Al Iaquinta suffered a surprising first-round TKO loss to Bobby Green a few weeks ago at UFC 268. It was a strange affair and many agreed that ‘Raging' didn't look good in his return to the cage.

Al Iaquinta took to his video podcast Call Me Al to potentially call it a career. UFC 268 would have been his last appearance in the cage.

“I’m thinking that’s it, man. “That’s the way to go out,” the UFC lightweight said via MMAFighting. “I mean, obviously, you want to go out on a win, but this shit’s not worth it, dude. You saw Michael Chandler and Justin Gaethje fight. Those guys, they beat the hell out of each other. That wasn’t worth it.

“To be honest with you, I don’t know. It was the first fight that I really gave up in. He didn’t knock me unconscious, and I kind of turned and I covered up. I was still conscious; I knew what I was doing. But I kind of just wanted out. That was it. I realized that he hit me hard – it probably was not going to be a good night for me. I was not confident in my preparation, in my cardio, my wrestling.

“These guys are training hard. These guys are training three times a day, two times a day, really hard. My body just can’t hold up to that any more. That’s the first time in my career ever that I gave up in a fight.”

Al Iaquinta had a great career in the UFC and has some amazing quotes. Things like addressing the crowd after his fight with Jorge Masvidal in Virginia.

“Boo me? Fuck you!”

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Al Iaquinta went five rounds, on short notice, against Khabib Nurmagomedov back at UFC 223. He was one of the rare fighters to do so.

Now Al Iaquinta could retire with a legacy of fun fights and big moments in the cage. The UFC lightweight truly had an interesting career full of fun moments.