UFC welterweight Themba Gorimbo is calling it a career.<\/p>\n
Following his third straight loss in the octagon, the 35-year-old veteran announced his retirement from the sport on social media. With his chances of becoming UFC champion likely out of reach, Gorimbo decided to hang up his gloves for good, although he may eventually return to the sport in a different role outside of fighting.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you to UFC and everyone. I dared to be someone and something and failed,\u201d Gorimbo wrote on Instagram. \u201cGave all I can in the sport and I am walking away from the sport. My dream is as to be a UFC champion and if I cannot be that I am going to walk away from the sport. It\u2019s not easy but I\u2019ve tried.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe I will make a comeback as a coach or manager someday but for now the focus will be my family.
Thank you to everyone I\u2019ve met on the journey and everyone who has helped me along the journey.
I am officially retired from MMA as an athlete.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gorimbo first joined the UFC roster back in 2023 but suffered a loss to A.J. Fletcher in his debut.<\/p>\n
It was around the time that Gorimbo got his first win that same year that he talked about having only $7 in his bank account prior to that fight. Despite his financial hardships, Gorimbo announced plans to auction off his fight kit and using that money to help fund a water well being built in his native Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n
His charity caught the attention of Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson, who is a longtime fan of fighting and now a board member at TKO Group Holdings \u2014 the owner of the UFC.<\/p>\n