Francisco Trinaldo’s 10-year run within the UFC got here to an finish this month as soon as the corporate determined to not re-sign the 44-year-old veteran, who was the final remaining member of TUF Brazil 1 nonetheless on the roster. “Massaranduba” has combined emotions on the information.
Trinaldo revealed to MMA Combating that he was approached by the UFC about probably combating at UFC 283 in Rio de Janeiro on Jan. 21, however ultimately acquired pink-slipped. Sixteen of his 26 UFC bouts have taken place in Brazil, and now he’s set to search for a brand new house in combined martial arts.
“It was good for so long as it lasted,” Trinaldo stated. “We really feel a bit offended, however it’s additionally good to me as a result of it provides me extra vitality to coach. Not that I used to be bored with combating within the UFC, however … it’s good that I’m going to struggle for different promotions now, meet different individuals. MMA is just rising, so let’s go away that feeling up to now.”
Trinaldo feels the UFC has “modified” in comparison with when he joined the group again in 2012, and the business outdoors of it’s only getting stronger. A veteran of 37 skilled MMA bouts, Trinaldo is open to becoming a member of corporations like Bellator and ONE Championship subsequent, and likewise likes the $1 million test paid to season champions within the PFL.
“We take into consideration that [PFL] match, 4 fights a 12 months, however once I struggle, I do it for love,” he stated. “It’s good that I receives a commission to struggle and placed on that present, in order that’s additionally a superb choice to consider the longer term. Not each promotion pays one million. We’re combating for a very long time, in order that’s a superb promotion to think about.”
Trinaldo scored key wins over the likes of Paul Felder, Yancy Medeiros, Ross Pearson, Jim Miller, Bobby Inexperienced, and Evan Dunham throughout his 18-8 run within the UFC as a welterweight and light-weight. He stated he could make 155 kilos once more if requested, however “it’s an effort I don’t suppose I would like anymore.”
“I do know I did good work within the UFC and I do know I’ll do a fair higher job some place else,” Trinaldo stated. “I really feel youthful and youthful in MMA, coaching with the youngsters day by day.”
Now that he’s longer a UFC fighter, “Massaranduba” believes his legacy is finally to show the youth to be true to themselves.
“ why I used to be within the UFC for therefore lengthy? I used to be there for therefore lengthy as a result of I by no means cared about what others stated,” Trinaldo stated. “Folks speak solely, they speak properly or badly, and I all the time stored working and doing good. It’s what I inform the youngsters that can change me: Be your self. When you’re an a**gap, be an a**gap, don’t attempt to be good. Be your self, don’t change masks. That’s what I did my total profession within the UFC, I used to be all the time myself.”