Michelle Waterson-Gomez gives emotional interview after last MMA fight at
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2024
- Michelle Waterson-Gomez speaks with Joe Rogan following her final fight in the UFC at #UFC303.
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I like that the UFC is doing these tribute videos for fighters last fights now
The ones they like anyways lol
B4 she back to kitchen
@@DavidBenson2yeah only her and robbie so far i think.
they need to tribute my homie Rampage Jackson
@@terminatordfghfdghe's been gone forever. That doesn't make sense.
I really like when the UFC does this sort of thing. That quick 2-3 minute tribute video obviously means so much to the fighter. It also gives them the proper send off.
Dana better give this woman a farewell bonus or atleast offer her an analyst job.
@@lilakscy dana: megan olivi come into my office ...cause you're fckng fired! lol
@@vincentvega5686 😂😂😂
impartial with Megan so wouldn’t bother me, and Michelle would know how to interview the athletes having been one and break down fights.
Ya not great after watching get abused for 15 min.
@@Deltron6060always one.. smfh.. stop being miserable.. just some advice..
Her crying into Joes shoulder was a beautiful moment
Joe was HARD 🍆
Joe is a great man
It was but........ her husband was 3 feet away...
@@Gizmetti she has cte you think she remembered ?
Joe was holding back the tears too
Michelle - I have been a huge fan for 9 years! 🎉 Will miss you - enjoy your life! ❤❤❤
As a Dad, this got me teared up😥 Win or lose, I'd want my daughter to chase greatness...greatness is going for it every day. I just want her to be a high-level human💯
She was 1 of the people leading the way for Karate users in the UFC. With her, Stephan Thompson, and Lyoto Machida, they showed how effective it could be. Congrats on a good career and enjoy retirement
Let's be honest she sucked
Cannot be that effective going 6-9.
@@randybradley4151 what's your record?
Karate Users? Lol.
If u consider kempo, shotokan as karate, I can make my own style right now and claim its karate.
@@agentcodybanx8909what’s your record?
Michelle's size would really lend itself to Atomweight - she's small for Strawweight and had an uphill battle to climb as the division became more competitive. She fought well, has an amazing spirit, and is truly a pioneer in WMMA.
She’s definitely fighting people much bigger than her in the UFC. She was Invicta atom weight champ but the UFC doesn’t have that division. She definitely could’ve been UFC champ for a bit if that weren’t the case.
@@chrisaguilar1410Agreed.
The UFC should have had her fighting in her proper weight class from the beginning.
She was undersized in almost every fight she had and STILL made a great showing.
Yeah. I mean, they should have let her fight children. I'm sure she'd dominate.
A REAL FIGHTER. Thanks for everything.
No, it fake
One of my all time favorites! First introduced to Michelle by Mayhem Miller on "Bully Beatdown", followed ever since. She was an Atom-weight, 105 lb champion before moving to the UFC 115 lb division. So fun to watch, unbelievably skilled, fighting bigger opponents her entire UFC run. 😢 will be missed❤
Her atomweight championship win against Jessica Penne in Invicta is still one of the best & most gutsy performances I've ever seen in an MMA fight.
I’m a grown man and my eyes are leaking
Why?
then you're not a grown man
Emotional man
Soft
I as well
Great career congratulations.
Thank you for what you have done for Women UFC. I have enjoyed watching you fight. Good luck!
CM Punk needs a tribute video. 🐐
Losing twice don't deserve no video😂
9 billion people in the world and only 2 have managed to beat CM PUNK the GOAT 🐐@@AlexejCrescini
These comments will never get old
@@AlexejCrescinibro she’s 1-7 in her last 8 fights they should have told her keep the gloves and get the F out the cage the next fight is ready and your wasting time!!
One of a kind, I'll really miss her xxx
im not tearing up you r i akways watched her fight she a warrior
Thank you
Going to really really miss you Michelle! All the best to you and to your family! You are an pioneer in this sport! You will never be forgotten!!
Sempre a emoção quando se encerra um ciclo , Deus te abençoe em sua nova jornada michelle watsom
God bless. Wish you all the best. Your best journey has just began, being momma and and wife.
The UFC doesn’t do those tribute videos when a fighter retires very often. Huge respect to the Karate Hottie and an amazing career.
Some fighters are unsure when to retire and decide last minute. Even though she had a terrible record she seemed to have a lot of potential but never evolved to compete with more well rounded fighters and grapplers but she tried her best. The tribute was a surprised.
Thank you for some good fights will always be a fan💯💪🏽😎☝🏽
Great lady. Her videos on stances, boxing and throwing kicks are really good for beginners, or just those interested in a crash course in combat movement. She’s a great person. She can enjoy her family now and enjoy the fruits of her labor and sacrifices over the years. God bless her.
It sucks that she wasn’t more successful in the UFC. She has such a likeable personality and I always enjoyed watching her fighting style. I hope she finds more success in retirement.
She's amazing good job great career. No shame in hanging it up. Thank you for doing you
Her husband is a very good man
nah
Thank you Michelle
Much love from Thailand
She maid me cry. Well spoken Michelle. God bless you always. Keep moving forward. There is more to life.
one of my favorites
I loved her style and attitude ❤❤❤
I’m so happy they are making these send off videos. I hope they keep it going as often as they can.
Why? She is 1-7 since 2019, should have retired years ago.
@@stitch438 what does her record over the last few years have to do with what I said?
True. Like just becsuse people have terrible records or not the most popular or etc doesn't mean they don't deserve stuff. So happy the whole world doesn't work that way or we'd all be screwed lol
We love you Michelle, you’ve given us so many great moments throughout the years. You’ll be truly missed in this sport. Amazing perseverance, Amazing Spirit and confidence and your never quit attitude. This sport will always need someone like you in it
“What am I if I’m not fighting” 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Great fighter much love.
I don`t cry easy, but all this retirment interviews make me cry like a little girl. Much love and respect to Michelle. 🤩
Thank you for all the memories
I'll always remember her win over Jessica Penne in Invicta for the atomweight title.
Just a great moment with her post fight speech afterwards.
Best wishes Michelle! Respect! Tough cookie & great warrior. Was hoping she went out on a win but she's had plenty of spectacular performances to remember her by. ❤
I remember seeing her way back in the day on Bully Beat down before she made it big. Watched her entire UFC career. One of my favorite fighters. Sad to see her go. I'm going to miss her.😥
I love the tribute videos now
Love. Joe's support. Recognizing her husband and daughter and now wanting to be in there corner. Beautiful moment.
All the very best from Portugal 🇵🇹 ❤
Massive respect to one of Women’s MMA pioneer 🫡
nah
@@uhurus2 😂😂😂 no offense taken
Been following since Fight Girls
Watched michelle since very young with my friends we always said what fighter what a woman seeing this I felt a lot of pain. Amazing career what amazing fights she gave us !! 😢😢😢❤
Thank you for sharing your UFC career with us! Enjoy life outside the cage ❤
I hope the ufc still checks in on retired fighters when their careers end its a huge adjustment for them and they need pathways or goals after fighting.❤
Always a fan of Michelle---great role model for any fighter coming up and balancing life. Congrats on a great career!
fight is not shown on youtube.
The only fight of hers I've seen was on Bully Beatdown.
My daughter became a 3rd degree black belt in Krav Maga... and always loved watching Michelle. I hope she realizes there are thousands of those young women all over the country.
Krav Maga lol
My daughter is a 9th degree brown belt in bullshido
@@martyfromnebraska1045krav Maga is great for the street, absolutely awful in MMA. Not sure what this op is on about with the belts as there's no belts in krav
That’s not true. There are degree belts in Krav Maga. You probably should look stuff up before stating something as fact. That’s what I did.
@@gorey4more837 it's P1-7, G1-5 and expert
@@gorey4more837 but I guess you just looked online and took the first thing you READ as it was the only truth and you decided to try feel good about your views. In reality I have been training MMA for over 20 years and started krav about 16 years ago. This is the difference between online gurus like you and real world people like me. You will always disagree and then try turn to anger no doubt against someone with a different opinion.
Man this made me emotional. She is my idol.
They need to do this for all the fighters who end their careers in the octagon!
Well they need to tell the UFC in advance that they're retiring. 99% of the time, it's a surprise.
Loved her nickname, loved watching her fight. The first karate fighter I remember seeing. Great personality, funny at weighins. Great family person. And a real Hattie. You will be missed Michelle but yes it's time
I miss her so much. Thnx champ for everything!
she was never a champ
@@ksta7090ks newby alert!
@@vincentvega5686Invicta white knight alert 😂
Great career always enjoyed her fights one of the best congratulations
Bravo on a good career will miss her in the ufc
Thank you for everything Michelle you are a warrior and a hall of famer you're one of my favorite athletes 😎💪
Hall of famer?! Please pass whatever you are smoking. I would love to enjoy my day off with whatever you are partaking in.
Gunna miss her in the UFC - such a great personality and person
Thanks enjoy your family
Good luck Michelle time to enjoy your family and your life you have been and still are a class A act❤️👍
Thank you, Michelle.
A beautiful fighter, a great role model and always a game opponent. Even though she didn't win the belt, she was beloved by fans.
Her striking is sick. That quote about becoming the fire 🔥 was so gangster…
Thank you Michelle ❤
A fighter in every sense of the word
She was 6-9, and and 2-7 since 2019. Good thing she retired while healthy b4 it's too late.
Got me in the feels
Mrs. Waterson ur an amazing person and it has been a pleasure to watch u fight and we wish u the best. I represented the UFC like a true champ…
😂she will never see this
Loved you since Bully beat down!!! Great career!!! 🙌🙌
I can't stop the tears. 😢
Mrs Waterson-Gomez. Thank you for being the prettiest Karateka to shine in the UFC. RESPECT. OSU. 👊
Ty Michelle!!
You’re an inspiration, enjoy your next step in life
It has always been fun seeing Waterson beautiful face concorted after the battles .All the best in the post fight life girl .
I will miss Michelle! She has been an amazing woman and competitor! An absolute sweetheart!❤❤
God bless her and her family!
“The difference between then and now is, I found my fire, and it’s burning deep in my soul and I’m letting it take over my body, and I have become the fire, and it’s just catching on to everything else around me” goes too hard!
I remember watching her before the UFC . Thinking when are they gunna pick her up. Her debut. Can't believe it's been 9 years.
Legend. God bless
😢😢😢😢😢😢
Beautiful moment! Glad they gave her this despite how this fight went. So many tears 😭😭😭💯🙏. Thank you the Karate Hottie!!!
Thanks for the memories champ
So beautiful when she said now she gets to be in her family’s corner now.
Man that was really emotional. I have two emotional words for Michelle Gomez's UFC career- ABSOLUTELY AVERAGE!
Loved watching her punch and kick air for 15mins straight
Michelle has had a great career and will have a bright future in the next chapter of her life. Good luck
Thank god...
Crazy having to look like that after your final fight and do this in the octagon right after. This sport will chew you up and almost no one gets a storybook ending.
One of the best cage names ever "karate hottie"
Sounds like some teenage girls screen name in MySpace
That front kick is a thing of beauty - perfect technique. Thanks for all the amazing entertainment, Michelle! You left no stone unturned. Go enjoy your next chapter. 🙏🙇♂
Congratulations Michelle. Goated forever ♥️
Michelle is inspirational and a class athlete for all these years. Thank you from Canada!
Love this almost as much as the Lawler one.
God, shes such an outstanding human being
Big fan of this warrior and in a way kinda makes me sad too as I remember watching her in bully beatdown back in the day and now she’s retired and pretty much considered an elder statesman of the sport. Best of luck on all your future endeavors, Karate hottie!
Michelle embodies the words female warrior! In her spirit, character and physique.
Love & respect...❤️❤️❤️😘
I always liked her,and I do think it is a smart move her retiring.I mean she has had a lot of great fights,and no need to take more damage,if a belt isn’t going to happen.I mean if she is ok money wise,I would have done the same in her shoes.I wish her the best,and a good luck on whatever else she does in her life.
Michelle will be missed. She is talented and she has a beautiful personality. Hope all the best for her future.
Thanks Miss Waterson!! Great warrior!
On to the next chapter....beautiful