Akira Corassani retires at age 32
Akira Corassani on retirement: “It is with deep joy I write this … My brain has filed for a divorce and doesn’t want to cooperate anymore.”
UFC featherweight Akira Corassani has retired at age 32, referencing the dangers of head trauma. Via Facebook
It is with deep joy I write this, I am full and content and I would never want to change a single thing, wrote Corassani. My brain has filed for a divorce and doesn’t want to cooperate anymore. The passion and the technique is there but every car has a date (except for the Swedish Volvo 740). I feel like I have so much to share, show and talk about and I will in the future… From the bottom of my heart… THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WONDERFUL 12 YEARS AND I TRULY LOVE AND APPRECIATE THAT YOU TUNED IN. It was all my pleasure folks. I salute you, THE END!?
The decision comes on the heels of suffering a harsh knockout vs. Sam Sicilia at UFC on FOX 14.
The Swedish fighter, whose real name is Hamid Khorassani, started fighting in 2006. He went 9-3 with on No Contest before getting onto The Ultimate Fighter 14. Although the Team Bisping fighter was eliminated in the semi finals, he got a UFC contract, which proved to be an excellent decision by the company – the Team Renzo Gracie member won his first three fights in the UFC.
Then something changed, and he lost the next three, two in the first, and one barely into the second. And now, apparently wisely, he has retired.
Studying martial arts since the age of 6, he fought in 2007 at light heavyweight, dropping later that year to welterweight. The next year he debuted at lightweight, and in 2012 he dropped to featherweight, where he remained for the rest of his career.
No ordinary fighter, Corassani is a vegan who speaks seven languages, and will undoubtedly find great success outside the cage, just as he did within it. The UnderGround and the entire mixed martial arts community wish him great success, as he moves on with his life.