{"id":768631,"date":"2026-06-29T22:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T22:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/768631\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T22:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T22:27:12","slug":"ariane-lipski-da-silva-announces-mma-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/768631\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariane Lipski da Silva Announces MMA Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">\u201dOfficially retired from MMA.<br \/>Everything has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Yesterday was the last time I stepped into the cage, bringing to a close a journey of nearly 13 years as a professional MMA fighter, with the privilege of competing in the biggest organizations in the world.<br \/>I\u2019m grateful for everything this sport has given me; for every opportunity, every lesson, and every door it opened along the way. I gave my best to help women\u2019s MMA grow, even knowing that, at times, my best may not have been enough.<br \/>My hope is that I played a small part in creating more opportunities for the next generation. More importantly, I hope the young women who are just beginning understand that they don\u2019t have to compromise their values to become champions. Honor should never be sacrificed, because the people we choose to honor are often the ones who help us go the farthest.<br \/>I\u2019ve learned that defeat is painful. It\u2019s bitter, but it shapes our character and prepares us for real life. I\u2019ve also learned that victory is sweet and filled with joy, but it can deceive the heart of anyone who isn\u2019t grounded in something greater.<br \/>To everyone who stood by me throughout this journey, supporting me, believing in me, and cheering for me regardless of the outcome.<br \/>Thank you from the bottom of my heart.<br \/>The Queen of Violence is done.<br \/>Now, Ariane is ready for a new season of life.<br \/>My prayer is that, in every step ahead, the Lord Jesus Christ will be glorified.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201dOfficially retired from MMA.Everything has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Yesterday was the last time I&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":768632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,8081,85,355513],"class_list":["post-768631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-professional-fighters-league-pfl","tag-sports","tag-ufc-mma-social-media-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=768631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}