{"id":36839,"date":"2026-02-16T19:51:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Michael-Chiesa-announces-UFC-Seattle-will-be-farewell-fight-200150"},"modified":"2026-02-16T19:51:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:51:28","slug":"michael-chiesa-announces-ufc-seattle-will-be-farewell-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/michael-chiesa-announces-ufc-seattle-will-be-farewell-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Chiesa announces UFC Seattle will be farewell fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <center><!--PICTURE R--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pointer\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/michael-chiesa-announces-ufc-seattle-will-be-farewell-fight.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Michael Chiesa will call it a career after his fight at UFC<br \/>\nSeattle. | Getty\/UFC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--\/PICTURE R--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Michael-Chiesa-46224\">Michael<br \/>\nChiesa<\/a> plans on hanging up the four-ounce gloves in his home<br \/>\nstate next month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ultimate Fighter 15\u201d winner will <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Carlston-Harris-85711\">Carlston<br \/>\nHarris<\/a> in a welterweight bout at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-271-March-28-110786\"><br \/>\nUFC Seattle<\/a> on March 28, and he confirmed during an appearance<br \/>\non the \u201cAnik &amp; Florian Podcast\u201d that it will be his retirement<br \/>\nfight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\u2019It\u2019s Like the Universe is Telling Me Something\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, this is my last fight. I&#8217;ve been kind of on the fence about<br \/>\nit. It&#8217;s a hard decision to make,&#8221; Chiesa said. &#8220;I had my first<br \/>\nfight when I was 20 years old in 2008. All good things come to an<br \/>\nend. I wanted to fight out this contract.&nbsp;I just signed a new<br \/>\ndeal before the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Court-McGee-34124\">Court McGee<\/a><br \/>\nfight. That was my plan: \u2018I\u2019m going to fight out this deal, then<br \/>\nI&#8217;m done.&#8217; It&#8217;s not like I want to go into free agency \u2013&nbsp;I<br \/>\nlove where I&#8217;m at. I love the UFC. I have no reason to want to go<br \/>\nfight anywhere else. I want to fight the best guys in the world.<br \/>\nThe best guys in the world are right here, and I&#8217;ve been competing<br \/>\nwith them for 14 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But when they said they&#8217;re going back to Seattle \u2013&nbsp;it&#8217;s my<br \/>\n22nd UFC fight, 22 is my number, March 28 in my parents&#8217;<br \/>\nanniversary.&nbsp;It&#8217;s like the universe is telling me<br \/>\nsomething.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chiesa has an opportunity to end his UFC tenure on a four-bout<br \/>\nwinning streak. In his last three Octagon appearances, \u201cMaverick\u201d<br \/>\nhas bested <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Tony-Ferguson-31239\">Tony<br \/>\nFerguson<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Max-Griffin-53904\">Max Griffin<\/a><br \/>\nand McGee. The Sikjitsu product debuted in the promotion in 2012<br \/>\nand has compiled a 14-7 mark in the UFC overall. Chiesa has also<br \/>\nbeen working as a UFC studio analyst for select events.<\/p>\n<p>UFC Seattle \u2014 also known as UFC Fight Night 271 \u2014 takes place at<br \/>\nClimate Pledge Arena and is headlined by a middleweight clash<br \/>\npitting <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Israel-Adesanya-56374\">Israel<br \/>\nAdesanya<\/a> against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Joe-Pyfer-239253\">Joe Pyfer<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe card will air in its entirety on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"2.0813609467456\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.9467455621302\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Michael-Chiesa-46224\">Michael<br \/>\nChiesa<\/a> announces his March 28th bout with <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Carlston-Harris-85711\">Carlston<br \/>\nHarris<\/a> will be the last of his MMA career, finishing where he<br \/>\nstarted with the UFC. (<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeMav22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MikeMav22<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Live on the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jon_Anik?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jon_Anik<\/a><br \/>\nand <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennyflorian?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kennyflorian<\/a><br \/>\npodcast powered by <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ats_fight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ats_fight<\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OTNG0etypf\">https:\/\/t.co\/OTNG0etypf<\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1qygXD4m7A\">pic.twitter.com\/1qygXD4m7A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anik &amp; Florian Podcast (@AnikFlorianPod) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnikFlorianPod\/status\/2023446759079555427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nFebruary 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Chiesa will call it a career after his fight at UFC Seattle. | Getty\/UFC Michael Chiesa plans on hanging up the four-ounce gloves in his home state next month. \u201cThe Ultimate Fighter 15\u201d winner will Carlston Harris in a welterweight bout at UFC Seattle on March 28, and he confirmed during an appearance on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}