Uriah Hall has seen better days inside the Octagon.
After dropping his third straight loss at UFC Fight Night 99 against Gegard Mousasi (see it) — which ironically was the last person he defeated in 2015 — “Primetime” finds himself at a crossroads in his fighting career. While he has to wait to see if his next fight will indeed go down inside the Octagon, one thing is certain: He will continue fighting in a mixed martial arts (MMA) cage.
That’s because despite suffering three straight defeats, he has no plan to switch careers at the moment, as he will take his latest defeat and learn from it.
“It’s a loss; sometimes you go in there and it doesn’t go your way,” Hall said during the post-fight presser (video repaly here) via MMA Junkie. “You take it as an athlete, as a professional. You just got to pick yourself up. It doesn’t determine or dictate where I can go from there or say I should stay there. It just happens,” he added.
For Hall, the fact that he has plenty of kids that he works with away from fighting that look up to him motivates him to not give up.
“I have a lot of kids that are looking up to me, so what kind of example would I set by just quitting? I’m going to keep doing it until I get it. I’m going to fail sometimes, but I’m going to keep doing it until I get it.”
Hall’s three losses, however, have come against some of the best the 185-pound division has to offer in Robert Whittaker, Derek Brunson and the aforementioned Mousasi. And if the chance presents itself down the road, Hall wouldn’t mind a trilogy fight against Gegard to break the tie.
For now, it’s back to the old drawing board for Hall.
For complete UFC Fight Night 99 results and coverage click here.