At 44 years old, WSOF President Ray Sefo is ready to call it quits as a combat sports athlete, but not before he sneaks in one or two more fights – and he’s not necessarily ruling out another appearance in his own promotion.

“I actually made a promise to myself that this year will be my last year,” Sefo said in this week’s new edition of “The MMA Road Show with John Morgan.” “I’m not getting any younger, and this is a young man’s sport.

“I have decided that 2015 is probably the year that I’m going to hang the gloves up for sure.”

As a lifelong martial artist, Sefo boasts more than 25 years of fighting experience. While he’s known primarily for his kickboxing exploits, Sefo also dabbled in boxing and MMA.

Lately, his time has been spent more in an administrative role, as he has guided WSOF through 20 events to date. But Sefo still trains on a daily basis and says even once he officially retires, he’ll still be a gym rat.

“I had my first boxing gloves since I was 5 years old,” Sefo said. “If I’m not in the gym, if I miss training, say, two days back-to-back, I feel so depressed. I have to be in the gym. It’s a great relief for me to be there.”

Sefo has also participated in a few professional wrestling contests during his tenure in combat sports, as well, but said he’s not looking for that type of appearance. Instead, he’s hoping to get at least one more real fight – if not two – sometime this year.

“One or two would be great,” Sefo said. “Either kickboxing or MMA.”

Sefo’s most recent MMA bout was an August 2013 loss to Dave Huckaba in the WSOF cage. There were some critics who suggested it was a conflict of interest for the president of an organization to compete in his own event, but Sefo doesn’t believe it’s an issue.

“Everythhing to me is just black and white,” Sefo said. “(My opponent) is in there as a fighter. I’m in there as a fighter. I’m not fighting as the president. When you see me in a suit, I’m the president. When you see me in shorts and gloved up and ready to fight, I’m the fighter. It’s really that simple. If you see me in front of a camera doing an interview, that’s what I’m doing.

“I’m that kind of guy where when I sign on the dotted line to fight, he signs on the dotted line to fight, OK, we’re fighting. Really, that’s how simple it is. People can look at it from all different angles, and I don’t blame them. But at the same time, it’s really that simple. It’s just a fight to me.”

With that said, Sefo insists he’s not exactly sure where he’ll compete, or even whether or not it will be an MMA fight. “Sugarfoot” just knows he’s still got an itch to compete, and he wants to scratch it one or two more times before he heads off into the sunset.

“We haven’t really confirmed anything yet, but we’ll see,” Sefo said.

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