest moments at UFC 287 and offer thoughts on what might be ahead for the standouts in Miami. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser

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