Guilherme Cruz contributed to this report. Prior to those career-altering victories, Flick captured the LFA flyweight title with a 38-second submission win over Greg Fischer at LFA 86.
JIMMY FLICK SERIES
Prior to announcing his retirement, “The Brick” had won four straight - all finishes - including a UFC contract-earning submission win on Dana White’s Contender Series in September 2020, along with one of the best submissions of that year with a flying triangle of Cody Durden at UFC Vegas 17 in December 2020. Days after the announcement, Flick told MMA Fighting that the promotion always treated him well, but he was concerned there weren’t any benefits - such as 401k - to help set him and his family up for life after fighting. The 31-year-old Flick could re-enter the USADA testing pool as early as Thursday.įlick announced his retirement in April 2021, citing that fighting for the UFC was no longer his dream. Multiple people with knowledge of the situation confirmed to MMA Fighting that Flick is expected to end his retirement and begin the process of returning to the UFC. “I have three new goals in life: Spend more time with my family, help my wife reach her goals, and my third goal is to finish the book I started over a year ago to tell my story – to tell my life, to tell everybody why I did this,” Flick said.A little over a year after announcing his retirement, up-and-coming flyweight contender Jimmy Flick is getting ready to launch his comeback. He has a full-time job outside of fighting, and he appears to think there are less risky means to supporting his family going forward. With his gloves hung up, Flick said he intends on shifting focus to telling his story. Get the latest UFC breaking news, fight night results, MMA records and stats, highlights, photos, videos and more.
JIMMY FLICK PROFESSIONAL
Just looking at the past 12 months of Jimmy Flick’s career, it’s hard to imagine that he was headed anywhere else than the UFC. Jimmy 'The Brick' Flick is a retired American professional mixed martial artist in the UFC flyweight division. 19, Flick (16-5 MMA, 1-0 UFC) pulled off a highlight-reel submission with a flying triangle against Cody Durdenat UFC Vegas 17. I’m going to pursue other goals in life that make me more happy than fighting.”įlick, 30, was scheduled to fight Francisco Figueiredo at UFC Fight Night on May 8, but it appears that bout will no longer happen. Jimmy Flick’s career turned around in 2020.
So tonight, I step into this cage tonight and tell everybody that I’m retiring from mixed martial arts. “I don’t want to be the next Conor McGregor or the next Demetrious Johnson. I want to go to work every day (and) come home with my family. “The UFC is not my dream anymore,” Flick said in a video posted by “The Corner & The Casual” on Facebook. He accomplished both of those things, and now he’s ready to move on. Francisco Figueiredo (12-3-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC), brother of UFC flyweight champion Dav. He said two of his goals for 2020 were to make $100,000 fighting and make at least one walk to the UFC octagon. Francisco Figueiled The date is locked with the second UFC opponent. UFC flyweight Jimmy Flick has made the unexpected decision to retire from MMA.įlick (16-5 MMA, 1-0 UFC), who won his lone octagon appearance with a flying triangle choke that earned “Performance of the Night” honors at UFC Fight Night 183 in December, revealed Saturday at a Freestyle Cage Fighting event in Tulsa, Okla., that he’s hit the end when it comes to competition.Īccording to Flick, who has been a professional since May 2010, his passion for the sport has fizzled and he doesn’t have the drive to do big things any more.
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