Yorgan De Castro reflects on his four-fight UFC tenure with a bit of disappointment. He knows he could’ve done better.
After he won a contract on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2019, De Castro (7-3) nailed a bonus-earning knockout of Justin Tafa in his debut at UFC 243. However, three straight losses lead to his UFC pink slip.
“I think I could’ve given it more,” De Castro told MMA Junkie on Friday. “I think I failed. The UFC did good. They gave me good matchups. I never felt like I had a mismatch. Even the fights I lost, I could’ve won. The one I got knocked out in, it is what it is. I got caught. The other two, the Greg Hardy and Carlos Felipe (fights), I thought I was too short, too shy. I needed to push forward. I was too worried about not losing and I ended up not winning the fight.”
