We often hear fighters approaching retirement announcements cautiously, peppering terms like “for now” and “if,” almost so as not to make too definitive. You won’t get that from 15-year MMA vet Thales Leites (27-9 MMA, 12-8 UFC), though. After he leaves the octagon at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, where he meets Hector Lombard (34-9-1 MMA, 3-7 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 135 on Sept. 22, Leites has made his peace with the fact that will no longer be an MMA fighter. “It’s not an idea,” Leites told MMAjunkie
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Thales Leites will end almost 15-year MMA career at UFC Sao Paulo with head held high – MMA Junkie